[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24070]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary 
Education, Department of Education

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the proposed agenda of a forthcoming 
meeting of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education. This notice also describes the functions of 
the Board. Notice of this meeting is required under section 10 (a)(2) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATE AND TIME: October 7, 1999 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, N.W., Washington, 
DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Newkirk, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3100, ROB #3, Washington, 
D.C. 20202-5175. Telephone: (202) 708-5750. Individuals who use a 
telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday).
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Board of the Fund for the 
Improvement of Postsecondary Education is established under Title VII, 
Part B, section 742 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 
U.S.C. 1138a). The National Board of the Fund is authorized to 
recommend to the Director of the Fund and the Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education priorities for funding and procedures for grant 
awards.
    The meeting of the National Board is open to the public. The 
National Board will meet on Thursday, October 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
to provide an overview of the Fund's program status and special 
initiatives.
    The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. An 
individual with a disability who will need an auxiliary aid or service 
to participate in the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive 
listening device or materials in an alternate format) should notify the 
contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the 
scheduled meeting date. Although the Department will attempt to meet a 
request received after that date, the requested auxiliary aid or 
service may not be available because of insufficient time to arrange 
it.
    Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for 
public inspection at the office of the Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education, Room 3100, Regional Office Building #3, 7th & 
D Streets, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202 from the hours of 8 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m.

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
Claudio Prieto,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 99-24070 Filed 9-14-99; 8:45 am]
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