[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21659-21661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07480]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Request for nominations to serve on the Regional Advisory
Committees.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education (Secretary) invites interested
parties to submit nominations for individuals for appointment to serve
on the Regional Advisory Committees (RACs).
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DATES: Nominations for appointment of individuals to serve on the RACs
must be submitted by May 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, including attachments, to the
Secretary by the following method:
Electronically via electronic mail to [email protected]
(please indicate ``Regional Advisory Committee Nomination'' in the
email subject line and specify the specific Region to which you are
nominating, e.g., ``Regional Advisory Committee Nomination:
Appalachia'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Daley, Group Leader,
Comprehensive Centers Group, Office of Program and Grantee Support
Services, U.S. Department of Education. Telephone: 202-987-1057. Email:
[email protected].
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
Privacy Act Statement
Purpose: The purpose of collecting nomination information is for
the Secretary to consult with and seek nomination recommendations from
the chief executive officers of States, chief State school officers,
and education stakeholders within the Regional Advisory Committee's
region on individuals for appointment for membership on a RAC. The
nomination information will be used to evaluate, select, and appoint
individuals for membership on RACs and to conduct necessary ethics
vetting and ethics training for nominees who are appointed to the RAC.
Finally, the nomination information will be used to communicate with
nominees and, if appointed, with appointees to conduct the business of
the RACs.
Authorities: The collection of the nomination information is
authorized by the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA)
(Pub. L. 107-279; 20 U.S.C. 9605); 5 U.S.C. 301; Public Law 95-521,
Ethics in Government Act of 1978; Public Law 101-194, Ethics Reform Act
of 1989, as amended; and Executive Orders 12674, 12565, and 11222, as
amended. The (RACs) are also governed by the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committees).
Routine Use Disclosures: Although the Department does not otherwise
anticipate nonconsensually disclosing the information you provide
outside of the Department, the Department may nonconsensually disclose
such information pursuant to the published routine uses described in
the following System of Records Notices: ``Secretary's Communications
Control System'' (18-01-01), ``Employee Conduct--Government Ethics''
(18-09-03), and ``Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure
Reports'' (OGE/GOVT-2), the most recent versions of which are located
on the Department's ``Privacy Act System of Record Notice Issuances
(SORN)'' web page at www2.ed.gov/notices/ed-pia.html.
Consequences of Failure to Provide Information: Submitting
nominations with the requested information in response to this notice
is voluntary. You are not required to provide the personally
identifiable information requested; however, if you do not, then the
Department may not be able to consider the nominee for membership on a
RAC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary is establishing the RACs, one
for each region served by the Regional Educational Laboratories, in
order to collect information on the education needs of each region and
how those needs may be addressed through technical assistance
activities provided by comprehensive centers described in section 203
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act (ETAA). Comprehensive
centers provide training, professional development, and technical
assistance to State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), regional educational agencies, and schools in the
region where the center is located for assistance with school
improvement activities and to disseminate and provide information,
reports, and publications that can be used for improving academic
achievement, closing achievement gaps, and encouraging and sustaining
school improvement (as described in section 1111(d) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 6311(d))),
to schools, educators, parents, and policymakers within the region in
which the center is located.
In choosing individuals for membership on the RACs, the Secretary
is also seeking recommendations from the chief executive officers of
States, chief State school officers, and education stakeholders within
each region served by the Regional Educational Laboratories.
The RACs will seek input regarding the need for the technical
assistance activities described in section 203 of the ETAA and how
those needs would be most effectively addressed. In order to achieve
this purpose, the RACs will seek input from chief executive officers of
States; chief State school officers; and, through processes which may
include open hearings to solicit the views and needs of schools
(including public charter schools), educators, parents, teachers,
administrators, members of the Regional Educational Laboratory
Governing Board, LEAs, librarians, businesses, SEAs, and other
customers (such as adult education programs) within the region
regarding the need for the activities described in 20 U.S.C. 9564 and
9602 and how those needs would be most effectively addressed.
Not later than 6 months after each RAC is first convened, it will
submit a report to the Secretary based on the assessment of education
needs within each region to be served. Each report will contain an
analysis of the needs of the region and technical advice to the
Secretary regarding how those needs would be most effectively
addressed. Under section 207 of the ETAA, the Secretary shall establish
priorities for the comprehensive centers to address, taking into
account these regional assessments and other relevant regional surveys
of education needs to the extent the Secretary deems appropriate.
Section 206(b) of the ETAA requires that the membership of each RAC
contain a balanced representation of States in the region and include
not more than one representative of each SEA geographically located in
the region. The membership of each RAC may include the following:
representatives of LEAs, both rural and urban; representatives of
institutions of higher education, including those that represent
university-based research on education and subjects other than
education; parents; practicing educators, including classroom teachers,
principals, administrators, school board members, and other local
school officials; representatives of business; and researchers. Each
RAC will be comprised of not more than 25 members.
Nomination Process
Any interested person or organization may nominate one or more
qualified individuals for membership. Please be sure to use the
information noted in the ADDRESSES section of this notice and include
the name of the RAC to which the nomination applies in the subject
line. If you would like to nominate an individual or yourself for
appointment to one of the RACs listed below, please submit the
following information:
(a) A cover letter addressed to Honorable Miguel Cardona, Secretary
of Education. Please provide in the cover letter, the reason(s) the
nominated
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individual is interested in being selected as a nominee for appointment
by the Secretary to serve on a RAC.
Attachments:
(b) A copy of the nominee's resume/curriculum vitae;
(c) Contact information for the nominee (name, title, mailing
address, phone number, and email address); and
(d) The group(s) the nominee may qualify to represent from the
following categories (list all that apply):
(1) SEA.
(2) LEA, including:
(i) Rural LEA.
(ii) Urban LEA.
(3) Practicing educator.
(i) Classroom teacher.
(ii) School principal.
(iii) Other school administrator.
(iv) School board member.
(v) Other local school official.
(4) Parent.
(5) Institution of higher education.
(i) University-based education research.
(ii) University-based research on subjects other than education.
(6) Business.
(7) Researcher.
In addition, the cover letter must state that the nominee (if you
are nominating someone other than yourself) has agreed to be nominated
and is willing to serve, if appointed, on one of the RACs.
Nominees will be appointed based on technical qualifications,
professional experience, demonstrated knowledge of issues, demonstrated
experience, integrity, impartiality, and good judgment.
The RAC regions are:
1. Appalachia (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia);
2. Central (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Wyoming);
3. Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New
Jersey, and Pennsylvania);
4. Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin);
5. Northeast and Islands (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin
Islands);
6. Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington);
7. Pacific (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and
Republic of the Marshall Islands);
8. Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and South Carolina);
9. Southwest (Arkansas, Bureau of Indian Education, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas); and
10. West (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah).
Appointment
The Secretary will appoint members for the life of the committee,
which will span not more than 6 months. The committee will meet at
least two times during this period. In the event an individual is
appointed by the Secretary to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the
expiration of the full term, the RAC member will be appointed to
complete the remaining term of service of the former RAC member. All
appointed RAC members will serve without compensation.
Each RAC may be comprised of both representatives of organizations
or recognizable groups of persons and Special Government Employees
(SGEs). Representative members will not provide their own personal or
independent advice based on their own individual expertise and
experience, but rather, gather and synthesize information and the views
of stakeholders they represent. SGE members will be chosen for their
individual expertise, qualifications, and experiences; they will
provide technical advice and recommendations based on their independent
judgment and will not be speaking for, or representing the views of,
any nongovernmental organization or recognizable group of persons.
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Miguel A. Cardona,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-07480 Filed 4-10-23; 8:45 am]
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