[Federal Register: September 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 188)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 55916-55917]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

25 CFR Chapter 1

 
Meeting of the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Announcement of negotiated rulemaking committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior has established an advisory 
Committee to develop recommendations for proposed rules for Indian 
education under six sections of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. 
As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, we are announcing 
the date and location of the next meeting of the No Child Left Behind 
Negotiated Rulemaking committee.

DATES: The Committee's next meeting will be held October 14-18, 2003. 
The meeting will begin at 1:30 pm (PST) on Tuesday, October 14 and end 
at 5:30 pm (PST) on Saturday, October 18.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tempe Mission Palms, 60 East 
Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281, telephone (480) 894-1400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara James or Shawna Smith, No 
Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Project Management Office, P.O. 
Box 1430, Albuquerque, NM 87103-1430; telephone (505) 248-7241/6569; fax (505) 248-7242; e-mail bjames@bia.edu or ssmith@bia.edu. We will 

post additional information as it becomes available on the Office of 
Indian Education Programs Web site under ``Negotiated Rulemaking'' at 
http//http://www.oiep.bia.edu.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For more information on negotiated 
rulemaking under the No Child Left Behind Act, see the Federal Register 
notices published on December 10, 2002 (67 FR 75828) and May 5, 2003 
(68 FR 23631) or the Web site at http://www.oiep.bia.edu under 
``Negotiated Rulemaking.''
    The items for negotiation include: Student Rights/Geographic 
Boundaries; Tribally Controlled Schools Act/Grants; Adequate Yearly 
Progress; and Funding and Distribution of Funds. The committee will 
meet in work groups and in full session during the week. All meetings 
are open to the public. There is no requirement for advance 
registration for members of the public who wish to attend and observe 
the Committee meetings or the work group meetings. Members of the 
public may make written comments to the Committee by sending them to 
the NCLB Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, Project Management Office, 
P.O. Box 1430, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. We will provide copies of 
the comments to the Committee.
    The agenda for the October 14-18, 2003, meeting is as follows:
    Agenda for No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 
Meeting, October 14-18, 2003, Tempe, Arizona.
    Meetings end at 5:30 pm each day.

October 14

1:30 pm
    Opening Remarks.
    Introductions, Logistics, and Housekeeping.
    Approval of summary from Nashville meeting.

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    Review agenda.
    Committee considers consensus on proposed rule language and plain 
language.
    Rewrites, as necessary:
    [sbull] Geographic Boundaries
    [sbull] Section 1130
    [sbull] Adequate Yearly Progress
    [sbull] Preambles--Tribally Controlled School Act and Adequate 
Yearly Progress
3:30 pm
    Work Group meetings.

October 15

8:30 am
    Roll Call and set agenda for day.
    Work Group meetings, if necessary.
    Committee considers consensus on proposed rule language and plain 
language.
    Rewrites, as necessary:
    [sbull] Funding
    [sbull] Preambles

October 16

8:30 am
    Roll Call and set agenda for day.
    Public comment (30 minutes).
    Committee considers consensus on proposed rule language and plain 
language.
    Rewrites, as necessary.

October 17

8:30 am
    Roll Call and set agenda for day.
    Public comment (30 minutes).
    Committee considers consensus on proposed rule language and plain 
language.

October 18

8:30 am
    Roll Call and set agenda for day.
    Committee considers consensus on proposed rule language and plain 
language.
    Rewrites, as necessary.
    Clarification of next steps.
    Evaluations.
    Closing remarks.
    Brief celebration.
5:30 pm
    Adjourn.

    Dated: September 24, 2003.
Woodrow W. Hopper, Jr.,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-24569 Filed 9-24-03; 3:13 pm]