03-18220. No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

AGENCY:

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION:

Membership of the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee.

SUMMARY:

The Secretary of the Interior has established an advisory Committee to develop recommendations for proposed rules for Indian education under six sections of The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. On May 5, 2003, the Secretary published the proposed membership for the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee and requested comments. Following review of the comments, the Secretary has named the members of the Committee.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee is an advisory committee formed under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107-110), the Negotiated Rulemaking Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the Committee is to negotiate and reach consensus on recommendations for proposed rules for Indian education under six sections of The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. For more information on negotiated rulemaking under The No Child Left Behind Act, see Federal Register notices that we published on December 10, 2002 (67 FR 75828) and May 5, 2003 (68 FR 23631), or our Web site at http//www.oiep.bia.edu under “Negotiated Rulemaking.”

The Secretary proposed 19 tribal Committee members and 6 Federal Committee members. Following selection of the tribal Committee members as proposed in the May 5, 2003, Federal Register notice, one of the proposed tribal Committee members, David Germany, Mississippi Band of Choctaw, was unable to serve. The Secretary has replaced Mr. Germany with Vanessa Girard, Education Planner, Gila River Indian Community. In response to the Federal Register notice of proposed membership of the Committee, the Secretary received 8 comments, including 6 additional nominations for Committee membership. The Secretary found that the membership of the Committee adequately represented the tribes with bureau-funded schools and the interests previously identified. Therefore the Secretary did not select any of the new nominations for the Committee.

The Secretary has selected the following tribal representatives for the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee:

Nominee	Tribal affiliation	Educational affiliation
Greg Anderson	Muscogee (Creek) Nation	Administrator, Creek Nation-Eufaula Dormitory.
Lorraine Begay	Navajo Nation	Director, Business Services, Greasewood Springs Community School, Inc.
Pauleen Billie	Navajo Nation	Executive Director, Navajo Area School Board Association.
Faye Blue Eyes	Navajo Nation	Director, Support Services, Shiprock Alternative Schools, Inc.
Roger Bordeaux	Potowatomi Nation	Superintendent, Tiospa Zina Tribal School.
Deborah Bordeaux	Oglala Sioux Tribe	Principal, Loneman School.
Doyce Cannon	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians	Director of Education, Cherokee Central Schools.
Mary Helen Creamer	Navajo Nation	Program Manager, Tribal Education Department.
Laverne Dallas	Hopi Tribe	President, Hopi School Board.
Zachary Ducheneaux	Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe	District 6 Representative, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council.
Gus Keene, Jr.	Navajo Nation	Director, Education Services, Ramah Navajo School Board.
Dolores McKerry	Navajo Nation	Program Manager, Navajo Education Center, North Central Association.
Wayne Newell	Pasamaquoddy Tribe	Director, Culture and Bilingual Education.
Tony Pivec	Cherokee Nation	Superintendent, Sequoyah High School.
Mark Sorenson	Navajo Nation	Executive Director, Little Singer Community School.
Terry Yellow Fat	Standing Rock Sioux Tribe	Superintendent, Standing Rock Community School.
Wayne Waddoups	Shoshone-Bannock	Superintendent, Shoshone Bannock School District # 512.
Vanessa Girard	Gila River Indian Community	Education Planner, Gila River Indian Community.
Linda Warner	Comanche Nation	Past Chief Executive Officer, Indian Community School of Milwaukee.

In addition, the Secretary has selected the following Federal representatives for the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee:

Name	Affiliation
Theresa Rosier	Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.
Sharon Wells	Special Assistant Deputy Director, School Operations, BIA.
Edith Blackwell	Associate Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, Office of the Solicitor.
Bruce Steele	Principal, Polacca Day School, BIA-OIEP-Hopi Agency.
Michael Rossetti	Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior.
Larry Byers	Principal, Chemawa School, BIA-OIEP.

Dated: July 10, 2003.

Aurene M. Martin,

Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.