[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15979-15980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06382]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of an Open Meeting
AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education Meeting (NACIE),
U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule of an upcoming public
meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (the
Council) and is intended to notify the general public of the meeting.
This notice also describes the functions of the Council. Notice of the
Council's meetings is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
Date and Time: April 3-4, 2014; April 3, 2014--9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time, April 4, 2014--8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW., Washington,
District of Columbia 20008, Phone: (202) 234-0700, Fax: (202) 265-7972.
Additional details about the meeting will be posted on the NACIE
Web site by March 27, 2014. Web site: www.NACIE-ED.org (To RSVP, and
for NACIE Meeting Updates, and Final Agenda).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on Indian
Education is authorized by Section 7141 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act. The Council is established within the Department of
Education to advise the Secretary of Education on the funding and
administration (including the development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the
Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian children or adults as
participants or programs that may benefit Indian children or adults,
including any program established under Title VII, Part A of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Council submits to the
Congress, not later than June 30 of each year, a report on the
activities of the Council that includes recommendations the Council
considers appropriate for the improvement of Federal education programs
that include Indian children or adults as participants or that may
benefit Indian children or adults, and recommendations concerning the
funding of any such program.
One of the Council's responsibilities is to develop and provide
recommendations to the Secretary of Education on the funding and
administration (including the development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of any program over which the
Secretary has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian children or adults
participating in any program which could benefit Indian children. The
purpose of this meeting is to convene the Council to continue its
responsibilities for developing recommendations to the Secretary of
Education on the funding and administration (including the development
of regulations, and administrative policies and practices) of any
program over which the Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian
children or adults as participants or programs that may benefit Indian
children or adults, including any program established under Title VII,
Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and conduct
discussions on the development of the report to Congress that should be
submitted no later than June 30, 2014.
Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistive listening
devices, or material in alternative format) should notify Jenelle
Leonard at (202) 205-
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2161, no later than Monday, March 27, 2014. We will make every attempt
to meet requests for accommodations after this date, but, cannot
guarantee their availability. The meeting site is accessible to
individuals with disabilities.
Public Comment: Time is scheduled on the agenda to receive public
comment at approximately 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Savings Time April 4, 2014. Speakers will be allowed to comment for 3
to 5 minutes. Comments should pertain to the work of NACIE and/or the
Office of Indian Education.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenelle Leonard, Designated Federal
Official, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 202-205-2161.
Fax: 202-205-5870.
A report of the activities of the meeting and related matters that
are informative to the public and consistent with the policy of section
5 U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the public within 21 days of the
meeting. Records are kept of all Council proceedings and are available
for public inspection at the at the Office of Indian Education, United
States Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20202. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings
Time.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1830; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-0000.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Deborah S. Delisle,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-06382 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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