The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is announcing a public meeting of the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children in order to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) for Indian children with disabilities.

The Advisory Board will hold an orientation session for members only on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Mountain Time). The public meeting of the Advisory Board will start with the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) personnel on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and meet in-session on Thursday, January 17, 2019, and Friday, January 18, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, the Orientation session will be held at 1011 Indian School Road NW, Room 234, Albuquerque, NM 87104; and the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute meeting will be located on campus in the Hogan Building at 9169 Coors Boulevard NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120. On Thursday, January 17, 2019, the Advisory Board meeting will be held 1011 Indian School Road NW, Room 234, Albuquerque, NM; and on Friday, January 18, 2019, the Advisory Board meeting will be held at 1011 Indian School Road NW, in the Large Conference Room on the 3rd Floor, Room 326, Albuquerque, NM.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the BIE is announcing that the Advisory Board will hold its next meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Advisory Board was established under the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) to advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, on the needs of Indian children with disabilities. The meeting is open to the public.