[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 39544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13758]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing Board


National Assessment Governing Board; Meetings

AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board, Department of Education.

ACTION: Supplemental virtual meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Assessment Governing Board (Governing Board) 
published a document in the Federal Register of June 16, 2020, 
announcing the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming virtual 
meeting of the Governing Board on June 29, 2020. The meeting agenda has 
been updated to reflect a change to the closed session scheduled for 
Monday, June 29, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. (ET).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/
Designated Federal Official for the Governing Board, 800 North Capitol 
Street NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 20002, telephone: (202) 357-6938, 
fax: (202) 357-6945, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register published on June 
16, 2020, in FR Doc. 2020-12952 (85 FR 36384-36385), the Governing 
Board advised members of the public of a virtual meeting scheduled to 
take place on June 29, 2020. Updates to the agenda are required based 
on the fact that the agenda items to be covered during the closed 
session is now shortened, which impacts the time available for the open 
session.
    The first session, the closed session, will discuss independent 
cost estimates related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2021 operations and 
subsequent potential impacts on the NAEP budget and assessment schedule 
as previously announced. The closed discussion will now take place 
between 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. (ET). The discussions may impact current 
and future NAEP contracts and budgets and must be kept confidential. 
Public disclosure of this confidential information would significantly 
impede implementation of the NAEP assessment program if conducted in 
open session. Such matters are protected by exemption 9(B) of section 
552b(c) of Title 5 of the United States Code. The closed session will 
be followed by a 15-minute break. The agenda is hereby revised to add 
an additional item for the open session which will now take place from 
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. The Board will engage in conversation with 
key stakeholders on NAEP 2021--representatives from the Council of the 
Great City Schools, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the 
Southern Regional Education Board. Following this discussion, the 
originally published discussion on NAEP 2021 options will continue as 
scheduled from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. The meeting will adjourn at 
5:00 p.m. ET.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: Pursuant to FACA requirements, 
the public may also inspect the meeting materials at www.nagb.gov 
beginning on Thursday, June 25, 2020 by 10:00 a.m. ET. The official 
verbatim transcripts of the public meeting sessions will be available 
for public inspection no later than 30 calendar days following the 
meeting.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The meeting site is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. If you 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), 
notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks 
before the scheduled meeting date. Although we will attempt to meet a 
request received after that date, we may not be able to make available 
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to 
arrange it.
    Electronic Access to this Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well 
as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
Adobe website.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Authority: Pub. L. 107-279, Title III--National Assessment of 
Educational Progress section 301.

Lesley A. Muldoon,
Executive Director,National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB),U.S. 
Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2020-13758 Filed 6-30-20; 8:45 am]
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