Meetings: National Education Research Policy and Priorities Board,

[Federal Register: February 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 34)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the general public of their opportunity to attend the meeting.

Dates: March 18 and 19, 1999.

Time: March 18, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; March 19, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Room 100, 80 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20208-7564.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thelma Leenhouts, Designated Federal Official, National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, Washington, D.C. 20208-7564. Tel.: (202) 219-2065; fax: (202) 219-1528; e-mail: Thelma__Leenhouts@ed.gov, or nerppb@ed.gov. The main telephone number for the Board is (202) 208-0692.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board is authorized by Section 921 of the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994. The Board works collaboratively with the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) to forge a national consensus with respect to a long-term agenda for educational research, development, and dissemination, and to provide advice and assistance to the Assistant Secretary in administering the duties of the Office. The meeting is open to the public. On March 18, the Board will discuss research issues with Dr. Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation, and will receive a report on research priorities from the National Academy of Education. On March 19, the Board will discuss the

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reauthorization of OERI and will hear committee and officers' reports. A final agenda will be available from the Board office on March 10, 1999, and will be posted on the Board's web site, http://www.ed.gov/ offices/OERI/NERPPB/.

Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for public inspection at the office of the National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, Suite 100, 80 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20208-7564.

Dated: February 16, 1999. Eve M. Bither, Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 99-4243Filed2-19-99; 8:45 am]

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