Notice2023-23914
Regional Advisory Committees
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Published
October 30, 2023
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Education Department
Abstract
The Department of Education (Department) announces upcoming virtual meetings for each of its 10 Regional Advisory Committees (RACs).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74160-74161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23914]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of open meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) announces upcoming
virtual meetings for each of its 10 Regional Advisory Committees
(RACs).
DATES: The date and time for each virtual meeting is listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact the Designated Federal
Official (DFO) for each RAC, listed below:
Appalachia and West RAC: Muhammad Kara, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a774f525b57575b5e14715b485b7a5f5e145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="317c4459505c5c50551f7a5043507154551f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>
Central and Southwest RAC: Rebekka Meyer, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#33615651565858521d7e564a56417356571d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="46142324232d2d27680b233f233406232268212930">[email protected]</span></a>
Mid-Atlantic RAC: Esley Newton, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7035031c15095e3e1507041f1e3015145e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1154627d74683f5f7466657e7f5174753f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>
Midwest and Northwest RAC: Bryan Keohane, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e1a39398808fcfaa848e89808f84a18485cf868e97"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11536368707f3f5a747e79707f745174753f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>
Northeast and Islands RAC: Sarah Zevin, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f1c2e3d2e2761152a3926210f2a2b61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52013320333a7c0837243b3c1237367c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>
Pacific RAC: Erin Kelts, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c390e151252371910080f3c1918521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b4e79626525406e677f784b6e6f256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>
Southeast RAC: Elisabeth Lembo, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1550797c66747770617d3b597078777a5570713b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b2e0702180a090e1f0345270e0609042b0e0f450c041d">[email protected]</span></a>
For information about the RACs, visit the RAC website at <a href="https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/">https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/</a>. For questions, contact Michelle Daley, Program and Grantee
Support Services, at (202) 987-1057, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c43495f49225e4d4f4c6968226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="115e5442543f4350525174753f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Regional Advisory Committees: The purpose of the
RACs is to advise the Secretary by (1) conducting an educational needs
assessment of each region identified in section 174(b) of the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002; and (2) submitting reports for each region
based on the regional assessments. Notice of these meetings is required
under 5 U.S.C chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committee Act).
Statutory Authority: The RACs are authorized by the Educational
Technical
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Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA) (Pub. L. 107-279; 20 U.S.C. 9605).
Meeting Agenda: The meetings described in this notice are the third
set of meetings for the RACs in 2023. The purpose of these meetings is
for each RAC to review the RAC subcommittee's recommendations and to
vote on the final educational needs assessment report for the region.
Meeting agendas will be posted on the RAC website, <a href="https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/">https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/</a>, no later
than November 1, 2023.
Meeting Dates and Times: Meeting times are listed in Eastern time
and local time zones for each region.
Appalachia RAC (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. ET/8 a.m. to
8:45 a.m. CT.
Central RAC (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Wyoming):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET/2 p.m. to
2:45 p.m. CT/1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. MT.
Mid-Atlantic RAC (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET.
Midwest RAC (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET/3 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. CT.
Northeast and Islands RAC (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin
Islands):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. ET.
Northwest RAC (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET/10 a.m.
to 10:45 a.m. MT/9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. PT/8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. AT.
Pacific RAC (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and
Republic of the Marshall Islands):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET/12 p.m.
to 12:45 p.m. HST/11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. SST/November 17, 2023, from 7
a.m. to 8:30 a.m. PWT/8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ChST/9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
PONT/10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. MHT.
Southeast RAC (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
and South Carolina):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. ET/9 a.m.
to 9:45 a.m. CT.
Southwest RAC (Arkansas, Bureau of Indian Education, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. ET/12 p.m.
to 12:45 p.m. CT/11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. MT/10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. PT.
West RAC (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. ET/3 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. MT/2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. PT.
Access to the RAC Meetings: Members of the public may access the
RAC meetings via virtual teleconference. Preregistration is required by
11:59 p.m. ET, two business days before the RAC meeting date.
Registration information for the RAC meetings can be found on the RAC
website at <a href="https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/">https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/</a>.
Public Comments: The deadline for written public comments was
October 15, 2023. Members of the public were invited to submit written
comments to each RAC between August 18 and October 15, 2023, for
consideration in their regional needs assessment. The RACs are no
longer accepting additional comments. Questions may be submitted to the
DFO for each RAC at the email address provided under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Reasonable Accommodations: The virtual RAC meetings are accessible
to individuals with disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid or
service for the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive
listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify Michelle
Daley, Group Leader, Program and Grantee Support Services, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a050f190f64180b090a2f2e642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69262c3a2c473b282a290c0d470e061f">[email protected]</span></a> no later than 48 hours before the scheduled meeting
date. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that
date, we cannot guarantee availability of the requested accommodation.
Access To Records of the Meetings: Minutes of each RAC meeting will
be available on the RAC website, no later than 90 days after the
meeting to which they relate. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(b), to inspect
records for the RAC, the public may contact the DFO for each RAC at the
email address provided under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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Authority: Section 206 of the ETAA, as amended (20 U.S.C. 9605).
Adam Schott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs Delegated the
Authority to Perform the Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-23914 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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