[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45893-45894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15120]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Regional Advisory Committees

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Request for additional nominations to serve on the Regional 
Advisory Committee: Pacific.

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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 Committee (RAC): Pacific.

DATES: Nominations for additional appointment of individuals to serve 
on the Pacific RAC must be submitted by July 24, 2023, 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: Pacific'' in 
the email subject line).

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 the Pacific RAC 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; Pub. L. 95-521, Ethics 
in Government Act of 1978; Pub. L. 101-194, Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
as amended; and Executive Orders 12674, 12565, and 11222, as amended. 
The Regional Advisory Committees 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, the 
Department may not be able to consider the nominee for membership on a 
RAC.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 11, 2023, the Secretary published a 
Request for nominations to serve on the Regional Advisory Committees 
(88 FR 21659). The deadline for submitting nominations was May 11, 
2023. After reviewing the received nominations, the Secretary is 
requesting additional nominations of individuals from specific 
categories from the Pacific region for appointment to the Pacific 
Regional Advisory Committee for the purpose of regional representation 
and balance of Committee composition. The Pacific region includes 
American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated 
States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and Republic of the Marshall 
Islands.
    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, 
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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 on how to most effectively address those needs. 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 individual for membership to serve on the Pacific RAC. Please 
be sure to use the information noted in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice and indicate ``Regional Advisory Committee Nomination: Pacific'' 
in the subject line. If you would like to nominate an individual or 
yourself for appointment to serve on the Pacific RAC, 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 individual is interested in being selected as a nominee for 
appointment by the Secretary to serve on the Pacific 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) LEA, including:
    (i) Rural LEA.
    (ii) Urban LEA.
    (2) Practicing educator.
    (i) Classroom teacher.
    (ii) School principal.
    (iii) Other school administrator.
    (iv) School board member.
    (v) Other local school official.
    (3) Parent.
    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 the Pacific RAC.
    Nominees will be appointed based on technical qualifications, 
professional experience, demonstrated knowledge of issues, demonstrated 
experience, integrity, impartiality, and good judgment.
    The Secretary seeks additional nominations for the following RAC 
region: Pacific (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and 
Republic of the Marshall Islands).

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. 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. 2023-15120 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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