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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
                                             
In the Matter of                   )    
                                   )
Request for Review of the                    )
Decision of the                         )
Universal Service Administrator by           )
                                   )
New Albany-Floyd County                 )    File No. SLD-27572  
Consolidated School Corporation              )    
New Albany, Indiana                )
                                   )
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 25, 1999                                           Released:  October 25, 1999

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal filed April 26, 1999 by the New Albany-
Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation, which seeks review of the Administrator's
Decision on Appeal, dated March 24, 1999.  Under 47 C.F.R.  54.720, any such appeal must be
filed within thirty (30) days of the issuance of the decision as to which review is sought.  Although
the Letter of Appeal was dated April 22, documents are considered to be filed with the
Commission only upon receipt, 47 C.F.R.  1.7, which in this case was April 26.  Because the
instant Letter of Appeal was not filed within the specified thirty (30) day period, that is, on April
23, 1999, it will be dismissed without further consideration.   
 
     2.   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 Letter of Appeal filed April 26, 1999 by the New Albany-Floyd County
Consolidated School Corporation IS DISMISSED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Lawrence E. Strickling
                              Chief, Common Carrier Bureau