[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06814]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Education Study Group
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Tribal consultation meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) will be conducting
consultation meetings to obtain oral and written comments on the
restructuring of the BIE. The consultation meetings are a continuation
of tribal consultations conducted by the Department of the Interior and
the Department of Education in 2014.
DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for
dates of tribal consultation sessions. We will consider all comments
received by May 15, 2015, 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document
for the locations of these tribal consultation sessions. Submit
comments by mail or hand-deliver written comments to: Jacquelyn Cheek,
Special Assistant to the Director, Bureau of Indian Education, 1849 C
Street NW., Mailstop 4657-MIB, Washington, DC 20240; facsimile: (202)
208-3112; or email to: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacquelyn Cheek, Special Assistant to
the Director, Bureau of Indian Education, telephone: (202) 208-6983.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tribal consultation sessions on the BIE
Restructuring will be held on the following dates and at the following
locations:
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Date Time Location
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Wednesday, April 22........... 8:00 a.m.-5:00 Ramkota Inn, 2111 N.
p.m. (Central Lacrosse Street,
Time). Rapid City, SD.
Friday, April 24.............. 8:00 a.m.-5:00 United South and
p.m. (Eastern Eastern Tribes
Time). Headquarters, 711
Stewarts Ferry Pike,
Nashville, TN.
Monday, April 27.............. 8:00 a.m.-5:00 Navajo Department of
p.m. (Mountain Transportation, #16
Time). Old Coalmine Road,
Window Rock, AZ.
Wednesday, April 29........... 8:00 a.m.-5:00 Webinar: Go to https:/
p.m.. /dcma100.webex.com/
(Mountain Time).. dcma100/k2/
j.php?MTID=t3ece866d
3bf09b04cc1ecd2b63ba
7b27.
Call-in number: 1-877-
937-9783.
Participant Code:
4504177.
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Consultation information for this set of consultations will be
available on the BIE Web site at http://bie.edu/cs/groups/webteam/documents/document/idc1-029478.pdf.
As required by 25 U.S.C. 2011(b), the purpose of consultation is to
provide Indian tribes, school boards, parents, Indian organizations and
other interested parties with an opportunity to comment on the
implementation plan developed following the submittal of the American
Indian Study Group's Blueprint for Reform and the Secretarial Order
3334. The consultation will cover issues raised during the previous
consultation meetings and are being considered by the BIE on Indian
education programs.
Dated: March 19, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-06814 Filed 3-20-15; 4:15 pm]
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