Notice2023-18373
National Board for Education Sciences
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Published
August 25, 2023
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Education Department
Abstract
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 September 11, 2023. This notice provides information about the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting and/or providing written comment. Notice of this meeting is required under 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committees).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58257-58258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18373]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Board for Education Sciences
AGENCY: National Board for Education Sciences, 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
September 11, 2023. This notice provides information about the meeting
to members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting
and/or providing written comment. Notice of this meeting is required
under 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committees).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted virtually.
DATES: The NBES virtual meeting will be held on September 11, 2023,
from 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (EST).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Miralia, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) for NBES, (PCP 4126-1), U.S. Department of Education,
IES: 550 12th St. SW, Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (202) 245-6046,
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c0d02081e090d4201051e0d00050d2c0908420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c0cfc5d3c4c08fccc8d3c0cdc8c0e1c4c58fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>.
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), 9516, and
9567, function as a board of directors for IES. IES' mission 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, the
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 and the National Center for Special Education Research; (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,
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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 (20 U.S.C.
9514).
Meeting Agenda: The purpose of this meeting is to convene the
members of NBES to conduct the following business: (1) call to order
and welcome by the Director and the DFO for the Board; (2) member roll
call; (3) housekeeping on meeting ground rules; (4) ceremonial
swearing-in of NBES members by the Director; (5) review of member roles
and duties; (6) Chair nomination and election; (7) remarks from the
elected Chairperson; (8) introduction of the following IES Offices and
Centers: Office of the Director, including Office of Science,
Administration and Policy, and Data Sciences and Communications,
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
(NCEE), National Center for Education Research (NCER), National Center
for Special Education Research (NCSER), and National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES); (9) presentation by the Director on the
priorities of IES, followed by Board discussion, (10) a presentation by
the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences on the overview and
status of National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE)
and ESRA (Education Sciences Reform Act); and (11) closing remarks.
Instructions for Accessing the Meeting: Members of the public
interested in attending this virtual meeting may email the DFO listed
in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on September
4, 2023. 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 may do so by emailing the DFO listed in this notice no
later than 11:59 p.m. ET on September 4, 2023. Please note that written
comments should pertain to the work 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 Sunday, September 3, 2023. 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.
Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the
official minutes of this meeting on the IES website, <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/director/board/index.asp">https://ies.ed.gov/director/board/index.asp</a>, no later than 30 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 St. SW,
Washington, DC 2002, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Please
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb8a858f998e8ac58682998a87828aab8e8fc58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9c8c7cddbccc887c4c0dbc8c5c0c8e9cccd87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a> to schedule an appointment.
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Authority: Sec. 116 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
(20 U.S.C. 9516).
Mark Schneider,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. 2023-18373 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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