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for the submission of waiver requests

under sections 14401 and 1113(a)(7) of

the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), section

311(a) of the Goals 2000: Educate

America Act, and section 502 of the

School-to-Work Opportunities Act of

1994.

Deadlines: Requests for waivers that

would be implemented in the semester

immediately following January 1, 1998

must be submitted no later than October

1, 1997.

Requests for waivers that would be

implemented in the beginning of the

1998–99 school year must be submitted

no later than April 1, 1998.

These deadlines apply only to waivers

that would directly affect school-level

activities. For example, the deadlines

would apply to requests for waivers of

the Title I targeting provisions or of the

minimum poverty threshold required

for implementation of a schoolwide

program. However, the deadlines would

not apply to waivers of requirements

relating to the consolidation of

administrative funds.

Waiver applicants are encouraged to

submit their requests as early as

possible and not wait until the

deadlines to seek waivers. The requests

will be reviewed upon receipt.

For purposes of this notice, the

submission date is the date that the

waiver request is received by the U.S.

Department of Education (Department)

in substantially approvable form. A

waiver request is considered to be in

substantially approvable form when it

has adequately addressed the applicable

statutory criteria governing waivers.

During the period a waiver request is

under review by the Department, a

waiver applicant must continue to

comply with the requirement that is the

subject of the waiver request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathryn Doherty at the Department’s

Waiver Assistance Line, (202) 401–7801.

Copies of the Department’s updated

waiver guidance, which provide

examples of waivers and describe how

to apply for a waiver, are available at

this number. The guidance, along with

other information on flexibility, is also

available at the Department’s World

Wide Web site at http://www.ed.gov/

flexibility.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

Dated: August 25, 1997.

Marshall S. Smith,

Acting Deputy Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Closed Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the Design and

Methodology Committee of the National

Assessment Governing Board. This

notice also describes the functions of

the Board. Notice of this meeting is

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: September 23, 1997.

TIME: 9:00 A.M.–3:00 P.M. (closed).

LOCATION: Washington Court Hotel of

Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C., 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994), (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress

(NAEP). The Board is responsible for

selecting subject areas to be assessed,

developing assessment objectives,

identifying appropriate achievement

goals for each grade and subject tested,

and establishing standards and

procedures for interstate and national

comparisons.

On September 23, 1997 between the

hours of 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. the

Design and Methodology Committee

will convene in a closed meeting to

review preliminary cost estimates for

NAEP, and to discuss the implications

of these estimates for the NAEP

redesign. Also, the Committee will

review and comment on the draft

request for proposal, (RFP) for the next

NAEP competition. Public disclosure of

this information would likely have an

adverse financial affect on the NAEP

program. The discussion of this

information would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action if conducted

in open session. Such matters are

protected by exemption (9)(B) of

Sections 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

Summaries of these activities and

related matters, which are informative

to the public and consistent with the

policy of section 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), will

be available to the public within 14 days

of the meeting.

Records are kept of all Board

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Department of

Education, National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North

Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Dated: August 26, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EG97–76–000]

Zond Systems, Inc.; Notice of

Amendment to Application for

Determination of Exempt Wholesale

Generator Status

August 26, 1997.

On August 25, 1997, Zond Systems,

Inc., 13000 Jameson Road, Tehachapi,

California 93561, filed with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission an

amendment to its application,

previously filed June 27, 1997.

Any person desiring to be heard

concerning the application for exempt

wholesale generator status should file a

motion to intervene or comments with

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Sections 385.211 and 385.214 of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. The Commission will limit

its consideration of comments to those

that concern the adequacy or accuracy

of the application. All such motions or

comments should be filed on or before

September 8, 1997 and must be served

on applicant. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23035 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

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