[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76819-76820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21446]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Meeting; National Board for Education Sciences

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

ACTION: Notice of a 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) open meeting scheduled for 
October 9 and October 10, 2024. This notice provides information about 
the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending 
the meeting and/or how to provide written comment(s).

DATES: The NBES meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 12:30 
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, October 10, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted in person at the Potomac 
Center Plaza building, 550 12th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20202, and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellie Pelaez, DFO for NBES, U.S. 
Department of Education, IES: 550 12th Street SW, Office 4126-1, 
Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 987-0359, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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) and (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. Notice of 
this meeting is required by Section 1009(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. Chapter 10 
(commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act).
    Meeting Agenda: The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Wednesday, October 9

    At 12:30 p.m., the public meeting will begin with a call to order, 
remarks by the Chairwoman of the Board, member roll call, Board member 
approval of meeting transcript from the May 13, 2024, meeting, and 
member approval of meeting agenda.
    The meeting continues with presentations from the Acting Director 
of IES, each of the IES Centers and the IES Office of Science. A 
discussion among board members of IES' ongoing work and theory of 
change will follow. Meeting will adjourn for the day at 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 10

    The public meeting will begin with the Chairwoman's call to order 
and roll call at 9:00 a.m. Board members will revisit any business from 
the previous day's meeting, and a discussion of Congressional 
legislation impacting IES will follow. Then members will hear from IES 
Staff and contractors who work on the National Center for Education 
Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) Regional Educational 
Laboratories program (RELs). Discussion among board members will 
follow.
    At 1:00 p.m. members will conduct any additional business including 
next steps, discussion of future meetings, and closing remarks. The 
meeting will adjourn at 2:00 p.m.
    Instructions for Accessing the Meeting: Members of the public 
interested in attending this meeting in person or virtually may email 
the DFO listed in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time 
(ET) on Friday, October 4, 2024. The DFO will provide a link to the 
virtual Microsoft Teams meeting or instructions for how to access the 
building.
    Public Comment: Members of the public interested in submitting 
written comments related to the work of NBES may do so by emailing 
their comments to the DFO. Written comments should pertain to the 
mission and function of NBES. All written comments will become part of 
the official record of the meeting.
    Reasonable Accommodations: The 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 Friday, October 4, 2024.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: The official transcript of this 
meeting will be available for public review on the IES website, https:/
/ies.ed.gov/director/

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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, 550 12th Street 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 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
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by the Department.
    Authority: Section 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 
(20 U.S.C. 9516).

Matthew Soldner,
Acting Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. 2024-21446 Filed 9-18-24; 8:45 am]
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