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                                                           Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
                                   )
Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional  )    File No. SLD-238965
School District                    )    
North Adams, Massachusetts         )
                                   )
Federal-State Joint Board on       )    CC Docket No.  96-45
Universal Service                  )
                                   )
Changes to the Board of Directors of the     )    CC Docket No. 97-21
National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.  )

                                
                             order

Adopted:  September 7, 2001             Released:  September 10, 2001

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Accounting Policy Division has under consideration a Request for Review filed by
Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District (Northern Berkshire), North Adams,
Massachusetts, on August 24, 2001.  In its Request for Review, Northern Berkshire seeks review
of a decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative
Company (Administrator) on July 23, 2001.  At the same time that Northern Berkshire filed its
request with the Commission, it filed a Request for Review with the Administrator.  For the
reasons set forth below, we dismiss Northern Berkshire's Request for Review to the Commission
without prejudice.
2.     The Commission's rules regarding appeals of SLD decisions do not contemplate
simultaneous requests to the Commission and the Administrator.  In this case, because Northern
Berkshire has a request pending before the Administrator, we dismiss Northern Berkshire's
Request for Review to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its
decision on Northern Berkshire's initial request, Northern Berkshire may then appeal to the
Commission if it believes such appeal is warranted at that time.
3.     ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections
0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and 54.722(a),
that the Request for Review filed by Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District,
North Adams, Massachusetts, IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Mark G. Seifert
                              Deputy Chief, Accounting Policy Division
                              Common Carrier Bureau