81_FR_37319 81 FR 37208 - Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Bureau of Indian Education Advisory Board for Exceptional Children

81 FR 37208 - Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Bureau of Indian Education Advisory Board for Exceptional Children

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 111 (June 9, 2016)

Page Range37208-37209
FR Document2016-13694

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) requests nominations of individuals to serve on the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). There are three positions available. The BIE will consider nominations received in response to this request for nominations, as well as other sources.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016) 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900]


Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Bureau of 
Indian Education Advisory Board for Exceptional Children

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Bureau 
of Indian Education (BIE) requests nominations of individuals to serve 
on the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). There 
are three positions available. The BIE will consider nominations 
received in response to this request for nominations, as well as other 
sources.

DATES: Please submit nominations by July 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations to Ms. Sue Bement, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO), Bureau of Indian Education, Division of 
Performance and Accountability, 1011 Indian School Road NW., Suite 332, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104, telephone 505-563-5274, or fax to 505-
563-5281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Ms. Sue Bement, DFO, at the 
above listed address and telephone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board was established in 
accordance with FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(b). The following 
provides information about the Committee, the membership, and the 
nomination process.

1. Objective and Duties

    (a) Members of the Advisory Board will provide guidance, advice, 
and recommendations with respect to special education and related 
services for children with disabilities in BIE-funded schools in 
accordance with the requirements of IDEA.
    (b) The Advisory Board will:
    (1) Provide advice and recommendations for the coordination of 
services within the BIE and with other local, State, and Federal 
agencies;
    (2) Provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of policy 
issues dealing with the provision of educational services to American 
Indian children with disabilities;
    (3) Serve as advocates for American Indian students with special 
education needs by providing advice and

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recommendations regarding best practices, effective program 
coordination strategies, and recommendations for improved educational 
programming;
    (4) Provide advice and recommendations for the preparation of 
information required to be submitted to the Secretary of Education 
under 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(2);
    (5) Provide advice and recommend policies concerning effective 
inter- and intra- agency collaboration, including modifications to 
regulations, and the elimination of barriers to inter- and intra- 
agency programs and activities; and
    (6) Report and direct all correspondence to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs through the Director, BIE with a courtesy 
copy to the DFO.

2. Membership

    (a) Under 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6), the Advisory Board will be composed 
of up to 15 individuals involved in or concerned with the education and 
provision of services to Indian infants, toddlers, children, and youth 
with disabilities. The Advisory Board composition will reflect a broad 
range of viewpoints and will include at least one member representing 
each of the following interests: Indians with disabilities; teachers of 
children with disabilities; Indian parents or guardians of children 
with disabilities; service providers; State education officials; local 
education officials; State interagency coordinating councils (for 
States having Indian reservations); Tribal representatives or Tribal 
organization representatives; and other members representing the 
various divisions and entities of the BIE.
    (b) The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs may provide the 
Secretary of the Interior recommendations for the chairperson; however, 
the chairperson and other Advisory Board members will be appointed by 
the Secretary of the Interior. Advisory Board members shall serve 
staggered terms of two years or three years from the date of their 
appointment.

3. Miscellaneous

    (a) Members of the Advisory Board will not receive compensation, 
but will be reimbursed for travel, including subsistence, and other 
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the 
same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government Service 
under 5 U.S.C. 5703.
    (b) A member may not participate in matters that will directly 
affect, or appear to affect, the financial interests of the member or 
the member's spouse or minor children, unless authorized by the 
appropriate ethics official. Compensation from employment does not 
constitute a financial interest of the member so long as the matter 
before the committee will not have a special or distinct effect on the 
member or the member's employer, other than as part of a class. The 
provisions of this paragraph do not affect any other statutory or 
regulatory ethical obligations to which a member may be subject.
    (c) The Advisory Board meets at least twice per year, budget 
permitting, but additional meetings may be held as deemed necessary by 
the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs or the DFO.
    (d) All Advisory Board meetings are open to the public in 
accordance with FACA regulations.

4. Nomination Information

    (a) Nominations are requested from individuals, organizations, and 
federally recognized Tribes, as well as from State Directors of Special 
Education (within the 23 states in which BIE-funded schools are 
located) concerned with the education of Indian children with 
disabilities as described above.
    (b) Nominees should have expertise and knowledge of the issues and/
or needs of American Indian children with disabilities. Such knowledge 
and expertise are needed to provide advice and recommendations to the 
BIE regarding the needs of American Indian children with disabilities.
    (c) Nominees must have the ability to attend Advisory Board 
meetings, carry out Advisory Board assignments, participate in 
teleconference calls, and work in groups.
    (d) The Department of the Interior is committed to equal 
opportunities in the workplace and seeks diverse Committee membership, 
which is bound by the Indian Preference Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 472).

5. Basis for Nominations

    If you wish to nominate someone for appointment to the Advisory 
Board, please do not make the nomination until the person has agreed to 
have his or her name submitted to the BIE for this purpose.

6. Nomination Application

    Nominations should include a resume providing an adequate 
description of the nominee's qualifications, including information that 
would enable the Department of the Interior to make an informed 
decision regarding meeting the membership requirements of the Committee 
and permit the Department of the Interior to contact a potential 
member. The nomination application, which can be found on the BIE Web 
site at http://www.bie.edu/Programs/SpecialEd/AdvisoryBoard/index.htm, 
must also be included.

7. Information Collection

    This collection of information is authorized by OMB Control Number 
1076-0179, ``Solicitation of Nominations for the Advisory Board for 
Exceptional Children.''

    Dated: May 24, 2016.
Lawrence S. Roberts,
Acting Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-13694 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am]
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The Advisory Board schools are located) concerned with the Interior. composition will reflect a broad range of education of Indian children with ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of viewpoints and will include at least one disabilities as described above. survey; Colorado. member representing each of the (b) Nominees should have expertise following interests: Indians with and knowledge of the issues and/or SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land disabilities; teachers of children with needs of American Indian children with Management (BLM) Colorado State disabilities; Indian parents or guardians disabilities. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesPlease submit nominations by July 11, 2016.
ContactContact Ms. Sue Bement, DFO, at the
FR Citation81 FR 37208 
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