[Federal Register: September 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 174)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Reading First Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Reading First
Advisory Committee. Notice of the meeting is required by Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to
notify the public of their opportunity to attend.
DATE AND TIME: September 24, 2007, 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time. This notice is appearing in the Federal Register less
than 15 days prior to the open telephone meeting to help ensure that FY
2006 Reading First funds, which would be awarded to Puerto Rico if its
application is approved, do not lapse. These funds are available for
Federal obligation only through September 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via telephone conference call.
The public may access this meeting by dialing the telephone number that
will be available on the Reading First Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/advisory.html
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Spitz, Designated Federal
Officer, Reading First Advisory Committee; 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202) 260-3793; fax: (202) 260-8969;
e-mail: Deborah.Spitz@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reading First Advisory Committee is
authorized by Sections 1203(c)(2)(a) and 1202(e)(2) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended. The Committee
is established within the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to
evaluate Reading First applications submitted by States, to review the
progress reports that States submit after the third year of the grant
period, to advise on the awarding of Targeted Assistance Grants, and to
advise the Secretary on other issues that the Secretary deems
appropriate.
At the meeting on August 22, 2007, the Committee discussed Puerto
Rico's Reading First application and recommended that the Department
disapprove Puerto Rico's application on the basis that Puerto Rico did
not adequately address certain application requirements. The Committee
made specific recommendations for improving the application, which the
Department provided to Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is revising its
application to address the Committee's concerns.
At the September 24, 2007 meeting, the Committee will review and
discuss the revisions that Puerto Rico has made to its application and
recommend approval or disapproval of the revised application.
Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order
to access the telephone conference call should notify Deborah Spitz at
(202) 260-3793, no later than five (5) days before the scheduled date
of the meeting. We will attempt to meet requests for accommodations
after this date but cannot guarantee their availability.
Request for Written Comments: Written comments should be submitted
via e-mail at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled date of the
meeting to Deborah Spitz at Deborah.Spitz@ed.gov. These comments will
be shared with the members of the Committee.
Records are kept of all Committee proceedings and are available for
public inspection at 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20202, from
the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time Monday through
Friday.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html
.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal
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Amanda Farris,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
[FR Doc. E7-17774 Filed 9-7-07; 8:45 am]
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