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without failure, but allows for some
deformation in the structure.
The FAA concludes that modern large
engines, including those on the GVI, are
novel and unusual compared to those
envisioned when § 25.361(b)(1) was
adopted and thus warrant special
conditions. The proposed special
conditions contain design criteria
recommended by ARAC. The proposed
special conditions also clarify the
design criteria that apply to auxiliary
power units.
Applicability
As discussed above, these proposed
special conditions are applicable to the
GVI. Should Gulfstream apply at a later
date for a change to the type certificate
to include another model incorporating
the same novel or unusual design
features, these proposed special
conditions would apply to that model as
well.
Conclusion
This action affects only certain novel
or unusual design features of the GVI. It
is not a rule of general applicability.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25
Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
The authority citation for these
special conditions is as follows:
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The Proposed Special Conditions
Accordingly, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) proposes the
following special conditions as part of
the type certification basis for the GVI
airplanes.
In lieu of § 25.361(b) the following
special conditions are proposed:
1. For turbine engine installations, the
engine mounts, pylons and adjacent
supporting airframe structure must be
designed to withstand 1g level flight
loads acting simultaneously with the
maximum limit torque loads imposed
by each of the following:
(a) Sudden engine deceleration due to
a malfunction which could result in a
temporary loss of power or thrust; and
(b) The maximum acceleration of the
engine.
2. For auxiliary power unit
installations, the power unit mounts
and adjacent supporting airframe
structure must be designed to withstand
1g level flight loads acting
simultaneously with the maximum limit
torque loads imposed by each of the
following:
(a) Sudden auxiliary power unit
deceleration due to malfunction or
structural failure; and
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(b) The maximum acceleration of the
power unit.
3. For engine supporting structure, an
ultimate loading condition must be
considered that combines 1g flight loads
with the transient dynamic loads
resulting from:
(a) The loss of any fan, compressor, or
turbine blade; and
(b) Separately, where applicable to a
specific engine design, any other engine
structural failure that results in higher
loads.
4. The ultimate loads developed from
the conditions specified in paragraphs
3(a) and 3(b) are to be multiplied by a
factor of 1.0 when applied to engine
mounts and pylons and multiplied by a
factor of 1.25 when applied to adjacent
supporting airframe structure.
5. Any permanent deformation that
results from the conditions specified in
paragraph 3 must not prevent continued
safe flight and landing.
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Negotiated Rulemaking Committees;
Public Hearings
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Intent to establish negotiated
rulemaking committees.
AGENCY:
We announce our intention to
establish one or more negotiated
rulemaking committees to propose
regulations under the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The
committees will include representatives
of organizations or groups with interests
that are significantly affected by the
subject matter of the proposed
regulations, as described more fully in
the Regulatory Issues section of this
document. We also announce three
public hearings, at which interested
parties may suggest additional issues
that should be considered for action by
the negotiating committees. In addition,
for anyone unable to attend a public
hearing, we announce that the
Department will accept written
comments.
Finally, the Department announces
that it will conduct roundtable
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discussions that focus on the areas of
teacher preparation, college completion,
and the Department’s proposed ‘‘First in
the World’’ competition, as more fully
described in the Roundtable Discussions
section of this document.
DATES: The dates, times, and locations
of the public hearings and the
roundtable discussions are listed under
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice. We must receive written
comments suggesting issues that should
be considered for action by the
negotiating committees on or before
May 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. We will not accept
comments by fax or by e-mail. Please
submit your comments only one time, in
order to ensure that we do not receive
duplicate copies. In addition, please
include the Docket ID at the top of your
comments.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for finding a notice,
submitting a comment, finding a
comment, and signing up for e-mail
alerts, is available on the site under
‘‘How to Use Regulations.gov’’ in the
Help section.
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,
or Hand Delivery. If you mail or deliver
your comments about these proposed
regulations, address them to Nikki
Harris, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 8033,
Washington, DC 20006.
Privacy Note: The Department’s policy for
comments received from members of the
public (including those comments submitted
by mail, commercial delivery, or hand
delivery) is to make these submissions
available for public viewing in their entirety
on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters
should be careful to include in their
comments only information that they wish to
make publicly available on the Internet.
For
information about the public hearings
and roundtable discussions, go to
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/
reg/hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html
or contact: Nikki Harris, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 8033, Washington, DC
20006. Telephone: (202) 219–7050. You
may also e-mail your questions about
the public hearings to:
negreg.2011@ed.gov.
For information about negotiated
rulemaking in general, go to The
Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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IV Regulations, Frequently Asked
Questions at https://www.ed.gov/policy/
highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/negreg-faq.html or 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 negotiated rulemaking to:
Wendy.Macias@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this document in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by
contacting Nikki Harris, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 8033, Washington DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 219–7050.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
492 of the HEA requires that, before
publishing any proposed regulations to
implement programs authorized under
title IV of the HEA, the Secretary obtain
public involvement in the development
of the proposed regulations. After
obtaining advice and recommendations
from the public, the Secretary conducts
negotiated rulemaking to develop the
proposed regulations. We announce our
intent to develop proposed title IV, HEA
regulations by following the negotiated
rulemaking procedures in section 492 of
the HEA.
We intend to select participants for
each negotiated rulemaking committees
from nominees of the organizations and
groups that represent the interests
significantly affected by the proposed
regulations. To the extent possible, we
will select, from the nominees,
individual negotiators who reflect the
diversity among program participants,
in accordance with section 492(b)(1) of
the HEA.
In addition, the Secretary is interested
in receiving public comment on the
issues summarized in the Roundtable
Discussions section of this notice. The
Secretary is particularly interested in
receiving public comment on the
development of proposed regulations
under sections 205 and 207 in title II of
the HEA on streamlining institutional
reporting requirements and improving
State identification of low-performing
teacher preparation programs.
Regulatory Issues
We intend to convene at least one
committee to develop proposed
regulations to address title IV loan
program issues. These regulations
would address issues such as those
arising from the changes made to the
HEA by the Student Aid Fiscal
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Responsibility Act (SAFRA), title II of
the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–
152), which ended the origination of
loans under the Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) Program as of
July 1, 2010. With this statutory change,
all new Stafford, PLUS and
Consolidation loan originations with a
first disbursement on or after July 1,
2010, are made under the William D.
Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan)
Program. As a result of the statutory
change, the Department intends to
streamline the loan program regulations
by repealing unnecessary FFEL Program
regulations in 34 CFR part 682 and
incorporating and modifying necessary
requirements within the Direct Loan
Program regulations in 34 CFR part 685,
as appropriate. In addition, we intend to
address, through negotiated rulemaking,
other issues in the Federal student loan
programs, including possible changes in
the regulations governing the incomecontingent and income-based repayment
plans and the process for making total
and permanent disability
determinations.
As noted elsewhere in this notice, we
are also considering developing
proposed regulations to streamline
institutional reporting requirements,
and proposed regulations regarding
better State identification of lowperforming teacher preparation
programs pursuant to sections 205 and
207 of the HEA through focusing
reporting on improved measures of
program quality.
After a complete review of the public
comments presented at the public
hearings and in the written submissions,
we will publish a subsequent document
(or documents) announcing the specific
subject areas for which we intend to
establish one or more negotiated
rulemaking committees, and a request
for nominations for individual
negotiators who represent the interests
significantly affected by the proposed
regulations.
Public Hearings
We will hold three public hearings for
interested parties to discuss the
rulemaking agenda. The public hearings
will be held on:
• May 16, 2011, at Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma, Washington
• May 19, 2011, at Loyola UniversityLakeshore Campus in Chicago, Illinois
• May 26, 2011, at College of
Charleston in Charleston, South
Carolina
The public hearings will be held from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., local time.
Further information on the public
hearing sites, including addresses and
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directions, is available at https://
www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/
hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html.
Individuals desiring to present
comments at the public hearings must
register by sending an e-mail to
negreg.2011@ed.gov. The e-mail should
include the name of the presenter along
with a general timeframe during which
the individual would like to speak (for
example, a presenter could indicate
morning or afternoon, or before 11:00
a.m. or after 3:00 p.m.). We will attempt
to accommodate each speaker’s
preference but, if we are unable to do so,
we will make the determination based
on the time and date the e-mail was
received. It is likely that each
participant will be limited to five
minutes. The Department will notify
registrants indicating the specific
location and time slot reserved for them.
An individual may make only one
presentation at the public hearings. If
we receive more registrations than we
are able to accommodate, the
Department reserves the right to reject
the registration of an entity or
individual that is affiliated with an
entity or individual that is already
scheduled to present comments, and to
select among registrants to ensure that a
broad range of entities and individuals
is allowed to present. We will accept
walk-in registrations for any remaining
time slots on a first-come first-served
basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the day
of the public hearing at the
Department’s on-site registration table.
Speakers may also submit written
comments. In addition, for anyone who
does not present comments at a public
hearing, the Department will accept
written comments through May 20,
2011. (See the ADDRESSES sections of
this document for submission
information.)
Roundtable Discussions
On the day following each public
hearing, the Department intends to
conduct roundtable discussions at the
same location as each public hearing,
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. local time.
The Department also intends to conduct
roundtable discussions from 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. local time at Tennessee State
University in Nashville, Tennessee on
May 12, 2011. The Department may
hold additional roundtable discussions,
which will be announced on the
Department’s Web site at: https://
www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/
hearulemaking/2011/roundtable.html.
These roundtable discussions are
intended to complement the hearings,
which will have a broader focus, and
inform the policy development process
in the specific areas of teacher
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preparation, college completion, and a
‘‘First in the World’’ competition. For
those unable to attend one of the policy
roundtable discussions, we will also
accept written comments and
suggestions on the topics discussed at
the roundtable.
The Department intends to use these
roundtable discussions to inform our
postsecondary education policies in
three key areas—teacher preparation,
college completion, and the proposed
‘‘First in the World’’ grant competition,
proposed in the President’s fiscal year
(FY) 2012 budget under the Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE). The three roundtable
discussions at each of the four locations
announced above will each focus on one
of these areas.
The first topic will be the design and
implementation plans for teacher
preparation programs. We will discuss:
(1) The proposed Presidential Teaching
Fellows program along with the already
authorized Honorable Augustus F.
Hawkins Centers for Excellence program
(subpart 2, part B, title II of the HEA) for
which the Administration has requested
funding; (2) ways in which the
Department can streamline institutional
reporting requirements; and (3) State
identification of low-performing teacher
preparation programs pursuant to
sections 205 and 207 of the HEA.
A second topic will be college
completion, with a focus on obtaining
information about State-level reform
efforts that show the most promise for
increasing college completion. We will
also discuss the College Completion
Incentive Grants program, proposed in
the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2012
budget, which would encourage States
to make systemic reforms in their higher
education systems to increase the
number of students who complete a
postsecondary degree or certificate
program and also reward institutions
within those States that increase their
completion rates.
The third topic will be possible
priorities and structure for the (FIPSE)
‘‘First in the World’’ competition. The
purpose of this discussion is to obtain
information about institutional reform
efforts that show the most promise for
increasing college completion,
expanding institutional capacity, and
improving quality of student outcomes.
This input will be used to inform the
development of competitive preferences
and invitational priorities and the
structure of the FIPSE ‘‘First in the
World’’ competition.
While the Department is inviting
representatives of students, families,
teachers, teacher educators, college
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success practitioners to participate in
these roundtable discussions, the
roundtable discussions will also be
open to the public, with opportunities
to provide public comment. Individuals
desiring to participate in the roundtable
discussions must register by sending an
email to HigherEducationRoundtable.
2011@ed.gov. The email should include
the name of the participant and his or
her affiliation, and identify which
policy roundtable discussion she or he
would like to participate in, and at
which location. We will attempt to
accommodate each participant’s
preference but, if we are unable to do so,
we will make the determination based
on the time and date the email was
received. The Department will notify
each registrant by email of the specific
location and roundtable discussion he
or she was selected to participate in. An
individual may only participate in one
roundtable discussion per location. If
we receive more registrations than we
are able to accommodate, the
Department reserves the right to reject
the registration of an entity or
individual that is affiliated with an
entity or individual that is already
scheduled to participate in the same
roundtable discussion, and to select
among registrants to ensure that a broad
range of entities and individuals are
allowed to present. We will accept
walk-in participants on a first-come
first-served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m.
on the day of each roundtable
discussion at the Department’s on-site
registration table.
The public hearing/roundtable sites
are accessible to individuals with
disabilities. Individuals needing an
auxiliary aid or service to participate in
the hearing or a roundtable discussion
(e.g., interpreting service, assistive
listening device, or materials in
alternative format), should notify the
contact person identified for
information about hearings listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
this document in advance of the
scheduled hearing date. Although we
will attempt to meet any request we
receive, we may not be able to make
available the requested auxiliary aid or
service if we do not have sufficient time
to arrange it.
Schedule for Negotiations
We anticipate that any negotiated
rulemaking committees established after
these public hearings will begin
negotiations in August or September
2011, with each committee meeting for
up to three sessions of approximately
three days at roughly monthly intervals.
The committees will meet in the
Washington, DC area. The dates and
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locations of these meetings will be
announced in a subsequent document in
the Federal Register, and will be posted
on the Department’s Web site at:
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/
reg/hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html.
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: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this
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as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1022–
1022h, 1098a.
Dated: April 28, 2011.
Eduardo M. Ochoa,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter VI
[Docket ID ED-2011-OPE-0003]
Negotiated Rulemaking Committees; Public Hearings
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Intent to establish negotiated rulemaking committees.
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SUMMARY: We announce our intention to establish one or more negotiated
rulemaking committees to propose regulations under the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The committees will include
representatives of organizations or groups with interests that are
significantly affected by the subject matter of the proposed
regulations, as described more fully in the Regulatory Issues section
of this document. We also announce three public hearings, at which
interested parties may suggest additional issues that should be
considered for action by the negotiating committees. In addition, for
anyone unable to attend a public hearing, we announce that the
Department will accept written comments.
Finally, the Department announces that it will conduct roundtable
discussions that focus on the areas of teacher preparation, college
completion, and the Department's proposed ``First in the World''
competition, as more fully described in the Roundtable Discussions
section of this document.
DATES: The dates, times, and locations of the public hearings and the
roundtable discussions are listed under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this notice. We must receive written comments suggesting
issues that should be considered for action by the negotiating
committees on or before May 20, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not
accept comments by fax or by e-mail. Please submit your comments only
one time, in order to ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies.
In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for finding a notice,
submitting a comment, finding a comment, and signing up for e-mail
alerts, is available on the site under ``How to Use Regulations.gov''
in the Help section.
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery. If you
mail or deliver your comments about these proposed regulations, address
them to Nikki Harris, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW.,
room 8033, Washington, DC 20006.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy for comments received from
members of the public (including those comments submitted by mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery) is to make these submissions
available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters
should be careful to include in their comments only information that
they wish to make publicly available on the Internet.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the public
hearings and roundtable discussions, go to https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html or contact: Nikki Harris,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 8033,
Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 219-7050. You may also e-mail
your questions about the public hearings to: negreg.2011@ed.gov.
For information about negotiated rulemaking in general, go to The
Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title
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IV Regulations, Frequently Asked Questions at https://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/neg-reg-faq.html or 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 negotiated rulemaking to: Wendy.Macias@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an
accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting Nikki Harris, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 8033, Washington DC 20006 Telephone: (202)
219-7050.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 492 of the HEA requires that, before
publishing any proposed regulations to implement programs authorized
under title IV of the HEA, the Secretary obtain public involvement in
the development of the proposed regulations. After obtaining advice and
recommendations from the public, the Secretary conducts negotiated
rulemaking to develop the proposed regulations. We announce our intent
to develop proposed title IV, HEA regulations by following the
negotiated rulemaking procedures in section 492 of the HEA.
We intend to select participants for each negotiated rulemaking
committees from nominees of the organizations and groups that represent
the interests significantly affected by the proposed regulations. To
the extent possible, we will select, from the nominees, individual
negotiators who reflect the diversity among program participants, in
accordance with section 492(b)(1) of the HEA.
In addition, the Secretary is interested in receiving public
comment on the issues summarized in the Roundtable Discussions section
of this notice. The Secretary is particularly interested in receiving
public comment on the development of proposed regulations under
sections 205 and 207 in title II of the HEA on streamlining
institutional reporting requirements and improving State identification
of low-performing teacher preparation programs.
Regulatory Issues
We intend to convene at least one committee to develop proposed
regulations to address title IV loan program issues. These regulations
would address issues such as those arising from the changes made to the
HEA by the Student Aid Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), title II of
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-
152), which ended the origination of loans under the Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) Program as of July 1, 2010. With this statutory
change, all new Stafford, PLUS and Consolidation loan originations with
a first disbursement on or after July 1, 2010, are made under the
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program. As a result
of the statutory change, the Department intends to streamline the loan
program regulations by repealing unnecessary FFEL Program regulations
in 34 CFR part 682 and incorporating and modifying necessary
requirements within the Direct Loan Program regulations in 34 CFR part
685, as appropriate. In addition, we intend to address, through
negotiated rulemaking, other issues in the Federal student loan
programs, including possible changes in the regulations governing the
income-contingent and income-based repayment plans and the process for
making total and permanent disability determinations.
As noted elsewhere in this notice, we are also considering
developing proposed regulations to streamline institutional reporting
requirements, and proposed regulations regarding better State
identification of low-performing teacher preparation programs pursuant
to sections 205 and 207 of the HEA through focusing reporting on
improved measures of program quality.
After a complete review of the public comments presented at the
public hearings and in the written submissions, we will publish a
subsequent document (or documents) announcing the specific subject
areas for which we intend to establish one or more negotiated
rulemaking committees, and a request for nominations for individual
negotiators who represent the interests significantly affected by the
proposed regulations.
Public Hearings
We will hold three public hearings for interested parties to
discuss the rulemaking agenda. The public hearings will be held on:
May 16, 2011, at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma,
Washington
May 19, 2011, at Loyola University-Lakeshore Campus in
Chicago, Illinois
May 26, 2011, at College of Charleston in Charleston,
South Carolina
The public hearings will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., local
time. Further information on the public hearing sites, including
addresses and directions, is available at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html.
Individuals desiring to present comments at the public hearings
must register by sending an e-mail to negreg.2011@ed.gov. The e-mail
should include the name of the presenter along with a general timeframe
during which the individual would like to speak (for example, a
presenter could indicate morning or afternoon, or before 11:00 a.m. or
after 3:00 p.m.). We will attempt to accommodate each speaker's
preference but, if we are unable to do so, we will make the
determination based on the time and date the e-mail was received. It is
likely that each participant will be limited to five minutes. The
Department will notify registrants indicating the specific location and
time slot reserved for them. An individual may make only one
presentation at the public hearings. If we receive more registrations
than we are able to accommodate, the Department reserves the right to
reject the registration of an entity or individual that is affiliated
with an entity or individual that is already scheduled to present
comments, and to select among registrants to ensure that a broad range
of entities and individuals is allowed to present. We will accept walk-
in registrations for any remaining time slots on a first-come first-
served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the public hearing at
the Department's on-site registration table.
Speakers may also submit written comments. In addition, for anyone
who does not present comments at a public hearing, the Department will
accept written comments through May 20, 2011. (See the ADDRESSES
sections of this document for submission information.)
Roundtable Discussions
On the day following each public hearing, the Department intends to
conduct roundtable discussions at the same location as each public
hearing, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. local time. The Department also
intends to conduct roundtable discussions from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
local time at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee on May
12, 2011. The Department may hold additional roundtable discussions,
which will be announced on the Department's Web site at: https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2011/roundtable.html.
These roundtable discussions are intended to complement the
hearings, which will have a broader focus, and inform the policy
development process in the specific areas of teacher
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preparation, college completion, and a ``First in the World''
competition. For those unable to attend one of the policy roundtable
discussions, we will also accept written comments and suggestions on
the topics discussed at the roundtable.
The Department intends to use these roundtable discussions to
inform our postsecondary education policies in three key areas--teacher
preparation, college completion, and the proposed ``First in the
World'' grant competition, proposed in the President's fiscal year (FY)
2012 budget under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE). The three roundtable discussions at each of the four
locations announced above will each focus on one of these areas.
The first topic will be the design and implementation plans for
teacher preparation programs. We will discuss: (1) The proposed
Presidential Teaching Fellows program along with the already authorized
Honorable Augustus F. Hawkins Centers for Excellence program (subpart
2, part B, title II of the HEA) for which the Administration has
requested funding; (2) ways in which the Department can streamline
institutional reporting requirements; and (3) State identification of
low-performing teacher preparation programs pursuant to sections 205
and 207 of the HEA.
A second topic will be college completion, with a focus on
obtaining information about State-level reform efforts that show the
most promise for increasing college completion. We will also discuss
the College Completion Incentive Grants program, proposed in the
President's fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget, which would encourage States
to make systemic reforms in their higher education systems to increase
the number of students who complete a postsecondary degree or
certificate program and also reward institutions within those States
that increase their completion rates.
The third topic will be possible priorities and structure for the
(FIPSE) ``First in the World'' competition. The purpose of this
discussion is to obtain information about institutional reform efforts
that show the most promise for increasing college completion, expanding
institutional capacity, and improving quality of student outcomes. This
input will be used to inform the development of competitive preferences
and invitational priorities and the structure of the FIPSE ``First in
the World'' competition.
While the Department is inviting representatives of students,
families, teachers, teacher educators, college access professionals,
and college success practitioners to participate in these roundtable
discussions, the roundtable discussions will also be open to the
public, with opportunities to provide public comment. Individuals
desiring to participate in the roundtable discussions must register by
sending an email to HigherEducationRoundtable.2011@ed.gov. The email
should include the name of the participant and his or her affiliation,
and identify which policy roundtable discussion she or he would like to
participate in, and at which location. We will attempt to accommodate
each participant's preference but, if we are unable to do so, we will
make the determination based on the time and date the email was
received. The Department will notify each registrant by email of the
specific location and roundtable discussion he or she was selected to
participate in. An individual may only participate in one roundtable
discussion per location. If we receive more registrations than we are
able to accommodate, the Department reserves the right to reject the
registration of an entity or individual that is affiliated with an
entity or individual that is already scheduled to participate in the
same roundtable discussion, and to select among registrants to ensure
that a broad range of entities and individuals are allowed to present.
We will accept walk-in participants on a first-come first-served basis
beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the day of each roundtable discussion at the
Department's on-site registration table.
The public hearing/roundtable sites are accessible to individuals
with disabilities. Individuals needing an auxiliary aid or service to
participate in the hearing or a roundtable discussion (e.g.,
interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in
alternative format), should notify the contact person identified for
information about hearings listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
in this document in advance of the scheduled hearing date. Although we
will attempt to meet any request we receive, we may not be able to make
available the requested auxiliary aid or service if we do not have
sufficient time to arrange it.
Schedule for Negotiations
We anticipate that any negotiated rulemaking committees established
after these public hearings will begin negotiations in August or
September 2011, with each committee meeting for up to three sessions of
approximately three days at roughly monthly intervals. The committees
will meet in the Washington, DC area. The dates and locations of these
meetings will be announced in a subsequent document in the Federal
Register, and will be posted on the Department's Web site at: https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2011/hearings.html.
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: https://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
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: https://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. 1022-1022h, 1098a.
Dated: April 28, 2011.
Eduardo M. Ochoa,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2011-10909 Filed 5-4-11; 8:45 am]
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