FR Doc 05-3439
[Federal Register: February 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 34)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees: Open Meetings
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Education.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings of regional advisory committees.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the
forthcoming public meetings of the Regional Advisory Committees (RACs).
This notice contains a correction and supplement to the December 20,
2004 (Monday) notice [Vol. 69, No. 243] concerning meetings of the RACs
originally scheduled for March 2005. The previous notice indicated that
Meeting 3 of each of the ten RACs would be conducted online on several
selected dates in march for the purposes of deliberating and finalizing
the education needs assessment reports for their regions. The
referenced online meetings have been canceled. Instead, the RACs will
meet in person in Houston, TX on March 10 and 11, 2005 to deliberate
and finalize their education needs assessment reports. The general
public is welcome to attend.
Individuals who want to attend the meetings must send their name
and contact information to the RAC Support Office at The CNA
Corporation, 4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311, or at http://www.rac@cna.org
, by no later than Monday, March 7, 2005. Space is
limited and, therefore, individuals planning to attend are advised to
pre-register. Registration will be accepted on a first-come, first-
served basis up to the limits of the space available.
For additional information relating to the role and
responsibilities of the RACs, and activities carried out by each of the
ten RACs, see the RAC Web site: http://www.rac-ed.org/.
Notice of this meeting is required under section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act accommodation. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with disabilities.
The purposes of the open meetings are to:
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(1) Provide members of the (10) Regional Advisory Committees an
extended amount of time together to review and discuss the reports that
they will submit to the Secretary of Education on March 28, 2005.
(2) Provide an opportunity for the public to observe and listen to
RAC discussions on the top challenges in each region for improving
student achievement.
(3) Provide an opportunity for the public to observe and listen to
RAC discussions on the top challenges to implementing the requirements
of the No Child Left Behind Act in each region.
(4) Provide an opportunity for the public to observe and listen to
RAC discussions on recommendations for the types of technical
assistance that would help states, districts and schools successfully
address the critical educational challenges identified by each of the
RACs.
(5) Provide an opportunity for the public to observe and listen to
discussions and recommendations from each of the ten RACs on the
priorities for federally funded technical assistance in their region.
DATES: March 10, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and March 11, 2005 from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Note: The Region 2 (Southwest), Regional Advisory
Committee will meet only on Thursday, March 10, 2005 from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m.
ADDRESSES: George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de la
Americas, Houston, TX 77010. Tel: 800-427-4697.
Minutes of the meetings will be available to the public online
(http://www.rac-ed.org) within fourteen days of the meetings and for
public inspection at the office of Georgette Joyner, The CNA
Corporation, 4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311 between the
hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regional Advisory Committees are
established under section 206 of the Educational Technical Assistance
Act of 2002, (20 U.S.C. 9605). The RACs are to advise the Secretary by
(1) conducting an educational needs assessment of each region described
in section 174(b) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002; and (2)
submitting reports for each region based on the regional assessments no
later than 4 months after the committees are first convened.
Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (i.e., interpreting services, assistive listening
devices, materials in alternative format) should notify the RAC Support
Office at The CNA Corporation by no later than Tuesday, March 1, 2005.
We will attempt to meet requests after this date, but cannot guarantee
availability of the requested accommodation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enid Simmons, (202) 708-9499 or at
enid.simmons@ed.gov.
Dated: February 15, 2005.
Raymond Simon,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education.
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