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Act of 1993, the Department has 

established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the 

Technical Assistance and Dissemination 

to Improve Services and Results for 

Children With Disabilities program. 

These measures are: 

• Program Performance Measure #1: 

The percentage of Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination products and 

services deemed to be of high quality by 

an independent review panel of experts 

qualified to review the substantive 

content of the products and services. 

• Program Performance Measure #2: 

The percentage of Special Education 

Technical Assistance and Dissemination 

products and services deemed by an 

independent review panel of qualified 

experts to be of high relevance to 

educational and early intervention 

policy or practice. 

• Program Performance Measure #3: 

The percentage of all Special Education 

Technical Assistance and Dissemination 

products and services deemed by an 

independent review panel of qualified 

experts to be useful to improve 

educational or early intervention policy 

or practice. 

• Program Performance Measure #4: 

The cost efficiency of the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination Program 

includes the percentage of milestones 

achieved in the current annual 

performance report period and the 

percentage of funds spent during the 

current fiscal year. 

• Long-term Program Performance 

Measure: The percentage of States 

receiving Special Education Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination services 

regarding scientifically or evidencebased practices for infants, toddlers, 

children, and youth with disabilities 

that successfully promote the 

implementation of those practices in 

school districts and service agencies. 

The measures apply to projects 

funded under this competition, and 

grantees are required to submit data on 

these measures as directed by OSEP. 

Grantees will be required to report 

information on their project’s 

performance in annual and final 

performance reports to the Department 

(34 CFR 75.590). 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the Management Support 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 5113, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2500. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you use a 

TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations via the 

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fdsys. At this site you can view this 

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text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

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search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: July 20, 2018. 

Johnny W. Collett, 

Assistant Secretary, Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

Frank T. Brogan, 

Assistant Secretary, Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15928 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing Board 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of open and 

closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the August 2–4, 2018 

Quarterly Board Meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board (hereafter 

referred to as Governing Board). This 

notice provides information to members 

of the public who may be interested in 

attending the meeting or providing 

written comments related to the work of 

the Governing Board. Notice of this 

meeting is required under § 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). This meeting notice is 

published late due to the fact that 

approval of the August Board meeting 

agenda required a quorum of the Board’s 

Executive Committee which could not 

be established in time to provide timely 

notice in the Federal Register. 

DATES: The Quarterly Board Meeting 

will be held on the following dates: 

• August 2, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 

6:00 p.m. 

• August 3, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. 

• August 4, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Park Hyatt Washington, 

1201 24th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20037. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official for the 

Governing Board, 800 North Capitol 

Street NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 

20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax: 

(202) 357–6945, email: 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Governing Board is established 

under the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress Authorization Act, 

Title III of Public Law 107–279. Written 

comments may be submitted 

electronically or in hard copy to the 

attention of the Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official (see contact 

information noted above). Information 

on the Governing Board and its work 

can be found at www.nagb.gov. 

The Governing Board is established to 

formulate policy for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). The Governing Board’s 

responsibilities include the following: 

Selecting subject areas to be assessed, 

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specifications, developing appropriate 

student achievement levels for each 

grade and subject tested, developing 

standards and procedures for interstate 

and national comparisons, improving 

the form and use of NAEP, developing 

guidelines for reporting and 

disseminating results, and releasing 

initial NAEP results to the public. 

August 2–4, 2018: Committee Meetings 

The Governing Board’s standing 

committees will meet to conduct 

regularly scheduled work based on 

agenda items planned for this Quarterly 

Board Meeting and follow-up items as 

reported in the Governing Board’s 

committee meeting minutes available at 

https://www.nagb.gov/governing-board/ 

quarterly-board-meetings.html. 

Detailed Meeting Agenda: August 2–4, 

2018 

August 2: Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session: 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.; 

Closed Session: 9:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.; 

Open Session: 12:05 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

Ad Hoc Committee on Measures of 

Postsecondary Preparedness: Open 

Session: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Poster Gallery Session: Spotlight on 

NAEP Secondary Research (SV #1); 

Graduate Fellows: Open Session: 4:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session: 

5:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.; Closed Session: 

5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

August 3: Full Governing Board and 

Committee Meetings 

Full Governing Board: Open Session: 

8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.; Closed Session: 

12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Open Session: 

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Committee Meetings: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m. 

Assessment Development Committee 

(ADC): Closed Session: 9:30 a.m. to 

11:20 p.m. Open Session: 11:20 p.m. to 

12:00 p.m. 

Reporting and Dissemination (R&D): 

Open Session 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology (COSDAM): Open Session: 

9:30 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.; Closed Session: 

11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; 

August 4: Full Governing Board and 

Committee Meetings 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session: 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. 

Full Governing Board: Closed Session: 

8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.; Open Session: 

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

On Thursday, August 2, 2018, the 

ADC will meet in open session from 

9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. for opening 

remarks and a review of the committee 

agenda, followed by a closed session 

meeting from 9:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. 

During the closed session, ADC will 

receive a briefing on the secure item 

pool for the NAEP Mathematics 

Assessment and review secure cognitive 

and contextual items for the NAEP 

Assessments in Reading, Writing, 

Mathematics, and Science. This meeting 

must be conducted in closed session 

because the test items and data are 

secure and have not been released to the 

public. Public disclosure of the secure 

test items would significantly impede 

implementation of the NAEP assessment 

program if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of 

the United States Code. 

On Thursday, August 3, 2018, the Ad 

Hoc Committee on Measures of 

Postsecondary Preparedness will meet 

in open session from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 

p.m. Thereafter, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. a Poster Gallery session will 

provide a spotlight on NAEP Secondary 

Research. 

The Executive Committee will then 

convene in open session from 5:00 p.m. 

to 5:15 p.m. followed by a closed 

session from 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

During the closed session, the Executive 

Committee will receive and discuss cost 

estimates and implications for 

implementing NAEP’s Assessment 

Schedule for 2014–2024. The first 

session of this closed meeting must be 

conducted in closed session because 

public disclosure of this information 

would likely have an adverse financial 

effect on the NAEP program by 

providing confidential cost details and 

proprietary contract costs of current 

contractors to the public. Discussion of 

this information would be likely to 

significantly impede implementation of 

a proposed agency action if conducted 

in open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b of Title 5 U.S.C. Following this 

closed session, the second session of the 

closed meeting is being held to receive 

a briefing from Terry Mazany, Chair of 

the Search Committee for the Executive 

Director on the status of the search 

process. 

On Friday, August 3, 2018, the 

Governing Board will meet in open 

session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. The 

Governing Board will review and 

approve the August 2–4, 2018 

Governing Board meeting agenda and 

meeting minutes from the May 2018 

Quarterly Board Meeting from 8:30 a.m. 

to 8:40 a.m. Thereafter, from 8:40 a.m. 

to 9:00 a.m. the Governing Board’s 

Executive Director, Bill Bushaw will 

provide an annual report on progress 

made in implementing the Governing 

Board’s Strategic Vision. From 9:00 a.m. 

to 9:15 a.m., the standing committee 

chairs will provide a preview of the 

agenda items for the committee 

meetings. At 9:15 a.m., the Governing 

Board will recess for a 15 minute break. 

Thereafter, committee meetings will 

take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

On Friday, August 3, 2018, the 

Reporting and Dissemination Committee 

will meet in open session from 9:30 a.m. 

to 12:00 p.m. ADC will meet in closed 

session from 9:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. to 

address two agenda items. For the first 

agenda item, ADC will complete the 

review of secure cognitive and 

contextual items for the NAEP 

Assessments in Reading, Writing, 

Mathematics, and Science. For the 

second agenda item, ADC will receive a 

briefing on secure test items and data for 

NAEP Assessments in Civics, 

Geography, and U.S. History. This 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because the test items and data 

are secure and have not been released to 

the public. Public disclosure of the 

secure test items would significantly 

impede implementation of the NAEP 

assessment program if conducted in 

open session. Such matters are 

protected by exemption 9(B) of § 552b(c) 

of Title 5 of the United States Code. 

Following the closed sessions, ADC will 

meet in open session from 11:20 a.m. to 

12:00 p.m. 

On Friday, August 3, 2018, COSDAM 

will meet in open session from 9:30 a.m. 

to 11:10 a.m. followed by a closed 

session from 11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

During the closed session, COSDAM 

will discuss information regarding 

analyses of secure 2017 NAEP writing 

assessment data. This part of the 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because the secure writing data 

has not been released to the public. 

Public disclosure of the data would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP assessment program if 

conducted in open session. Such 

matters are protected by exemption 9(B) 

of § 552b(c) of Title 5 of the United 

States Code. 

The Governing Board will meet in 

closed session from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. during a working lunch to discuss 

the NAEP budget implications of 

implementing the Board’s priorities for 

extending the NAEP Assessment 

Schedule beyond the year 2024. This 

meeting must be conducted in closed 

session because public disclosure of this 

information would likely have an 

adverse financial effect on the NAEP 

program by providing confidential cost 

details and proprietary contract costs of 

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Discussion of this information would be 

likely to significantly impede 

implementation of a proposed agency 

action if conducted in open session. 

Such matters are protected by 

exemption 9(B) of section 552b of Title 

5 U.S.C. 

On Friday, August 3, 2018 from 1:30 

p.m. to 2:30 p.m. the Board will meet in 

open session to receive an update on the 

NAEP Mathematics Framework 

followed by a full Board member 

discussion. From 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Mr. Terry Mazany, Chair of the Ad Hoc 

Committee on Measures of 

Postsecondary Preparedness will 

provide an overview of the Ad Hoc 

Committee’s draft recommendations. 

Following this session, the Board will 

take a 15 minute break and reconvene 

in open session from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 

p.m. in small groups to discuss draft the 

Ad Hoc Committee’s recommendations. 

Thereafter, the Board will recess for a 15 

minute break and convene at 4:30 p.m. 

to discuss takeaways from the small 

group discussions on the Ad Hoc 

Committee recommendations. The 

breakout sessions will conclude at 5:00 

p.m. 

The August 3, 2018 session of the 

Governing Board meeting will adjourn 

at 5:00 p.m. 

On Saturday, August 4, 2018, the 

Nominations Committee will meet in 

closed session from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 

a.m. The Committee will provide 

updates on nominees for Governing 

Board vacancies for terms beginning 

October 1, 2018 and provide updates on 

plans to open the nominations cycle for 

Board vacancies for terms beginning 

October 1, 2019. The Nominations 

Committee’s discussions pertain solely 

to internal personnel rules and practices 

of an agency and information of a 

personal nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. 

On August 4, 2018, the Governing 

Board will convene in closed session 

from 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. to receive a 

briefing from Terry Mazany, Chair of the 

Search Committee for the Executive 

Director on the status of the search 

process and make decisions on the next 

steps for the hiring process. These 

discussions pertain solely to internal 

personnel rules and practices of an 

agency and information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. As such, 

the discussions are protected by 

exemptions 2 and 6 of § 552b(c) of Title 

5 of the United States Code. 

Following the closed session, the 

Governing Board will meet in open 

session from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. to 

receive a briefing on the NAEP 

Assessment Schedule with a focus on 

Social Studies. This briefing will be led 

by Sharyn Rosenberg, Governing Board 

staff and Eunice Greer, NCES staff. 

From 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the Ad 

Hoc Committee Chair, Terry Mazany 

will provide additional reflections on 

the Ad Hoc Committee’s 

recommendations on Post-Secondary 

Preparedness. The Governing Board will 

then receive reports from its standing 

committees from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m. Following a 15 minute break, the 

Board will receive a briefing and engage 

in discussion on the NAEP 

Achievement Levels Setting Policy led 

by Andrew Ho, COSDAM Chair. From 

11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. retiring 

Governing Board’s Executive Director 

Bill Bushaw will provide remarks. 

The August 4, 2018 session of the 

board meeting will adjourn at 12:00 

p.m. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 

public may also inspect the meeting 

materials at www.nagb.gov beginning on 

Thursday, August 2, 2018, by 10:00 a.m. 

EST. The official verbatim transcripts of 

the public meeting sessions will be 

available for public inspection no later 

than 30 calendar days following the 

meeting. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice no later than 

21 days prior to the meeting. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations is available 

via the Federal Digital System at: 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the Adobe website. You 

may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

§ 301. 

Dated: July 20, 2018. 

William Bushaw, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U.S. Department 

of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15887 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–522–000] 

El Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C.; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on July 12, 2018, El 

Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. 

(EPNG), P.O. Box 1087, Colorado 

Springs, Colorado 80944, filed a prior 

notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205, 157.208, and 157.210 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) requesting 

authorization to install or upgrade 

appurtenant facilities at various 

locations in Winkler and Yoakum 

Counties, Texas and in Eddy and Lea 

Counties, New Mexico. Additionally, 

EPNG proposes to increase the 

maximum allowable operating pressure 

for approximately 2,800 feet of its 20- 

inch-diameter Line No. 1115 in Ector 

County, Texas (collectively, Permian 

North Project). EPNG states that the 

Permian North Project will provide 

182,000 dekatherms per day of firm 

transportation service for six shippers. 

Specifically, EPNG proposes to install 

valves, actuators, station yard piping, 

and other auxiliary equipment at the 

Keystone, Pecos River Eunice B/C, and 

Plains Compressor Stations and the 

Ramsey North Meter Station. EPNG 

estimates the cost of the Permian North 

Project to be approximately $12 million, 

all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the web at http://

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Enter the docket number excluding the 

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TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

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