[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42651-42652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18220]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

25 CFR Chapter I


No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Membership of the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee.

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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. 
On May 5, 2003, the Secretary published the proposed membership for the 
No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee and requested 
comments. Following review of the comments, the Secretary has named the 
members of the Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The No Child Left Behind Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee is an advisory committee formed under the No Child 
Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107-110), the Negotiated Rulemaking 
Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the 
Committee is to negotiate and reach consensus on recommendations for 
proposed rules for Indian education under six sections of The No Child 
Left Behind Act of 2001. For more information on negotiated rulemaking 
under The No Child Left Behind Act, see Federal Register notices that 
we published on December 10, 2002 (67 FR 75828) and May 5, 2003 (68 FR 
23631), or our Web site at http//www.oiep.bia.edu under ``Negotiated 
Rulemaking.''
    The Secretary proposed 19 tribal Committee members and 6 Federal 
Committee members. Following selection of the tribal Committee members 
as proposed in the May 5, 2003, Federal Register notice, one of the 
proposed tribal Committee members, David Germany, Mississippi Band of 
Choctaw, was unable to serve. The Secretary has replaced Mr. Germany 
with Vanessa Girard, Education Planner, Gila River Indian Community. In 
response to the Federal Register notice of proposed membership of the 
Committee, the Secretary received 8 comments, including 6 additional 
nominations for Committee membership. The Secretary found that the 
membership of the Committee adequately represented the tribes with 
bureau-funded schools and the interests

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previously identified. Therefore the Secretary did not select any of 
the new nominations for the Committee.
    The Secretary has selected the following tribal representatives for 
the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee:

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                                                          Educational
             Nominee              Tribal affiliation      affiliation
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Greg Anderson...................  Muscogee (Creek)    Administrator,
                                   Nation.             Creek Nation-
                                                       Eufaula
                                                       Dormitory.
Lorraine Begay..................  Navajo Nation.....  Director, Business
                                                       Services,
                                                       Greasewood
                                                       Springs Community
                                                       School, Inc.
Pauleen Billie..................  Navajo Nation.....  Executive
                                                       Director, Navajo
                                                       Area School Board
                                                       Association.
Faye Blue Eyes..................  Navajo Nation.....  Director, Support
                                                       Services,
                                                       Shiprock
                                                       Alternative
                                                       Schools, Inc.
Roger Bordeaux..................  Potowatomi Nation.  Superintendent,
                                                       Tiospa Zina
                                                       Tribal School.
Deborah Bordeaux................  Oglala Sioux Tribe  Principal, Loneman
                                                       School.
Doyce Cannon....................  Eastern Band of     Director of
                                   Cherokee Indians.   Education,
                                                       Cherokee Central
                                                       Schools.
Mary Helen Creamer..............  Navajo Nation.....  Program Manager,
                                                       Tribal Education
                                                       Department.
Laverne Dallas..................  Hopi Tribe........  President, Hopi
                                                       School Board.
Zachary Ducheneaux..............  Cheyenne River      District 6
                                   Sioux Tribe.        Representative,
                                                       Cheyenne River
                                                       Sioux Tribal
                                                       Council.
Gus Keene, Jr...................  Navajo Nation.....  Director,
                                                       Education
                                                       Services, Ramah
                                                       Navajo School
                                                       Board.
Dolores McKerry.................  Navajo Nation.....  Program Manager,
                                                       Navajo Education
                                                       Center, North
                                                       Central
                                                       Association.
Wayne Newell....................  Pasamaquoddy Tribe  Director, Culture
                                                       and Bilingual
                                                       Education.
Tony Pivec......................  Cherokee Nation...  Superintendent,
                                                       Sequoyah High
                                                       School.
Mark Sorenson...................  Navajo Nation.....  Executive
                                                       Director, Little
                                                       Singer Community
                                                       School.
Terry Yellow Fat................  Standing Rock       Superintendent,
                                   Sioux Tribe.        Standing Rock
                                                       Community School.
Wayne Waddoups..................  Shoshone-Bannock..  Superintendent,
                                                       Shoshone Bannock
                                                       School District
                                                        512.
Vanessa Girard..................  Gila River Indian   Education Planner,
                                   Community.          Gila River Indian
                                                       Community.
Linda Warner....................  Comanche Nation...  Past Chief
                                                       Executive
                                                       Officer, Indian
                                                       Community School
                                                       of Milwaukee.
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    In addition, the Secretary has selected the following Federal 
representatives for the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking 
Committee:

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                 Name                              Affiliation
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Theresa Rosier........................  Office of the Assistant
                                         Secretary-Indian Affairs.
Sharon Wells..........................  Special Assistant Deputy
                                         Director, School Operations,
                                         BIA.
Edith Blackwell.......................  Associate Solicitor, Division of
                                         Indian Affairs, Office of the
                                         Solicitor.
Bruce Steele..........................  Principal, Polacca Day School,
                                         BIA-OIEP-Hopi Agency.
Michael Rossetti......................  Counselor to the Secretary of
                                         the Interior.
Larry Byers...........................  Principal, Chemawa School, BIA-
                                         OIEP.
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    Dated: July 10, 2003.
Aurene M. Martin,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-18220 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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