03-26505. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the South Dakota Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, that a meeting of the South Dakota Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene at 1 p.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at the Holiday Inn City Centre, 100 West 8th Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and formally vote on the proposed regional project “Confronting Discrimination in Reservation Border Town Communities.” There will also be a briefing by experts on the status of research in the Criminal Justice System and Native Americans, as well as the impacts of “No Child Left Behind” in South Dakota.

Persons desiring additional information, or planning a presentation to the Committee, should contact, John Dulles, Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional Office, [phone] (TDD [phone]). Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (5) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, October 10, 2003.

Ivy L. Davis,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.