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

• Introduction of agency by NACIQI member: one of the assigned primary readers;
• Presentation by the Department of Education staff analyst who prepared the staff analysis;
• Questions of the staff analyst by Committee members, starting with the primary readers;
• Comments by agency representatives;
• Questions of agency representatives by Committee members, starting with the primary 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;
• 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.