[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 233 (Thursday, December 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 78127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26624]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education 
(NACIE)

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), 
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.

DATES: The NACIE open teleconference meeting will be held on December 
18, 2020 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. (EST).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hernandez, 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY 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) Approve the draft annual report to 
Congress, (2) update regarding operating procedures under FACA, (3) 
update regarding bylaws for FACA boards/committees, and (4) update on 
FACA boards/committees and the election of boards/committees.

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 to participants 
of on a first come, first serve basis. The dial-in phone number for the 
teleconference meeting is 1-408-650-3123 and the participant code is 
604-247-301.
    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, November 
30, 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.
    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] to 
schedule an appointment. Our ability to provide an inspection 
opportunity is limited to potential novel coronavirus (COVID-19) 
restrictions.
    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: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
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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 Brogan,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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