[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64451-64452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22647]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) Open 
Teleconference Meeting

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), U.S. 
Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice of this meeting is required by the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) and is intended to notify members of the public of 
an upcoming NACIE open teleconference meeting. This notice is being 
published less than 15 days prior to the date of the meeting due to the 
logistical arrangements required to convene NACIE for a virtual meeting 
due to the COVID-19 impact on the capability to convene face-to-face 
Council meetings.

DATES: The NACIE open teleconference meeting will be held on October 
23, 2020 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. (EDT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hernandez Marshall, Designated 
Federal Official, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)/
Office of Indian Education (OIE), U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3W113, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 202-
205-1909, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: 
    Statutory Authority and Function: NACIE is authorized by Section 
6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. NACIE is 
established within the U.S. Department of Education to advise the 
Secretary of Education (Secretary) and the Secretary of Interior on the 
funding and administration (including the development of regulations, 
and administrative policies and practices) of any program over which 
the Secretary has jurisdiction and includes Indian children or adults 
as participants or that may benefit Indian children or adults, 
including any program established under Title VI, Part A of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In addition, NACIE advises the 
White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, 
in accordance with Section 5(a) of Executive Order 13592. NACIE submits 
to the Congress each year a report on its activities that includes 
recommendations that are considered appropriate for the improvement of 
Federal education programs that include Indian children or adults as 
participants or that may benefit Indian children or adults, and 
recommendations concerning the funding of any such program.
    Meeting Agenda: The purpose of the meeting is to convene NACIE to 
conduct the following business: (1) Conduct brief membership 
introductions; (2) discuss, review, and approve the draft NACIE annual 
report to Congress prepared by the NACIE Annual Report subcommittee; 
(3) introduce the new Office of Indian Education Director; (4) provide 
updates from the Acting Executive Director of the White House 
Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education on Initiative 
activities; (5) review Written Public Comments; and (6) provide U.S. 
Department of Education updates.

Instructions for Accessing the Meeting

    Members of the public may access the NACIE meeting by dial-in 
listen only access. Up to 100 lines will be available on a first come, 
first serve basis. The dial-in phone number for the teleconference 
meeting is 1-408-650-3123 and the participate code is 404-347-733.
    Public Comment: Members of the public interested in submitting 
written comments pertaining to the work of NACIE may do so via email to 
[email protected]. Please note, written comments should 
pertain to the work of NACIE and/or the Office of Indian Education.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The teleconference meeting is accessible 
to individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or 
service for the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive 
listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify the 
contact person listed in this notice not later than Monday, October 19, 
2020. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that 
date, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid 
or service because of insufficient time to arrange it.
    Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well 
as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
site. You also may access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at:

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www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the 
official open meeting report of this meeting on the OESE website at: 
https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-indian-education/national-advisory-council-on-indian-education-oie/ 21 days after the meeting. 
Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect NACIE records at the 
Office of Indian Education, United States Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Please email [email protected] or by calling 
Wanda Lee at (202) 453-7262 to schedule an appointment.
    Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well 
as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Authority: Sec.  6141 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended by Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) 
(20 U.S.C. 7471)

Frank T. Brogan,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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