[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 126 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40121-40122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16447]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Tribal Consultation on Indian Education Topics
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is announcing that it will
conduct tribal consultation meetings to obtain oral and written
comments concerning potential issues in Indian Education Programs. This
notice announces the dates and locations of the consultation meetings.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 18, 2000.
The consultation meetings will be held on July 11, 13, 18, 20, and 21,
2000. Several dates and locations were scheduled to coincide with
meetings of various Indian education organizations. All meetings will
begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. (local time) or until all
meeting participants have had an opportunity to make comments.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Office of Indian Education Programs, Attention: Mr. William Mehojah,
Jr., MS-3512-MIB, OIE-32, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240, or
you may hand-deliver them to Room 3512 at the same address. Comments
may also be telefaxed to 202-208-3312. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for locations of the consultation meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Whitehorn or Georgia
Braun, 202-208-4976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are a follow-up to similar
meetings conducted by the Office of Indian Education Programs since
1990. The purpose of the consultation, as required by 25 U.S.C.
2010(b), is to provide Indian tribes, school boards, parents, Indian
organizations, and other interested parties an opportunity to comment
on potential issues raised during previous consultation meetings or
issues being considered by the BIA regarding Indian education programs.
The potential issues which will be set forth in a tribal
consultation booklet to be issued prior to the meetings are as follows:
(1) Charter Schools;
(2) Program Management Funding for Facilities;
(3) Transfer Facilities Construction Project Management Funds from
the Office of Facilities Management and Construction to the Office of
Indian Education Programs;
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(4) Other Consultation Items;
(5) Form a Separate Rental Receipts Account in the Federal Finance
System;
(6) ``Open Season'' for All New Facilities Space Activities;
(7) Comprehensive Federal Indian Draft Policy; and (8) Indian
Student Equalization Program.
A consultation booklet for the July meetings is being distributed
to federally-recognized Indian tribes, Bureau Regional and Agency
Offices, and Bureau-funded schools. The booklets will also be available
from local contact persons at each meeting.
Consultations
We will hold consultations at the following locations on the dates
specified:
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Date Location Local contact Phone numbers
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July 11, 2000.................... Espanola, NM................ Ed Parisian................ (505) 753-1465
July 11, 2000.................... Spokane, WA................. LaVonne French............. (406) 247-7953
John Reimer................ (503) 872-2743
July 13, 2000.................... Fort Yates, ND.............. Cherie Farlee.............. (605) 964-8722
July 13, 2000.................... Collinsville, IL............ LaVonna Weller............. (703) 235-3233
July 13, 2000.................... Green Bay, IL............... Terry Portra............... (612) 713-4400
July 18, 2000.................... Mesa, AZ.................... Robert Chiago.............. (602) 379-3944
July 20, 2000.................... Gallup, NM.................. Larry Holman............... (505) 786-6150
July 21, 2000.................... Oklahoma City, OK........... Joy Martin................. (405) 605-6051
July 21, 2000.................... Anchorage, AK............... Robert Pringle............. (907) 271-4120
July 21, 2000.................... San Diego, CA............... Fayetta Babby.............. (916) 978-6057
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Written Comments
Comments, including names, street addresses, and other contact
information of respondents, will be available for public review at the
address listed under ADDRESSES section during regular business hours
(7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you
wish us to withhold your name, street address, and other contact
information (such as fax or phone number) from public review or from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will honor your
request to the extent allowable by law. We will make available for
public inspection in their entirety all submissions from organizations
or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses.
This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Dated: June 23, 2000.
Kevin Gover,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-16447 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am]
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