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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Indian Education National Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education. This notice also describes the functions of the Council. 
Notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES AND TIME: April 11-15, 1994, from 9 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. 
each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ramada Hotel Old Town, 901 
North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, (703) 683-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rober K. Chiago, Executive Director, National Advisory Council on 
Indian Education, 330 C Street SW., room 4072, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-7556. Telephone: 202/205-8353.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education is established under section 5342 of the Indian Education Act 
of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2642). The Council is established to, among other 
things, assist the Secretary of Education in carrying out 
responsibilities under the Indian Education Act of 1988 (part C, title 
V, Pub. L. 100-297) and to advise Congress and the Secretary of 
Education with regard to federal education programs in which Indian 
children or adults participate or from which they can benefit.
    Under section 5342(b)(2) of the Indian Education Act, the Council 
is directed to reviewed applications for assistance and to make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Education with respect to their 
approval. The duly authorized Proposal Review Committee of the Council 
will meet in closed session staring at approximately 9 a.m. and will 
end at approximately 5 p.m. each day during the proposal review 
session. The agenda will include reviewing grant applications for 
assistance for programs authorized by subparts 1, 2, and 3 of the 
Indian Education Act of 1988 including applications for (1) 
Discretionary grants to Indian Controlled Schools; (2) Educational 
Services for Indian Children; (3) Educational Personnel Development 
Projects; and (4) Educational Services for Indian Adults.
    The discussion during the review process may disclose sensitive 
information about applicants, qualifications of proposed staff, funding 
level requests and the names and comments of expert reviewers. Such 
discussion are likely to disclose trade secrets, commercial or 
financial information obtained from a person, and is privileged or 
confidential and would disclose information of a personal nature where 
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy if conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by 
exemptions (4) and (6) of section 552b(c) of the Government in the 
Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94-409; 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)).
    Records are kept of all Council proceedings, and are available for 
public inspection. A summary of activities of this closed meeting which 
are informative to the public consistent with the policy of title 5 
U.S.C. 552b shall be available for public inspection within 14 days of 
the meeting at the office of the National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education located at 330 C Street SW., room 4072, Washington, DC 20202-
7556 from the hours of 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 
except holidays.

    Dated: February 17, 1994.
Robert K. Chiago,
Executive Director, National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
[FR Doc. 94-5200 Filed 3-7-94; 8:45 am]
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