[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25775]


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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 teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a 
forthcoming teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Student 
Financial Assistance. This notice also describes the functions of the 
Committee. This document is intended to notify the general public. 
Note: This teleconference meeting had to be arranged on short notice, 
therefore, we were unable to publish it 15 days in advance of the 
scheduled meeting date as required under section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, September 30, 1997, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and 
ending at approximately 12:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 1280 
Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 601, Portals Building, Washington, D.C. 
20202-7582.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brian K. Fitzgerald, Staff 
Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 1280 
Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 601, Washington, D.C. 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 Pub. L. 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 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 was directed to 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 Committee 
submitted to Congress its final recommendations on the advisability of 
fully implementing the FDLP on December 11, 1996. The Advisory 
Committee has now focused its energies on activities related to 
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1998.
    The Advisory Committee will hold a teleconference meeting in 
Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, September 30, 1997, from 11:00 a.m. to 
approximately 12:30 p.m.
    The proposed agenda includes (a) an update on activities related to 
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; and (b) other Committee 
business. Space is limited and you are encouraged to contact the 
Advisory Committee staff at 202-708-7439 no later than 3:00 p.m. on 
Monday, September 29, if you wish to participate.
    Records are kept of all Committee proceedings, and are available 
for public inspection at the Office of the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance, 1280 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 601, 
Washington, D.C. from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., weekdays, 
except Federal holidays.

    Dated: September 24, 1997.
Brian K. Fitzgerald,
Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-25775 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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