Notice2023-15120
Regional Advisory Committees
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Published
July 18, 2023
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Education Department
Abstract
The Secretary of Education (Secretary) invites interested parties to submit nominations for individuals for appointment to serve on the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC): Pacific.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45893-45894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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:
<bullet> Electronically via electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#19565c4a5c374b585a597c7d377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d7ddcbddb6cad9dbd8fdfcb6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>
(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 <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/notices/ed-pia.html">www2.ed.gov/notices/ed-pia.html</a>.
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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d32382e38532f3c3e3d1819531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="105f5543553e4251535075743e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>.
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,
and
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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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Department will provide the requestor with an accessible format that
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accessible format.
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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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