[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8552-8553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4243]


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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.

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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__L[email protected], or [email protected]. 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. 99-4243 Filed 2-19-99; 8:45 am]
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