[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7246-7247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4398]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance; Meeting

AGENCY: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Education.

ACTION: Notice of upcoming meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming partially closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance. This notice also describes the functions 
of the Committee. 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.

DATES AND TIMES: March 20, 1996, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5 
p.m.; and March 21, 1996, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 
approximately 2 p.m., but closed to the public from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Washington Hilton and Towers, the Thoroughbred Room, 1919 
Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Brian K. Fitzgerald, Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student 
Financial Assistance, Portals Building, 1280 Maryland Avenue SW., Suite 
601, Washington, DC 20202-7582 (202) 708-7439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee on Student Financial 
Assistance is established under Section 491 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 as amended by Public Law 100-50 (20 U.S.C. 1098). The Advisory 
Committee is established to provide advice and counsel to the Congress 
and the Secretary of Education on student financial aid matters, 
including providing technical expertise with regard to systems of need 
analysis and application forms, making recommendations that will result 
in the maintenance of access to postsecondary education for low- and 
middle-income students, conducting a study of institutional lending in 
the Stafford Student Loan Program, and assisting with activities 
related to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. As a 
result of the passage of the Higher 

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Education Amendments of 1992, the Congress directed the Advisory 
Committee to assist with a series of special assessments and conduct an 
in-depth study of student loan simplification. The Advisory Committee 
fulfills its charge by conducting objective, nonpartisan, and 
independent analyses of important student aid issues. As a result of 
passage of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1993, 
Congress assigned the Advisory Committee the major task of evaluating 
the Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) and the Federal Family 
Education Loan Program (FFELP). The Committee will report to the 
Secretary and Congress on not less than an annual basis on the 
operation of both programs and submit a final report by January 1, 
1997.
    The proposed agenda includes (a) a discussion session on 
reauthorization; (b) an update on the delivery system; (c) an update on 
the progress of the loan programs; (d) an Advisory Committee regulatory 
update; and (e) a planning session on the Committee's agenda for the 
remainder of fiscal year 1996 and other Committee business (e.g., 
election of officers, budget report, etc.). Space is limited and you 
are encouraged to register early if you plan to attend. To register, 
please fax your name, title, affiliation, complete address (including 
Internet and E-Mail--if available), telephone number, and fax number to 
the Advisory Committee staff office at (202) 401-3467. If you are 
unable to fax, please mail your registration information or contact the 
Advisory Committee staff office at (202) 708-7439. Also, you may 
register through INTERNET at [email protected] or Tracy--Deanna--
[email protected]. The registration deadline is Friday, March 15, 1996.
    The Advisory Committee will meet in Washington, DC on March 20, 
1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on March 21 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
The meeting will be closed to the public on March 21, from 8 a.m. to 
9:30 a.m. to discuss personnel matters. The ensuing discussions will 
relate to internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and will 
disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if 
conducted in open session. Such matters are protected by exemptions (2) 
and (6) of Section 552(b)(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
    A summary of the activities at the closed session and related 
matters which are informative to the public consistent with the policy 
of Title 5 U.S.C. 552(b) will be available to the public within 
fourteen days after the meeting.
    Records are kept of all Committee proceedings, and are available 
for public inspection at the Office of the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance, Portals Building, 1280 Maryland Avenue 
SW., Suite 601, Washington, DC from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 
weekdays, except Federal holidays.

    Dated: February 21, 1996.
Brian K. Fitzgerald,
Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-4398 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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