Notice2024-00699
Meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences
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Published
January 16, 2024
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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 January 29, 2024. This notice provides information about the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in virtually attending the meeting and/or how to provide written comment(s).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2600-2601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00699]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences
AGENCY: National Board for Education Sciences, Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education.
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
January 29, 2024. This notice provides information about the meeting to
members of the public who may be interested in virtually attending the
meeting and/or how to provide written comment(s).
ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be conducted virtually via
Microsoft Teams.
DATES: The NBES meeting will be held on Monday, January 29, 2024, from
10 a.m.-4 p.m. (EST).
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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8ada4a4a1ade6b8ada4a9adb288adace6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b4e4747424e055b4e474a4e516b4e4f054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
section 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)
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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 remarks by the Chairwoman of the Board; (2) Member
roll call; (3) Board member approval of meeting transcript from the
December 4-5, 2023 meeting; (4) Board member approval of meeting
agenda; (5) discussion of and voting on reports from NBES
subcommittees; (6) Discussion of NBES policy priorities; (7) Meeting
with a representative from Friends of IES to discuss how they can
support NBES efforts; (8) Plan for NBES meetings in upcoming calendar
year; (9) Closing remarks and adjournment.
Instructions for Accessing the Meeting: Members of the public
interested in virtually attending this meeting may email the DFO listed
in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. eastern time (ET) on Wednesday,
January 24, 2024. 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 NBES may do so by emailing the
DFO listed in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday,
January 24, 2024. 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 January 24th, 2024.
Access to Records of the Meeting: The official transcript of this
meeting will be available for public review 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 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 p.m. ET. Please
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddb8b1b1b4b8f3adb8b1bcb8a79db8b9f3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee8b8282878bc09e8b828f8b94ae8b8ac0898198">[email protected]</span></a> to schedule an appointment.
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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. 2024-00699 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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