Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 6/7/2010

Exchange Visitor Program-Secondary School Students

The Department is announcing a public meeting to provide interested members of the public the opportunity to discuss the proposed amendments to the secondary school student regulatory provisions published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2010 (see 75 FR 23196). As stated in that Notice, the Department proposes to amend existing regulations regarding the screening, selection, school enrollment, orientation, and monitoring of student participants and their placement with host families as well as the screening, selection, orientation, and monitoring of hosting families. Given the widespread interest in secondary school student exchange programs among the general public, the Department will hold this public meeting to further solicit comment and discussion on the proposed amendments to these regulations. The proposed rule, published May 3, 2010, provided a 30-day written comment period which, by its terms, closes June 2, 2010. Prior to the publication of the proposed rule, the Department also published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to solicit comments from sponsors and the public on current best practices in the secondary school student exchange industry (See 74 FR 45385, S