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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 )
                                   )
Denison Independent School District     )    File No. SLD-38072
Denison, Texas                     )
                                   )
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 10, 2000              Released: January 11, 2000

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     This Order dismisses the Letter of Appeal of the Denison Independent School District of
Denison, Texas that was received by the Commission on June 28, 1999, which seeks review of the
Administrator's Decision on Appeal, dated May 11, 1999.  Under section 54.720 of the Commission's
rules, 47 C.F.R.  54.720, any such appeal must be filed within 30 days of the issuance of the decision
as to which review is sought.  Documents are considered to be filed with the Commission only upon
receipt.  47 C.F.R.  1.7.  Because the instant Letter of Appeal was not filed within the specified 30-
day period, 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 June 28, 1999 by the Denison Independent School District IS DISMISSED.
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              Yog R. Varma
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau