FR Doc 04-16591
[Federal Register: July 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 139)]
[Notices]
[Page 43568-43569]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees; Request for Nomination of Members
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department
of Education.
What Is the Purpose of This Notice?
The purpose of this notice is to give the public the opportunity to
nominate candidates for positions on 10 regional advisory committees
that will be chartered by the Secretary.
What Is the Role of the Regional Advisory Committees?
Section 206 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002
(``the Act'') requires the establishment of the committees to advise
the Secretary on the educational needs of each of 10 geographic
regions. The committees will conduct educational needs assessments in
their respective regions, and will submit reports on the assessment
results to the Secretary. The educational needs identified by the
committees will be considered by the Secretary in establishing
priorities for a new program of comprehensive centers described in
section 203 of the Act and for regional educational laboratories
authorized in section 174 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002.
The comprehensive centers and regional educational laboratories will
provide technical assistance to State educational agencies, school
districts and schools to help them implement the goals and programs of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as reauthorized by
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, and use the best research and
proven practices in their school improvement efforts.
How Will the Regional Advisory Committees Assess Educational Needs?
Each regional advisory committee will conduct a variety of
activities, including virtual meetings, to obtain information from
individuals, agencies and organizations in the region regarding the
region's educational needs and how those needs would be most
effectively addressed. Governors, chief State school officers and State
staff, school district educators, public and charter school
administrators, teachers and parents, regional education service
providers, researchers, and business representatives would be among
those asked to participate in the assessment.
What Is the Composition of Each Regional Advisory Committee?
Each committee will reflect a balanced representation of the States
in the region and will not have more than one representative from each
State educational agency in the region. In addition, the total number
of local educational agency representatives, parents, and practicing
educators will be greater than the total number of State educational
agency representatives, higher education representatives, business
representatives and researchers on the committee. The committees will
vary in size but, on average, may have about 12 members.
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What States Are Included in Each Region?
The 10 regions are the same geographic regions served by the
regional educational laboratories and include the following States and
entities:
Region 1: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
and South Carolina
Region 2: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Region 3: Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah
Region 4: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
Region 5: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands
Region 6: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Washington, DC
Region 7: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Wyoming
Region 8: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin
Region 9: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington
Region 10: Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae,
Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
Republic of Palau
Who Is Eligible To Be Nominated?
You may nominate:
1. State educational agency representatives
2. Local educational agency (both rural and urban) representatives
3. Representatives of institutions of higher education, including
individuals representing university-based education research and
university-based research in subjects other than education.
4. Parents.
5. Practicing educators, including classroom teachers, principals,
administrators, school board members, and other local school officials.
6. Business representatives.
7. Researchers.
How Long Will Members of the Regional Advisory Committees Serve?
Members will serve for up to six months. The Secretary will
dissolve each committee after the committee submits its needs
assessment report. The report is due to the Secretary not later than 6
months after the committee is first convened.
How Can I Nominate Someone?
The nominator must submit for each nominee the following
information to the U.S. Department of Education:
1. A resume of 5 pages or less that highlights relevant educational
and professional experiences; and
2. A cover page that lists (a) the nominee's name, position,
organization or group affiliation, mailing address, phone number(s),
fax number, e-mail address and the State represented, and (b) the name,
position, organization or group affiliation, mailing address, phone
number(s) fax number and e-mail address of the person making the
nomination.
Send the nomination materials electronically to
Racnominations or by mail to Enid Simmons, US Department of
Education, School Support and Technology Programs, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Room 3E303, Washington, DC 20202-6400. Telephone: 202-708-9499.
When Must Nominations Be Received?
All nominations must be received no later than 30 days from the
date of the publication of this Notice, midnight Eastern Standard Time.
If the 30th day falls on a weekend or a Federal holiday, the deadline
will be the next working day.
How Can I Get Additional Information?
If you have questions about the nomination process or about the
regional advisory committees, please send them electronically to
Racnominations or by mail to Enid Simmons, U.S. Department of
Education, School Support and Technology Programs, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Room 3E303, Washington, DC 20202-6400. Telephone: 202-708-9499.
Dated: July 15, 2004.
Raymond Simon,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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