[Federal Register: August 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 152)]
[Notices]               
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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: September 16, 17, and 18, 1998.

TIME: September 16 and 17, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; September 18, 9 a.m. to 3 
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 
Leenhouts@ed.gov, or nerppb@ed.gov. 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 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 September 16, the Board will conduct 
on-site visits to the five National Research Institutes housed at 555 
New Jersey Ave., NW (directly adjacent to 80 F St., NW; schedule to be 
announced). On September 17, the Board will hear reports and make final 
comments on studies (on Peer Review, Reform of the Research, 
Development, and Communications System) commissioned by its various 
committees, and discuss the progress of its contract with the National 
Academy of Education.
    On September 18, the Board will review and approve standards for 
monitoring grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements, and hear a 
briefing by Media and Information Services on results of a survey of 
customers of research findings. A final agenda will be available from 
the Board office on September 7, 1998.
    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.


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    Dated: August 4, 1998.
Eve M Bither,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-21128 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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