[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 141 (Monday, July 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18193]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Indian Education National Advisory Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Education.

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Council on Indian Education invites the 
public to attend a one-day full Council meeting and two one-day 
hearings. 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.

DATE AND TIME: Full council meeting on Tuesday, July 25, 1995 from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Public Hearings on Wednesday, July 26 and Friday, 
July 28, 1995 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days.

ADDRESSES: The one-day Council meeting and public Hearings #1 will be 
held at the Albuquerque Marriott, 2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE., 
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110. Telephone: (505) 837-6641, tax (505) 
881-1780. Public Hearing #2 will be held in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the 
Gordon Cooper Vocational Technical College, 4801 North Harrison 
Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804, (405) 273-7493, Fax (405) 273-6354. Additional 
hearing date is scheduled for Tuesday August 8, in Green Bay, Wisconsin 
at the Radisson Hotel.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
John W. Cheek, Acting Director, National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue S.W., The Portals Building Suite 
6211, Washington, DC 20202-7556 Telephone: 202/205-8353, Fax (202) 205-
9446.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on Indian 
Education is established under section 9151 of Title IX, of the Indian 
Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 7871). The Council is 
established to, among other things, assist the Secretary of Education 
in carrying out responsibilities under this Title and to advise 
Congress and the Secretary of Education with regard to responsibilities 
under this Title to advise Congress and the Secretary of Education 
regarding federal education programs in which Indian children or adults 
participate or from which they can benefit.
    The Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education 
has called for a series of emergency hearings in several regions of the 
country to inform the public of the current issues affecting programs 
offered by the Indian Education Act. Specifically, the Office of Indian 
Education is being proposed for elimination in FY 1996. NACIE is 
conducting these public hearings in order to provide the public with 
the latest and most factual information available on the proposed 
action. Representatives from the Department of Education's Office of 
Indian Education will be available to inform the public of the impact 
on current and future Indian education projects. NACIE is also 
interested in obtaining written documentation on project effectiveness 
at the local level and is requesting examples of these in writing. 
NACIE also welcomes written and/or oral testimony from the public, 
particularly Indian parents who have children participating in Indian 
Education Act programs during any of the proposed hearing dates. 
Individuals wishing to participate in any of the public hearings will 
need to sign in and submit any documents. In anticipation of a large 
number of individuals providing testimony, oral presenters should limit 
their remarks to five minutes. Written testimony may be submitted 
during the open hearing on Wednesday, July 26, 1995 or may be sent to: 
NACIE, 600 Independence Ave. S.W., The Portals, Suite 6211, Washington, 
DC 20202-7556. Findings from the hearing will be made available to the 
Secretary of Education, the U.S. Congress and the public in the coming 
weeks. Testimony can also be faced to the NACIE office at (202) 205-
9446. Additional hearing locations are being proposed and can be 
obtained by calling the NACIE office at (202) 205-8353.
    Records are kept of all Council proceedings, and are available for 
public inspection at the office of the National Advisory Council on 
Indian Education located at 1250 Maryland Avenue SW., The Portals 
Building, Suite 6211, Washington, DC 20202-7556 from the hours of 9:00 
to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

    Dated: July 18, 1995.
John W. Cheek,
Acting Director, National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
[FR Doc. 95-18193 Filed 7-21-95; 8:45 am]
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