[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57880-57881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23617]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Johnson-O'Malley Program; Preliminary Report

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of comment period.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) Act of 1934, as 
amended by the JOM Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization 
Act, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is publishing a Preliminary 
Report that describes the number of eligible Indian students served or 
potentially served by each eligible entity, using the most applicable 
and accurate data from the fiscal year proceeding the fiscal year for 
which the initial determination is to be made. BIE is also seeking 
written comments from eligible entities to gain feedback about the 
preliminary report.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments by email to [email protected] or by mail to 
Bureau of Indian Education, ATTN: JOM Comments, C/O Maureen Lesky, 
Program Manager, 1011 Indian School Road NW, Suite 332, Albuquerque, NM 
87104.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angela Barnett, JOM Program 
Specialist, Bureau of Indian Education, telephone: (405) 605-6051, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The JOM Act of 1934 was passed to subsidize 
education, medical services, and other social services provided to 
Indians living within the borders of States and territories. Today, JOM 
funding is used to support programs designed to meet the specialized 
and unique educational and cultural needs of eligible Indian students, 
including programs that supplement existing school programming 
operational supports.
    The JOM Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act of 
2018, Public Law 115-404, directs the Secretary of the Interior 
(Secretary) to publish a preliminary report describing the number of 
eligible Indian students served or potentially served by each eligible 
entity, using the most applicable and accurate data from the fiscal 
year proceeding the fiscal year for which the initial determination is 
to be made from the:
    1. Bureau of the Census;

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    2. National Center for Education Statistics; or
    3. Office of Indian Education of the Department of Education.
    The preliminary report and additional information are at the BIE 
JOM web page at: https://www.bie.edu/JOM/. The BIE seeks feedback about 
the preliminary report from eligible entities. BIE will then consider 
the feedback in preparing the final report.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: September 26, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-23617 Filed 10-28-19; 8:45 am]
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