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submit a final report to the Secretary, 

including financial information as 

directed by the Secretary. Each State 

educational agency receiving a grant 

must submit a final report using the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED) Grant 

Performance Report form describing its 

activities and the result of those 

activities, under the grant. ED will 

provide grant recipients with the 

appropriate form and related 

instructions for addressing these 

reporting requirements. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the ED has developed three 

measures for evaluating the 

effectiveness of the Enhanced 

Assessment Instruments grantees: (1) 

The number of States that participated 

in pilot activities described in each 

proposal; (2) the number of States that 

participated in Enhanced Assessment 

Grant projects funded by the current or 

prior competitions; and (3) the number 

of presentations at national conferences 

sponsored by professional education 

organizations and papers submitted for 

publication in refereed journals. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Valeria Ford, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 3W118, Washington, DC 

20202–6132. Telephone: (202) 205–

2213, or by e-mail: Valeria.Ford@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

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. 

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 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/

index.html. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of opening meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National 

Advisory Council on Indian Education 

(the Council) and is intended to notify 

the general public of their opportunity 

to attend. This notice also describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of the 

Council’s meetings is required under 

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and by the Council’s 

charter. 

AGENDA: The Council will discuss 

their development of the Council’s 

Annual Report to Congress, 

subcommittee work activities and 

updates on Executive Order 13336. 

Dates: May 2, 2007. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peirce Hammond, Acting Director, 

Office of Indian Education, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: 202–401–0953. Fax: 202–

260–7779 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council advises the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the ESEA. The Council 

submits to the Congress, not later than 

June 30 of each year, a report on the 

activities of the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

The general public is welcome to 

attend the May 2, 2007 meeting to be 

held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 

Washington, DC. Individuals who need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to participate (i.e., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, materials in 

alternative format) should notify Peirce 

Hammond at 202–401–0953 by April 23, 

2006. We will attempt to meet requests 

after the date, but cannot guarantee 

availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

Records are kept of all Council 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the Office of Indian 

Education, United States Department of 

Education, Room 5C141, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202, 

Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 

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/ 

federegister. 

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 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/

index.html. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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