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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 )
                                   )
Trinity County Office of Education )    
Weaverville, California            )
On behalf of                       )
                                   )
Junction  City Elementary School District    )    SLD-134330
Junction City, California          )
                                   )
Southern Trinity JT Unified School District  )    SLD-135262
Bridgeville, California            )
                                   )
Coffee Creek Elementary School District )    SLD-135265
Trinity Center, California         )
                                   )
Mountain Valley Unified School District )    SLD-135266
Hayfork, California                )
                                   )
Trinity Center Elementary School District    )    SLD-136359
Trinity Center, California         )
                                   )
Weaverville Elementary School District  )    SLD-145580
Weaverville, California            )
                                   )
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:  January 6, 2000               Released: January 7, 2000

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Common Carrier Bureau has under consideration a Letter of Appeal filed on
September 28, 1999 by Trinity County Office of Education (Trinity County), Weaverville,
California, on behalf of Junction City Elementary School District, Junction City, California,
Southern Trinity Joint Unified School District, Bridgeville, California, Coffee Creek Elementary
School District, Trinity Center, California, Mountain Valley Unified School District, Hayfork,
California, Trinity Center Elementary School District, Trinity Center, California, and Weaverville
Elementary School District, Weaverville, California, seeking review of a decision issued by the
Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC or
Administrator).  The Letter of Appeal seeks review of the SLD's denial of various applications for
discounted services under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism.  At
approximately the same time that Trinity County filed its appeal with the Commission, Trinity
County also filed an appeal with the Administrator.  As explained below, we dismiss  Trinity
County's appeal 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, as noted above,
Trinity County has an appeal pending before the Administrator.  Therefore, we dismiss Trinity
County's Letter of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the Administrator has
issued its decision on Trinity County's initial appeal, Trinity County 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 Letter of Appeal filed by Trinity County, Weaverville, California on behalf of
Junction City Elementary School District, Junction City, California, Southern Trinity Joint Unified
School District, Bridgeville, California, Coffee Creek Elementary School District, Trinity Center,
California, Mountain Valley Unified School District, Hayfork, California, Trinity Center Elementary School District, Trinity Center, California, and Weaverville Elementary School
District, Weaverville, California, IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Yog R. Varma 
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau