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TABLE TO § 165.506—Continued 

[All coordinates listed in the Table to § 165.506 reference Datum NAD 1983.] 

Number Date Location Regulated area 

13 ........ August—1st Tuesday ...... New River, Jacksonville, 

NC, Safety Zone.

All waters of the New River within a 300 yard radius of the fireworks launch 

site in approximate position latitude 34°44′45′′ N, longitude 077°26′18′′ W, 

approximately one half mile south of the Hwy 17 Bridge, Jacksonville, 

North Carolina. 

Dated: September 12, 2011. 

William D. Lee, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Fifth Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter VI 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, 

Negotiator Nominations and Schedule 

of Committee Meetings—Teacher 

Preparation and TEACH Grant 

Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Intent to establish negotiated 

rulemaking committees. 

SUMMARY: We announce our intention to 

establish a negotiated rulemaking 

committee to prepare proposed 

regulations under Title II and Title IV of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA). The committee will 

include representatives of organizations 

or groups with interests that are 

significantly affected by the topics 

proposed for negotiation. We request 

nominations for individual negotiators 

who represent key stakeholder 

constituencies for the issues to be 

negotiated to serve on the committee 

and we set a schedule for committee 

meetings. 

DATES: We must receive your 

nominations for negotiators to serve on 

the committee on or before November 

25, 2011. The dates, times, and locations 

of the committee meetings are set out in 

the Schedule for Negotiations section 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, 

below. 

ADDRESSES: Please send your 

nominations for negotiators to Wendy 

Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 8017, 

Washington, DC 20006, or by fax at 

(202) 502–7874. You may also e-mail 

your nominations to 

Wendy.Macias@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the content of this 

notice, including information about the 

negotiated rulemaking process or the 

nomination submission process, 

contact: Wendy Macias, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 8017, Washington, DC 

20006. Telephone: (202) 502–7526. You 

may also e-mail your questions about 

the nomination submission process to: 

Wendy.Macias@ed.gov. 

Note: For general information about the 

negotiated rulemaking process, see The 

Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV 

Regulations, Frequently Asked Questions at 

http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/

hearulemaking/hea08/neg-reg-faq.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 5, 

2011, we published a notice in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 25650) 

announcing our intent to establish one 

or more negotiated rulemaking 

committees to develop proposed 

regulations under the HEA. In addition, 

we announced our intent to develop 

these proposed regulations by following 

the negotiated rulemaking procedures in 

Section 492 of the HEA. 

The notice also announced a series of 

three regional hearings at which 

interested parties could comment on the 

topics suggested by the Department and 

suggest additional topics for 

consideration for action by the 

negotiating committees. We also held 

four public roundtable discussions to 

complement the regional hearings. The 

hearings and roundtables were held in: 

Nashville, Tennessee (roundtable only); 

Tacoma, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; 

and Charleston, South Carolina. We 

invited parties to comment and submit 

topics for consideration in writing as 

well. (Transcripts from the regional 

hearings can be found at http:// 

www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/

hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html. 

Written comments may be viewed 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Instructions for finding comments are 

available on the site under ‘‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’’ in the Help section. 

Individuals can enter docket ID ED– 

2011–OPE–0003 in the ‘‘Enter Keyword 

or ID’’ search box to locate the 

appropriate docket.) Regulatory Issues: 

After consideration of the information 

received at the regional hearings, in the 

roundtable discussions, and in writing, 

we have decided to establish a 

negotiating committee to address 

teacher preparation program issues in 

Title II of the HEA and in the Teacher 

Education Assistance for College and 

Higher Education (TEACH) Grant 

Program authorized by Title IV of the 

HEA. 

We list the topics the committee is 

likely to address in the Committee 

Topics section, below. 

We intend to select negotiators for the 

committee who represent the interests 

significantly affected by the topics 

proposed for negotiations. In so doing, 

we will follow the requirement in 

Section 492(b)(1) of the HEA that the 

individuals selected must have 

demonstrated expertise or experience in 

the relevant subjects under negotiation. 

We will also select individual 

negotiators who reflect the diversity 

among program participants, in 

accordance with Section 492(b)(1) of the 

HEA. Our goal is to establish a 

committee that will allow significantly 

affected parties to be represented while 

keeping the committee size manageable. 

The committee may create subgroups 

on particular topics that may involve 

additional individuals who are not 

members of the committee. Individuals 

who are not selected as members of the 

committee will be able to attend the 

meetings, have access to the individuals 

representing their constituencies, and 

participate in informal working groups 

on various issues between the meetings. 

The committee meetings will be open to 

the public. 

The Department has identified the 

following constituencies as having 

interests that are significantly affected 

by the topics proposed for negotiations. 

The Department plans to seat as 

negotiators individuals from 

organizations or groups representing 

these constituencies: 

• Postsecondary students, including 

legal assistance organizations that 

represent students. 

• Teachers. 


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• Financial aid administrators at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• Business officers and bursars at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• Admissions officers at 

postsecondary institutions. 

• State officials, including officials 

with teacher preparation program 

approval agencies, State teacher 

licensing boards, higher education 

executive officers, chief State school 

officers, State attorneys general, and 

State data system administrators. 

• Institutions that offer teacher 

preparation programs, including schools 

of education. 

Æ Institutions of higher education 

eligible to receive Federal assistance 

under Title III, Parts A, B, and F, and 

Title V of the HEA, which include 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions, American Indian Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities, 

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions, Predominantly 

Black Institutions, and other institutions 

with a substantial enrollment of needy 

students as defined in Title III of the 

HEA. 

Æ Two-year public institutions of 

higher education. 

Æ Four-year public institutions of 

higher education. 

Æ Private, non-profit institutions of 

higher education. 

Æ Private, for-profit institutions of 

higher education. 

• Operators of programs for 

alternative routes to teacher 

certification. 

• Accrediting agencies. 

• Students enrolled in elementary 

and secondary education, including 

parents of students enrolled in 

elementary and secondary education. 

• School and local educational 

agency officials, including those 

responsible for hiring teachers and 

evaluating teacher performance. 

The goal of the committee is to 

develop high-quality proposed 

regulations that reflect a final consensus 

of the committee. Consensus means that 

there is no dissent by any member of the 

negotiating committee, including the 

committee member representing the 

Department. An individual selected as a 

negotiator will be expected to represent 

the interests of their organization or 

group. If consensus is reached, all 

members of the organization or group 

represented by a negotiator are bound 

by the consensus and are prohibited 

from commenting negatively on the 

resulting proposed regulations. The 

Department will not consider any such 

negative comments that are submitted 

by members of such an organization or 

group. 

Nominations 

Nominations should include: 

• The name of the nominee, the 

organization or group the nominee 

represents, and a description of the 

interests that the nominee represents. 

• Evidence of the nominee’s expertise 

or experience in the subject, or subjects, 

to be negotiated. 

• Evidence of support from 

individuals or groups of the 

constituency that the nominee will 

represent. 

• The nominee’s commitment that he 

or she will actively participate in good 

faith in the development of the 

proposed regulations. 

• The nominee’s contact information, 

including address, phone number, fax 

number, and e-mail address. 

For a better understanding of the 

negotiated rulemaking process, 

nominees should review The Negotiated 

Rulemaking Process for Title IV 

Regulations, Frequently Asked 

Questions at http://www.ed.gov/policy/

highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/negreg-faq.html prior to committing to 

serve as a negotiator. 

Nominees will be notified whether or 

not they have been selected as 

negotiators as soon as the Department’s 

review process is completed. 

Committee Topics 

The topics the committee is likely to 

address are as follows: 

• The requirements for institutional 

and program report cards on the quality 

of teacher preparation (Section 205(a) of 

the HEA); 

• The requirements for State report 

cards on the quality of teacher 

preparation (Section 205(b) of the HEA); 

• The standards to ensure reliability, 

validity, and accuracy of the data 

submitted in report cards on the quality 

of teacher preparation (Section 205(c) of 

the HEA); 

• The criteria used by States to assess 

the performance of teacher preparation 

programs at higher education 

institutions in the State, the 

identification of low-performing 

programs (Section 207(a) of the HEA), 

and the consequences of a State’s 

termination of eligibility of a program 

(Section 207(b) of the HEA); 

• The definition of the term ‘‘high 

quality teacher preparation program’’ for 

the purpose of establishing the 

eligibility of an institution to participate 

in the TEACH Grant program (Section 

420L(1) of the HEA); 

• The definition of the term ‘‘high 

quality professional development 

services’’ for the purpose of establishing 

the eligibility of an institution to 

participate in the TEACH Grant program 

(Section 420L(1) of the HEA); and 

• The service and repayment 

obligations for the TEACH Grant 

Program (Subpart E of 34 CFR 686). 

These topics are tentative. Topics may 

be added or removed as the process 

continues. 

Schedule for Negotiations 

The committee will meet for three 

sessions on the following dates: 

Session 1: January 18–20, 2012. 

Session 2: February 27–29, 2012. 

Session 3: April 3–5, 2012. 

The first and second day of each 

session will begin at 9 a.m. and end 

around 5 p.m. The final day of each 

session will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 

12 p.m. 

The meetings will be held at the U.S. 

Department of Education at: 1990 K 

Street, NW., Eighth Floor Conference 

Center, Washington, DC 20006. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the contact person under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 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 Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at http://www.federalregister.

gov. Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq., 

1070g et seq., 1098a. 

Dated: October 21, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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