Meeting Procedures

The order of discussion for each agency at a NACIQI meeting is as follows:

  • Introduction of agency by NACIQI member;
  • Presentation by the Department of Education staff analyst who prepared the staff analysis;
  • Questions of the staff analyst by Committee members, starting with the assigned readers;
  • Comments by agency representatives;
  • Questions of agency representatives by Committee members, starting with the assigned readers;
  • Presentations by third-party commenters who submitted requests in advance and then by commenters who submitted requests on the meeting day and were selected to speak,
  • Questions of third-party commenters by Committee members, starting with the assigned readers;
  • Agency comments on third-party presentations (with any follow-up questions by Committee);
  • Staff comments on agency or third-party presentations (with any follow-up questions by Committee); and
  • Discussion and vote by Committee members.

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