[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78739-78740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25289]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Board for Education Sciences

AGENCY: National Board for Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 
Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to 
access or participate in the National Board for Education Sciences 
(hereafter referred to as NBES or Board) virtual meeting scheduled for 
December 4th and 5th, 2023. This notice provides information about the 
meeting to members of the public who may be interested in accessing the 
meeting and/or how to provide written comment(s).

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. 
Members of the public may access the meeting virtually and should 
contact the Designated Federal Official for access instructions.

DATES: The NBES meeting will be held on Monday, December 4th, 2023, 
from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (EST) and Tuesday, December 5th, 2023, from 
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. (EST).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellie Pelaez, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO) for NBES, U.S. Department of Education, IES: 400 
Maryland Avenue SW, PCP 4126-1, Washington, DC

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20202, telephone: (202) 245-7274, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is required by 
Section 1009(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. Chapter 10 (Federal Advisory 
Committees).
    Statutory Authority and Function: The Board is authorized by Sec.  
116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9516). The 
Board is established as part of the U.S. Department of Education, IES, 
and shall, consistent with 20 U.S.C. 9514, 9515(b)-(c), and 9516 
function as a board of directors for IES. The mission of IES is to 
provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and 
understanding of education from early childhood through postsecondary 
study, in order to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, 
policymakers, and the general public with reliable information about 
the condition and progress of education in the United States; 
educational practices that support learning and improve academic 
achievement and access to educational opportunities for all students; 
and the effectiveness of Federal and other education programs.
    The Board's responsibilities are: (1) advise and consult with the 
Director of IES (Director) on the policies of IES; (2) consider and 
approve priorities proposed by the Director under 20 U.S.C. 9515 to 
guide the work of IES; (3) transmit approved priorities to the 
appropriate congressional committee (20 U.S.C. 9515(b)); (4) ensure 
that the priorities of IES and the National Education Centers are 
consistent with the mission of IES (20 U.S.C. 9515(c)); (5) review and 
approve procedures for technical and scientific peer review of the 
activities of IES; (6) advise the Director on the establishment of 
activities to be supported by IES, including the general areas of 
research to be carried out by the National Center for Education 
Research (NCER) and the National Center for Special Education Research 
(NCSER) (20 U.S.C. 9567); (7) present to the Director such 
recommendations as it may find appropriate for (a) the strengthening of 
education research, and (b) the funding of IES; (8) advise the Director 
on the funding of applications for grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements for research, after the completion of peer review; (9) 
review and regularly evaluate the work of IES, to ensure that 
scientifically valid research, development, evaluation, and statistical 
analysis are consistent with the standards for such activities under 
this title; (10) advise the Director on ensuring that activities 
conducted or supported by IES are objective, secular, neutral, and non-
ideological, and are free of partisan political influence and racial, 
cultural, gender, or regional bias; (11) solicit advice and information 
from those in the educational field, particularly practitioners and 
researchers, to recommend to the Director topics that require long-
term, sustained, systematic, programmatic, and integrated research 
efforts, including knowledge utilization and wide dissemination of 
research, consistent with the priorities and mission of IES; (12) 
advise the Director on opportunities for the participation in, and the 
advancement of, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in 
education research, statistics, and evaluation activities of IES; (13) 
recommend to the Director ways to enhance strategic partnerships and 
collaborative efforts among other Federal and State research agencies; 
(14) recommend to the Director individuals to serve as Commissioners of 
the National Education Centers; and (15) make recommendations to the 
President with respect to the appointment of the Director.
    Meeting Agenda: The agenda for the meeting is as follows: (1) Call 
to order and welcome by the Chairperson; (2) Member roll call; (3) 
Approval of meeting minutes from the September 11, 2023 meeting of the 
Board; (4) Board member approval of the meeting agenda; (5) Board 
member discussion of the process for reviewing reports from National 
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NASEM; (6) Responses 
to NASEM recommendations in The Future of Education Research at IES by 
NCSER Commissioner, Nathan Jones, and NCER Commissioner, Liz Albro, 
with Board discussion; (7) Responses to NASEM recommendations in A 
Vision and Roadmap for Education Statistics by National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) Commissioner, Peggy Carr, with Board 
discussion; (8) Reports from National Center for Education Evaluation 
and Regional Assistance (NCEE) Commissioner, Matt Soldner, and IES 
Deputy Director for Science, Anne Ricciuti; (9) discussion of upcoming 
policy legislation; (10) Establishment and planning for NBES 
Subcommittee for hiring an NBES Executive Director (11) Discussion of 
Board priorities; (12) Planning NBES meeting dates for the upcoming 
year; (13) Closing remarks.
    Instructions for Accessing the Meeting: Members of the public 
interested in virtual access to this meeting may email the DFO listed 
in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, 
November 30th. The DFO will provide a link and instructions on how to 
access the meeting via Microsoft Teams.
    Public Comment: Members of the public interested in submitting 
written comments related to the work of the NBES may do so by emailing 
the DFO listed in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, 
November 30th, 2023. Written comments should pertain to the mission and 
function of NBES.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The virtual meeting is accessible to 
individuals with disabilities. If you will need an auxiliary aid or 
service for the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive 
listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify the DFO 
listed in this notice no later than November 30th, 2023.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: The official minutes of this 
meeting will be available for public review on the IES website, https://ies.ed.gov/director/board/index.asp, no later than 90 days after the 
meeting. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(b), the public may also inspect NBES 
records at the U.S. Department of Education, IES, 400 Maryland Avenue 
SW, Washington, DC 20202, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. 
Please email [email protected] to schedule an appointment.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
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    Authority: Section 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 
(20 U.S.C. 9516).

Mark Schneider,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. 2023-25289 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]
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