Notice2024-25232
National Board for Education Sciences
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Published
October 30, 2024
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This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the open sessions of the National Board for Education Sciences (hereafter referred to as NBES or Board) meeting scheduled for November 15, 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).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86329-86330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25232]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Board for Education Sciences
AGENCY: National Board for Education Sciences, Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education.
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 open sessions of the National Board for
Education Sciences (hereafter referred to as NBES or Board) meeting
scheduled for November 15, 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).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams.
DATES: The NBES meeting will be held on Friday, November 15, 2024, from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 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#f6939a9a9f93d886939a97938cb69392d8919980"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2c7cececbc78cd2c7cec3c7d8e2c7c68cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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) 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:
1:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Call to order, remarks by the Chairwoman of the
Board, member roll call, Board member approval of meeting transcript
from the October 9 and
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October 10, 2024, meeting, and member approval of meeting agenda (OPEN
SESSION)
1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Members will engage in a discussion about member
qualifications for the position of Vice Chair of the Board. These
discussions will involve the disclosure of information of a personal
nature where such disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy. As such, the discussions are protected by
exemption 6 of the Government Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c). (CLOSED
SESSION)
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Members will vote to elect a Vice Chair for the
Board and to authorize submission of the annual report upon completion
and review. The Board will engage in closing remarks and adjourn. (OPEN
SESSION)
Instructions for Accessing the Meeting: Members of the public
interested in attending this meeting virtually may email the DFO listed
in this notice no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Wednesday,
November 13, 2024. The DFO will provide a link to the virtual Microsoft
Teams meeting.
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 Wednesday, November 13, 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 5:00 p.m. ET. Please
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c7970707579326c79707d79665c7978327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73161f1f1a165d03161f1216093316175d141c05">[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).
Matthew Soldner,
Acting Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. 2024-25232 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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