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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 )
                                   )
Hartshorne Independent School District  )    SLD-136718
Hartshorne, Oklahoma               )
                                   )
Swink School District 21           )    SLD-138828
Swink, Oklahoma                    )
                                   )
Tyrone Independent School District 53   )    SLD-138918
Tyrone, Oklahoma                   )
                                   )
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:  February 7, 1999              Released: February 8, 1999

By the Common Carrier Bureau:

1.     The Common Carrier Bureau has under consideration a Joint Letter of Appeal filed on
October 4, 1999 by Hartshorne Independent School District 1, Hartshorne, Oklahoma, Swink
School District 21, Swink, Oklahoma, and Tyrone Independent School District 53, Tyrone,
Oklahoma (Appellants), seeking review of decisions issued by the Schools and Libraries Division
(SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC or Administrator).  The Joint
Letter of Appeal seeks review of the SLD's processing of applications for discounted services
under the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism.  Prior to the time that
Appellants filed their appeal with the Commission, however, Appellants also filed individual
appeals with the Administrator.  Those appeals remain pending.  As explained below, we dismiss
Appellants' Joint Letter of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.
     2.   The Commission's rules regarding appeals of the SLD's decisions do not
contemplate simultaneous appeals to the Commission and the Administrator.  In this case, as
noted above, Appellants have individual appeals pending before the Administrator.  Therefore, we
dismiss Appellants' Joint Letter of Appeal to the Commission without prejudice.  Once the
Administrator has issued its decision on Appellants' individual appeals, Appellants may then
appeal to the Commission if they believe 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 Joint Letter of Appeal filed by Hartshorne Independent School District 1,
Hartshorne, Oklahoma, Swink School District 21, Swink, Oklahoma, and Tyrone Independent
School District 53, Tyrone, Oklahoma, IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Carol E. Mattey 
                              Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau