Notice of Public Meetings of the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is publishing this notice to announce that the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board) will meet as indicated below. The pu...
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is publishing this notice to announce that the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board) will meet as indicated below. The purpose of the meetings is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
( printed page 48188)
(IDEA) for Indian children with disabilities.
DATES:
The BIE Advisory Board will meet virtually on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, and Thursday, August 13, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) and in-person and virtually on Thursday, September 10, 2026, and Friday, September 11, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (MDT).
ADDRESSES:
The Advisory Board meeting on August 12-13, 2026, will be held virtually. The Advisory Board meeting on September 10-11, 2026, will be held in-person and virtually. The in-person meeting location will be at the National Indian Training Center, 1011 Indian School Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104. To attend virtually, participants may use this link to register:
https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/3Rm19uumRAeHIQJjnzx2MQ.
Attendees register once and can attend one or both meeting events. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Comments:
Public comments can be emailed to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Jennifer Davis, at
Jennifer.Davis@bie.edu;
or faxed to (602) 265-0293 Attention: Jennifer Davis, DFO; or mailed or hand delivered to the Bureau of Indian Education, Attention: Jennifer Davis, DFO, 2600 N Central Ave., 12th floor, Suite 250, Phoenix, AZ 85004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Davis, Designated Federal Officer, Bureau of Indian Education, 2600 N Central Ave., 12th floor, Suite 250, Phoenix, AZ 85004,
Jennifer.Davis@bie.edu,
or mobile phone (202) 860-7845. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The meetings are being held under the provisions of the FACA of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Ch. 10), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR part 102-3. The Advisory Board was established under the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (20 U.S.C. 1400et seq.) to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, on the needs of Indian children with disabilities. All meetings, including virtual sessions, are open to the public in their entirety.
Meeting Agenda Items
The agenda items for the August 12-13, 2026 meetings:
BIE Central Office Updates.
Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families Updates.
Family and Child Education Program (FACE) Panel Discussion.
BIE's Division of Performance and Accountability Updates.
Advisory Board Work Sessions.
Public Comments.
○ On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, two sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (MDT) and 2:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. (MDT).
○ On Thursday, August 13, 2026, one session (15 minutes) will be provided, 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. (MDT).
○ Public comments can be provided verbally
via
webinar or in writing using the chat box.
○ Public comments can also be emailed to the DFO (
seeFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
).
The agenda items for the September 10-11, 2026 meetings:
BIE Special Education Updates.
BIE School Operations/Division of Budget and Finance Updates.
Advisory Board Work Sessions.
Public Comments.
○ On Thursday, September 10, 2026, one session (10 minutes) will be provided, 9:30 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. (MDT) and Friday, September 11, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (MDT) and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (MDT) during the Advisory Board's work sessions.
○ Public comments can be provided verbally via webinar or in writing using the chat box.
○ Public comments can also be emailed to the DFO (
seeFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
).
Request for Accommodations:
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable accommodations. Please contact the person listed in the section (
seeFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
) at least seven (7) business days prior to the meeting to give the Department of the Interior sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
Public Disclosure of Comments:
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 48187
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Notice of Public Meetings of the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children,” thefederalregister.org (July 30, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-15361/notice-of-public-meetings-of-the-advisory-board-for-exceptional-children.