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 Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs
 AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is announcing that it will conduct tribal consultation meetings to obtain oral and written comments concerning potential issues in Indian Education Programs. This notice announces the dates and locations of the consultation meetings.
 DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 18, 2000. The consultation meetings will be held on July 11, 13, 18, 20, and 21, 2000. Several dates and locations were scheduled to coincide with meetings of various Indian education organizations. All meetings will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. (local time) or until all meeting participants have had an opportunity to make comments.
 ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Education Programs, Attention: Mr. William Mehojah, Jr., MS-3512-MIB, OIE-32, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240, or you may hand-deliver them to Room 3512 at the same address. Comments may also be telefaxed to 202-208-3312. See 
                        **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION**
                         for locations of the consultation meetings.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Whitehorn or Georgia Braun, 202-208-4976.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are a follow-up to similar meetings conducted by the Office of Indian Education Programs since 1990. The purpose of the consultation, as required by 25 U.S.C. 2010(b), is to provide Indian tribes, school boards, parents, Indian organizations, and other interested parties an opportunity to comment on potential issues raised during previous consultation meetings or issues being considered by the BIA regarding Indian education programs. The potential issues which will be set forth in a tribal consultation booklet to be issued prior to the meetings are as follows: (1) Charter Schools; (2) Program Management Funding for Facilities; (3) Transfer Facilities Construction Project Management Funds from the Office of Facilities Management and Construction to the Office of Indian Education Programs; 
                    ( print page 40122) (4) Other Consultation Items; (5) Form a Separate Rental Receipts Account in the Federal Finance System; (6) “Open Season” for All New Facilities Space Activities; (7) Comprehensive Federal Indian Draft Policy; and (8) Indian Student Equalization Program. A consultation booklet for the July meetings is being distributed to federally-recognized Indian tribes, Bureau Regional and Agency Offices, and Bureau-funded schools. The booklets will also be available from local contact persons at each meeting. Consultations We will hold consultations at the following locations on the dates specified: Date
Location
Local contact
Phone numbersJuly 11, 2000
Espanola, NM
Ed Parisian
(505) 753-1465July 11, 2000
Spokane, WA
LaVonne French 
                             John Reimer
(406) 247-7953 
                             (503) 872-2743July 13, 2000
Fort Yates, ND
Cherie Farlee
(605) 964-8722July 13, 2000
Collinsville, IL
LaVonna Weller
(703) 235-3233July 13, 2000
Green Bay, IL
Terry Portra
(612) 713-4400July 18, 2000
Mesa, AZ
Robert Chiago
(602) 379-3944July 20, 2000
Gallup, NM
Larry Holman
(505) 786-6150July 21, 2000
Oklahoma City, OK
Joy Martin
(405) 605-6051July 21, 2000
Anchorage, AK
Robert Pringle
(907) 271-4120July 21, 2000
San Diego, CA
Fayetta Babby
(916) 978-6057
 Written Comments Comments, including names, street addresses, and other contact information of respondents, will be available for public review at the address listed under 
                    **ADDRESSES**
                     section during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish us to withhold your name, street address, and other contact information (such as fax or phone number) from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will honor your request to the extent allowable by law. We will make available for public inspection in their entirety all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses. This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8. Dated: June 23, 2000. Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.


[FR Doc. 00-16447 Filed 6-28-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-02-P