Notice2024-03346
Exchange Visitor Program
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Published
February 20, 2024
Effective
November 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
State Department
Abstract
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Visitor Program regulations, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, has waived certain regulatory provisions to establish an exchange of German principals to secondary schools overseen and financed by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany within the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12937-12938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03346]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12329]
Exchange Visitor Program
ACTION: Notice of an arrangement through a Memorandum of
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Understanding and waiver of certain regulatory requirements.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Visitor
Program regulations, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, has waived certain
regulatory provisions to establish an exchange of German principals to
secondary schools overseen and financed by the government of the
Federal Republic of Germany within the United States.
DATES: This action was effective on November 15, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Pasini, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Private Sector Exchange at 2200 C Street NW, SA-5, 5th
Floor, Washington, DC 20522 or via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c18b84b9a2a9a0afa6a4b281b2b5a0b5a4efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="064c437e656e676861637546757267726328616970">[email protected]</span></a> or by
telephone at (202) 826-4364.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The arrangement between the United States
and the Federal Republic of Germany, establishing an exchange of German
principals, fosters long-term international cooperation with U.S.
communities across the United States. German exchange principals,
through their leadership, promote an intercultural environment and
strong bonds that last through their students' years at school,
university, and beyond. The principals are instrumental in creating a
global network of well-connected German and American alumni.
This exchange has been established in accordance with the existing
Exchange Visitor Program regulations (22 CFR part 62), including the
regulations applying to the Specialist category (22 CFR 62.26). These
exchange visitors are experts in a field with specialized knowledge or
skills. Program participants are required to be German citizens, hold a
valid German passport, and have teaching certification for the
secondary level or an advanced degree equivalent to a Master's degree
in school administration or a similar field. Program participants are
selected by the Federal German Foreign Office and its subordinate
authority, the Central Agency for Schools Abroad. Participants are
placed as principals in German schools in the United States that are
recognized and overseen by the Federal Foreign Office.
Consistent with the arrangement, the Assistant Secretary for
Educational and Cultural Affairs waives certain provisions set forth in
22 CFR 62.26. Regulations at 22 CFR 62.26(i) provide that specialists
shall be authorized to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program for
the length of time necessary to complete the program, which shall not
exceed one year. Regulations at 22 CFR 62.26(d)(3) establish that a
foreign national is eligible to participate in an exchange visitor
program as a specialist if that individual does not fill a permanent or
long-term position of employment while in the United States. Through
the arrangement with the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States
supports the purposes of the Fulbright-Hayes Act by facilitating
administrative support for German schools in the United States and
recognizing that international schools are an important way to allow
the possibility of young people to be educated in a unique
multicultural environment. The arrangement allows German principals to
promote intercultural exchange throughout their program, which is
permitted to be three years, subject to the terms of the principal's
visa.
Subject to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), participants
may be eligible for one-time repeat participation in the program upon
the exchange visitor's valid application and after meeting any other
applicable requirements. Although the principal position filled by the
participant may remain a long-term one for the school, varying
individual principals, including program participants, may serve in
that role. Accordingly, the Department waives subsections (d)(3) and
(i) of 22 CFR 62.26 with respect to this program.
Lee A. Satterfield,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-03346 Filed 2-16-24; 8:45 am]
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