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Integration and Improvement, 

Assessment of Strategic Risk Drivers in 

Out Years, and Next-Generation Nuclear 

Command, Control, and Communication 

Capabilities inclusion in Analytic 

Framework. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the 

DoD has determined that the meeting 

shall be closed to the public. Per 

delegated authority by the Chairman, 

Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Anthony J. 

Cotton, Commander, U.S. Strategic 

Command, in consultation with his 

legal advisor, has determined in writing 

that the public interest requires that all 

sessions of this meeting be closed to the 

public because they will be concerned 

with matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1). 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.140(c), the public or 

interested organizations may submit 

written statements to the membership of 

the Strategic Advisory Group at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of a planned meeting. Written 

statements should be submitted to the 

Strategic Advisory Group’s DFO; the 

DFO’s contact information can be 

obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. Written 

statements that do not pertain to a 

scheduled meeting of the Strategic 

Advisory Group may be submitted at 

any time. However, if individual 

comments pertain to a specific topic 

being discussed at a planned meeting, 

then these statements must be submitted 

no later than five business days prior to 

the meeting in question. The DFO will 

review all submitted written statements 

and provide copies to all the committee 

members. 

Dated: September 18, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Regional Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Amendment to notice of open 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) announces an amendment 

to the dates and times of Meeting 2 for 

each of the Regional Advisory 

Committee (RACs). 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be 

conducted virtually. See the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document for instructions on how 

to access the virtual meetings. 

DATES: The virtual, open meetings for 

each of the RACs will be held on the 

dates and times listed under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Daley, Group Leader, 

Comprehensive Centers Group, Office of 

Program and Grantee Support Services, 

U.S. Department of Education. 

Telephone: 202–987–1057. Email: 

OESE.RAC@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

For specific RACs, contact the 

Designated Federal Official (DFO), listed 

below: 

Appalachia and West RAC: Muhammad 

Kara, email: Muhammad.Kara@ed.gov 

Central and Southwest RAC: Rebekka 

Meyer, email: Rebekka.Meyer@ed.gov 

Mid-Atlantic RAC: Esley Newton, email: 

Esley.Newton@ed.gov 

Midwest and Northwest RAC: Bryan 

Keohane, email: Bryan.Keohane@

ed.gov 

Northeast and Islands RAC: Sarah 

Zevin, email: Sarah.Zevin@ed.gov 

Pacific RAC: Erin Kelts, email: 

Erin.Kelts@ed.gov 

Southeast RAC: Elisabeth Lembo, email: 

Elisabeth.Lembo@ed.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

18, 2023, the Department published in 

the Federal Register a notice of open 

meetings of the RACs (88 FR 56608). 

The notice established the agenda, dates 

and times, and instructions for 

accessing the upcoming virtual 

meetings. This notice amends the dates 

and times for Meeting 2 for each RAC 

and provides information about the 

meetings to members of the public who 

may be interested in attending the 

meetings or providing written 

comments related to the work of the 

RACs. Notice of these meetings is 

required under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Statutory Authority: The RACs are 

authorized by the Educational Technical 

Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA) (Pub. L. 

107–279; 20 U.S.C. 9605). Information 

on the RACs can be found at https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formulagrants/program-and-grantee-supportservices/comprehensive-centersprogram/regional-advisory-committees/. 

The RACs advise the Secretary of 

Education (Secretary) regarding the 

educational needs of their regions, as 

described in section 174(b) of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 

in order to assist in making decisions 

regarding the regional educational 

priorities. 

The RACs’ responsibilities include 

assessing the educational needs within 

their regions (Assessment). In 

conducting the Assessment, RACs seek 

input from chief executive officers of 

States, chief State school officers, 

educators, and parents. The RACs 

conduct open hearings to solicit the 

views and needs of schools (including 

public charter schools), teachers, 

administrators, members of the regional 

educational laboratory governing board, 

parents, local educational agencies, 

librarians, businesses, State educational 

agencies, and other customers, such as 

adult education programs, within the 

region regarding the need for the 

activities described in 20 U.S.C. 9564 

and 9602, and how those needs would 

be most effectively addressed. RACs 

submit the Assessment to the Secretary 

and to the Director of the Institute of 

Education Sciences, at such time, in 

such a manner, and containing such 

information as the Secretary may 

require. 

Purpose of Open Meetings: The open 

meetings are designed to— 

(1) Provide members of the 10 RACs 

an opportunity to participate in two 

open virtual meetings to assess the 

educational needs within the region 

served and to deliberate on the findings 

to prepare their region’s Assessment. 

(2) Provide members of the RACs the 

opportunity to review and discuss the 

reports that they will submit to the 

Secretary in October 2023. 

(3) Provide an opportunity for the 

public to observe and listen to RAC 

discussions on the top challenges in 

each region for improving student 

academic achievement and educational 

outcomes. 

(4) Provide an opportunity for the 

public to observe and listen to RAC 

discussions on recommendations on the 

educational needs of each region and 

how those needs may be addressed 

through technical assistance activities 

provided by comprehensive centers 

described in section 203 of the 

Educational Technical Assistance Act 

(ETAA) that would help States, districts, 

and schools successfully address the 

critical educational challenges 

identified by each of the RACs. 

(5) Provide an opportunity for the 

public to observe and listen to 

discussions and recommendations from 

each of the RACs on the priorities for 

federally funded technical assistance in 

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Agenda 

Meeting 1: The RACs will (1) review 

educational data from each region and 

public comments received and 

deliberate and make recommendations 

about the critical education needs of the 

region; and (2) discuss how those needs 

can most effectively be addressed 

through technical assistance activities. 

Meeting 2: The RACs will (1) review 

additional input received from 

stakeholders and public comments 

received and, based on the information 

received, finalize their assessment of the 

critical educational needs of each 

region; and (2) deliberate on the 

education needs assessment for their 

region and finalize recommendations to 

be included in the Assessment. 

Meeting agendas will be posted on the 

RAC website: https://oese.ed.gov/ 

offices/office-of-formula-grants/ 

program-and-grantee-support-services/ 

comprehensive-centers-program/ 

regional-advisory-committees/. 

Meeting Dates and Times: Meeting 

times are listed in Eastern time and 

local time zones for each region. 

Appalachia RAC (Kentucky, Tennessee, 

Virginia, and West Virginia) 

Meeting 1: September 5, 2023, from 

1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. to 2 

p.m. CT. 

Meeting 2: October 13, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET/10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. CT. 

Northwest RAC (Alaska, Idaho, 

Montana, Oregon, and Washington) 

Meeting 1: September 6, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. AKT/11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT/12 

p.m. to 1:30 p.m. MT. 

Meeting 2: October 13, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. AKT/11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PT/12 

p.m. to 1:30 p.m. MT. 

Central RAC (Colorado, Kansas, 

Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, 

South Dakota, and Wyoming) 

Meeting 1: September 6, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET/9 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m. MT/10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT. 

Meeting 2: October 16, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/12 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. MT/1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT. 

Southeast RAC (Alabama, Florida, 

Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

and South Carolina) 

Meeting 1: September 5, 2023, from 4 

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. 

Meeting 2: October 11, 2023, from 9 

a.m. to 10:30 a.m. ET/8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 

CT. 

Mid-Atlantic RAC (Delaware, District of 

Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and 

Pennsylvania) 

Meeting 1: September 7, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. 

Meeting 2: October 17, 2023, from 4 

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. 

Southwest RAC (Arkansas, Bureau of 

Indian Education, Louisiana, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) 

Meeting 1: September 7, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/12 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. MT/1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT. 

Meeting 2: October 12, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/12 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. MT/1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT. 

Pacific RAC (American Samoa, 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, Federated States of 

Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and 

Republic of the Marshall Islands) 

Meeting 1: September 7, 2023, from 6 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET/11 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. SST/8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. ChST/9 

a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PONT/12 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. HST/7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. PWT/10 

a.m. to 11:30 a.m. MHT. 

Meeting 2: October 16, 2023, from 6 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET/12 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. HST/11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. SST/ 

October 17, 2023 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 

a.m. ChST/9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PONT/ 

7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. PWT/10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. MHT. 

Northeast and Islands RAC 

(Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, 

New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, 

Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin 

Islands) 

Meeting 1: September 8, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. 

Meeting 2: October 12, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. 

West RAC (Arizona, California, Nevada, 

and Utah) 

Meeting 1: September 8, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/11 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. PT/12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. MT. 

Meeting 2: October 11, 2023, from 2 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET/11 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. PT/12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. MT. 

Midwest RAC (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and 

Wisconsin) 

Meeting 1: September 5, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET/10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. CT. 

Meeting 2: October 16, 2023, from 11 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET/10 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. CT. 

Public Participation: Members of the 

public who wish to observe and listen 

to RAC discussions and 

recommendations may access the RAC 

meetings via virtual teleconference. Preregistration is required by 11:59 p.m. 

ET, two business days before the RAC 

meeting date. Information on how to 

register for and access the RAC meetings 

is on the RACs’ website at https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formulagrants/program-and-grantee-supportservices/comprehensive-centersprogram/regional-advisory-committees/. 

Public Comments: Members of the 

public may submit written comments at 

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/

58f2ccc2542a44c9b6f83d567d5aa40b. 

Comments must be submitted by 11:59 

p.m. ET, two business days before the 

RAC meeting date. Written comments 

should pertain to the work of RACs. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

virtual RAC meetings are accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. If you will 

need an auxiliary aid or service to 

participate in the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting service, assistive listening 

device, or materials in an alternate 

format), notify the contact person listed 

in this notice no later than 48 hours 

before the scheduled meeting date. 

Although we will attempt to meet a 

request received after that date, we 

cannot guarantee availability of the 

requested accommodation because of 

insufficient time to arrange it. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(b), the public 

may inspect the meeting materials on 

the RACs’ website, https://oese.ed.gov/ 

offices/office-of-formula-grants/ 

program-and-grantee-support-services/ 

comprehensive-centers-program/ 

regional-advisory-committees/. The 

public may also inspect the meeting 

materials and other RAC records at the 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Ave SW, Washington DC 

20202, by emailing the DFO for the RAC 

to schedule an appointment. Records of 

open meetings, including the official 

transcripts of the open meetings will be 

available for public inspection no later 

than 10 business days following each 

meeting and will be posted on the 

RACs’ website. Requests for an official 

transcript may be made via email to the 

DFO for each RAC. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

contact person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format. The Department 

will provide the requestor with an 

accessible format that may include Rich 

Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), 

a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc, or 

other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 


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1Terms defined in this notice are italicized the 

first time each term is used. 

2https://www.ed.gov/raisethebar/. 

3The six strategies of Raise the Bar include: 

accelerating learning, developing a well-rounded 

education, eliminating the educator shortage, 

investing in mental health, ensuring every student 

has a postsecondary pathway, and a pathway to 

multilingualism. 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site, you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF, you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. You also may 

access documents of the Department 

published in the Federal Register by 

using the article search feature at: 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Authority: Section 206 of the ETAA, 

as amended (20 U.S.C. 9605). 

Adam Schott, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Delegated the Authority to Perform 

the Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20905 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Expanding Opportunity Through 

Quality Charter Schools Program 

(CSP)—Grants to Charter Management 

Organizations for the Replication and 

Expansion of High-Quality Charter 

Schools (CMO Grants) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2024 for CSP CMO Grants, 

Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 

84.282M. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1810–0767. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

September 26, 2023. 

Notice of Intent to Apply: Applicants 

are strongly encouraged but not required 

to submit a notice of intent to apply by 

October 2, 2023. Applicants that do not 

meet this deadline may still apply. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 5, 2024. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 5, 2024. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar to 

provide technical assistance to 

prospective applicants. Detailed 

information regarding this webinar will 

be provided at https://oese.ed.gov/ 

offices/office-of-discretionary-grantssupport-services/charter-schoolprograms/charter-schools-programgrants-for-replications-and-expansionof-high-quality-charter-schools/. 

Note: For prospective new applicants 

unfamiliar with grantmaking at the 

Department, please consult our funding 

basics resource at https://www2.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/about/discretionary/ 

index.html. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2022 

(87 FR 75045), and available at https:// 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. Please note that these 

Common Instructions supersede the 

version published on December 27, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie S. Jones, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20202–5970. 

Telephone: (202) 453–5563. Email: 

CMOCompetition2024@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The CSP CMO 

Grant program (ALN 84.282M) is 

authorized under Title IV, Part C of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by the Every 

Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 

7221–7221j). Through CSP CMO Grants, 

the Department awards grants to charter 

management organizations (CMOs) 1 on 

a competitive basis to enable them to 

replicate or expand one or more highquality charter schools. Grant funds may 

be used to significantly increase the 

enrollment of, or add one or more 

grades to, an existing high-quality 

charter school or to open one or more 

new charter schools or new campuses of 

a high-quality charter school based on 

the educational model of an existing 

high-quality charter school. Charter 

schools that receive financial assistance 

through CSP CMO Grants provide 

elementary or secondary education 

programs, or both, and may also serve 

students in early childhood education 

programs or postsecondary students, 

consistent with the terms of their 

charter. 

Background: The major purposes of 

the CSP are to expand opportunities for 

all students, particularly for children 

with disabilities, English learners, and 

other traditionally underserved 

students, to attend charter schools and 

meet challenging State academic 

standards; provide financial assistance 

for the planning, program design, and 

initial implementation of charter 

schools; increase the number of highquality charter schools available to 

students across the United States; 

evaluate the impact of charter schools 

on student achievement, families, and 

communities; share best practices 

between charter schools and other 

public schools; aid States in providing 

facilities support to charter schools; 

support efforts to strengthen the charter 

school authorizing process; and support 

quality, accountability, and 

transparency in the operational 

performance of all authorized public 

chartering agencies, including State 

educational agencies (SEAs) and local 

educational agencies (LEAs) (see section 

4301 of the ESEA). 

‘‘Raise the Bar: Lead the World’’ 

(RTB) is the Department’s recent call to 

action to all stakeholders to transform 

pre-kindergarten through postsecondary 

education and unite around evidencebased strategies that advance 

educational equity and excellence for all 

students.2 When we raise the bar in 

education, all our Nation’s students will 

be able to build the skills to thrive 

inside and outside of school. As part of 

the RTB initiative, the Department is 

focusing on six strategies aimed at 

promoting academic excellence and 

wellness for every learner and better 

preparing our Nation for global 

competitiveness.3 This competition, 

through the program as authorized and 

through the competitive preference and 

invitational priorities, advances several 

RTB strategies, most notably those 

intended to deliver a comprehensive 

and rigorous education for every student 

and provide every student with a 

pathway to multilingualism. 

In July 2022, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 


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