Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, DC  20554

In the Matter of                   )
                                   )
Request for Review of the          )
Decision of the                    )
Universal Service Administrator by )
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Center School District             )    File No. NEC.471.01-9-00.05001519
Kansas City, Missouri              )
                                   )
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:  October 11, 2001              Released:  October 16, 2001   

By the Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Accounting Policy Division (Division) has under consideration a Request for
Review filed by Center School District (Center SD), Kansas City, Missouri.  In its Request for
Review, Center SD seeks review of a decision issued by the Schools and Libraries Division
(SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC or Administrator) on February
17, 2000, rejecting Center SD's FCC Form 471 for failure to satisfy minimum processing
standards.  Missoula also has an appeal from this decision currently pending before the
Administrator.  For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss Center SD's Request for Review to
the Commission without prejudice.
2.     The Commission's rules regarding appeals of SLD decisions do not contemplate
simultaneous appeals to the Commission and the Administrator.  In this case, because Center
SD has an appeal pending before the Administrator, we dismiss Center SD's Request for Review
to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has issued its decision on Center
SD's initial appeal, it 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 Center School District, Kansas City, Missouri, on July 31,
2000 IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



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