Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 39 / Thursday, February 27, 1997 / Notices 8935

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Fiscal Operations Report and

Application to Participate in Federal

Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant, and

Federal Work-Study Programs.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 4,800.

Burden Hours: 80,298.

Abstract: This application data will be

used to compute the amount of funds

needed by each institution during the

1998–99 Award Year. The Fiscal

Operations Report data will be used to

assess program effectiveness, account

for funds expended during the 1996–97

Award Year, and as part of the

institutional funding process.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Congressionally Mandated

Study of Migrant Student Participation

in Title I Schoolwide Programs.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1,315.

Burden Hours: 1,498.

Abstract: Congress required a study of

services to migrant children in

schoolwide projects. This study uses

school surveys, case studies, and

document reviews to meet that

requirement. A final report will be

submitted to Congress in December

1997.

[FR Doc. 97–4822 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; ED.

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed

Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting 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. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend the open portions of the meeting.

DATE: March 6–8, 1997.

TIME: March 6—Achievement Levels

Committee, 3:00 P.M.—5:00 P.M.,

(closed); Nominations Committee, 3:00

P.M.—5:00 P.M. (closed) and 7:00

P.M.—9:00 P.M., (closed); Executive

Committee, 5:00 P.M.—6:00 P.M.

(open); 6:00 P.M.—7:00 P.M., (closed).

March 7—full Board, 8:30 A.M.—10:00

A.M., (open); Subject Area Committees

#1 and #2 in joint session, 10:00 A.M.—

12:30 P.M., (open); Design and

Methodology Committee and Reporting

and Dissemination Committee, 10:00

A.M.—11:00 A.M., (open); Design and

Methodology Committee and Reporting

and Dissemination Committee in joint

session, 11:00 A.M.—12:30 P.M. (open);

Full Board 12:30 P.M.—2:45 P.M.

(closed), 2:45 P.M.—4:00 P.M. (open).

March 8—Full Board, 9:00 A.M.—11:45

A.M., (open), 11:45 A.M.—12:00 Noon,

(closed).

LOCATION: The Francis Marion Hotel;

387 King Street; Charleston, South

Carolina.

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.

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 March 6, from 3:00—5:00 P.M.,

there will be a closed meeting of the

Achievement Levels Committee. The

Committee will discuss results of the

current 1996 science level-setting

activities and review the current

analysis of data and proposed exemplar

items. This meeting must be conducted

in closed session because references

will be made to specific items from the

assessment and premature disclosure of

the information presented for review

would be likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of a proposed agency

action. Such matters are protected by

exemption (9)(B) of Section 552b(c) of

Title 5 U.S.C. The Nominations

Committee will meet in closed session

from 3:00 P.M.–5:00 P.M. and 7:00

P.M.–9:00 P.M. These sessions must be

closed because the committee will be

considering qualifications of nominees

for appointment to Board membership.

The review and subsequent discussion

of this information will touch upon

matters that relate solely to the internal

rules and practices of an agency and

would disclose information of a

personal nature where disclosure would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy if

conducted in open session. Such

matters are protected by exemptions (2)

and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5

U.S.C.

Also on March 6, the Executive

Committee will meet in a partially

closed session. During the open portion

of the meeting, 5:00 P.M.—6:00 P.M.,

the Committee will hear an update on

the NAEP redesign policies and review

the proposed schedule of assessments.

The Committee will then meet in closed

session from 6:00 P.M.—7:00 P.M. to

discuss the development of cost

estimates for NAEP and future contract

initiatives. This portion of the meeting

must be closed because 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 Section

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

On March 7, the full Board will

convene in open session at 8:30 A.M.

The agenda for this session of the full

Board meeting includes approval of the

agenda, the Executive Director’s Report,

a presentation on assessment in South

Carolina, and an update on NAEP.

Between 10:00 A.M. and 12:30 P.M.

there will be a joint meeting (open) of

Subject Area committees #1 and #2. In

this joint meeting, the Committees will

discuss the status of the 1997

assessments, upcoming item reviews for

1998, and various assigned issues

related to NAEP redesign.

The Design and Methodology

Committee and the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee will each

meet in open session from 10:00 A.M.–

11:00 A.M. The Design and

Methodology Committee will formally

approve technical design changes to be

implemented in the 1998 assessment

and discuss issues pertaining to the

redesign of NAEP.

The Reporting and Dissemination

Committee will discuss the plan for the
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release of the 1996 NAEP Science

Report Card, review the release of the

Mathematics Report Card, and have an

update on the TIMSS–NAEP link.

The Design and Methodology

Committee and the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee will then

meet jointly in open session from 11:00

A.M.–12:30 P.M. to discuss sampling

and reporting of students with

disabilities and limited English

proficiency, oversampling and reporting

of private schools in 1998 state NAEP,

and working definitions of market

basket, standard, and comprehensive

reports.

The full Board will reconvene in

closed session, beginning at 12:30 P.M.,

to hear a briefing on the 1996 NAEP

Science Report, and to have a

presentation on and discussion of

science achievement levels. This part of

the meeting must be conducted in

closed session because references will

be made to specific items from the

assessment and premature disclosure of

the information presented for review

would be likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of a proposed agency

action. Such matters are protected by

exemption (9)(B) of Section 552b(c) of

Title 5 U.S.C. From 2:45 P.M. until 4:00

P.M., the meeting will be open to the

public. During this portion of the

meeting, the Board will take action on

science achievement levels and hear the

highlights of committee discussions on

redesign issues.

On March 8, the full Board will meet

from 9:00 A.M. until adjournment at

approximately 12:00 noon. From 9:00

A.M. until 11:45 A.M., the Board will

meet in open session to hear reports on

redesign issues and committee reports.

These committees are—Subject Areas #1

and #2 (combined), Achievement

Levels, Reporting and Dissemination

and Design and Methodology

(individually and combined), and

Executive.

From 11:45 A.M. until 12:00 noon, the

Board will meet in closed session to

hear the report of the Nominations

Committee. This session must be closed

because the Board will be considering

qualifications of nominees for

appointment to Board membership. The

review and subsequent discussion of

this information will touch upon

matters that relate solely to the internal

rules and practices of an agency and

would disclose information of a

personal nature where disclosure would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy if

conducted in open session. Such

matters are protected by exemptions (2)

and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5

U.S.C.

The public is being given less than

fifteen days notice of this meeting

because of delays in the receipt of data

necessary to the closed session

deliberations of the Committees and the

full Board.

Summaries of the activities of the

closed sessions 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.

Date:

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–4941 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Department

of Energy, Los Alamos National

Laboratory

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Los Alamos National Laboratory.

DATES: Tuesday, March 11, 1997: 6:30

p.m.–9:30 p.m.; 8:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

(public comment session).

ADDRESSES: New Mexico Highlands

University (Ask for the Sala De Madrid),

Las Vegas, New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ann DuBois, Los Alamos National

Laboratory Citizens’ Advisory Board

Support, Northern New Mexico

Community College, 1002 Onate Street,

Espanola, NM 87352, (800) 753–8970, or

(505) 753–8970, or (505) 262–1800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of

the Advisory Board is to make

recommendations to DOE and its

regulators in the areas of environmental

restoration, waste management, and

related activities.

Tentative Agenda: Tuesday, March

11, 1997.

6:30 p.m.—Call to Order and Welcome

7:00 p.m.—Old Business

8:00 p.m.—Public Comment

8:15 p.m.—New Business

9:30 p.m.—Adjourn

Public Participation: The meeting is

open to the public. Written statements

may be filed with the Committee either

before or after the meeting. Individuals

who wish to make oral statements

pertaining to agenda items should

contact Ms. Ann DuBois, at (800) 753–

8970. Requests must be received 5 days

prior to the meeting and reasonable

provision will be made to include the

presentation in the agenda. The

Designated Federal Official is

empowered to conduct the meeting in a

fashion that will facilitate the orderly

conduct of business. This notice is being

published less than 15 days before the

date of the meeting due to programmatic

issues that had to be resolved prior to

publication.

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting

will be available for public review and

copying at the Freedom of Information

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday–Friday, except

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be

available by writing to Herman Le-Doux,

Department of Energy, Los Alamos Area

Office, 528 35th Street, Los Alamos, NM

87185–5400.

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 24,

1997.

Rachel M. Samuel,

Acting Deputy Advisory Committee

Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–4842 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Fernald

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) notice

is hereby given of the following

Advisory Committee meeting:

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB),

Fernald.

DATES: Saturday, March 15, 1997, 8:30

a.m.–12:30 p.m.; (public comment

session: 12:15 p.m.–12:30 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: The Alpha Building, 10967

Hamilton Cleves Highway, Harrison,

Ohio.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

S. Applegate, Chair of the Fernald

Citizens Task Force, P.O. Box 544, Ross,