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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Meeting; National Board for Education 

Sciences 

AGENCY: National Board for Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES). 

ACTION: Notice of a meeting. 

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) open meeting 

scheduled for October 9 and October 10, 

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). 

DATES: The NBES meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, October 9, 12:30 p.m. to 

5:00 p.m. and Thursday, October 10, 

9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

conducted in person at the Potomac 

Center Plaza building, 550 12th Street 

SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202, 

and virtually via Microsoft Teams. 

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: 

ellie.pelaez@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Board is authorized by § 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) 

and (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: 

Wednesday, October 9 

At 12:30 p.m., the public meeting will 

begin with a call to order, remarks by 

the Chairwoman of the Board, member 

roll call, Board member approval of 

meeting transcript from the May 13, 

2024, meeting, and member approval of 

meeting agenda. 

The meeting continues with 

presentations from the Acting Director 

of IES, each of the IES Centers and the 

IES Office of Science. A discussion 

among board members of IES’ ongoing 

work and theory of change will follow. 

Meeting will adjourn for the day at 5:00 

p.m. 

Thursday, October 10 

The public meeting will begin with 

the Chairwoman’s call to order and roll 

call at 9:00 a.m. Board members will 

revisit any business from the previous 

day’s meeting, and a discussion of 

Congressional legislation impacting IES 

will follow. Then members will hear 

from IES Staff and contractors who work 

on the National Center for Education 

Evaluation and Regional Assistance 

(NCEE) Regional Educational 

Laboratories program (RELs). Discussion 

among board members will follow. 

At 1:00 p.m. members will conduct 

any additional business including next 

steps, discussion of future meetings, and 

closing remarks. The meeting will 

adjourn at 2:00 p.m. 

Instructions for Accessing the 

Meeting: Members of the public 

interested in attending this meeting in 

person or virtually may email the DFO 

listed in this notice no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Friday, 

October 4, 2024. The DFO will provide 

a link to the virtual Microsoft Teams 

meeting or instructions for how to 

access the building. 

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 Friday, 

October 4, 2024. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

official transcript of this meeting will be 

available for public review on the IES 

website, https://ies.ed.gov/director/ 


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board/index.asp, 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 

ellie.pelaez@ed.gov to schedule an 

appointment. 

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Department. 

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. 2024–21446 Filed 9–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG24–285–000. 

Applicants: Kalamazoo Generating 

Station, LLC. 

Description: Kalamazoo Generating 

Station, LLC submits Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5064. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: EG24–286–000. 

Applicants: Livingston Generating 

Station, LLC. 

Description: Livingston Generating 

Station, LLC submits Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5065. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER24–465–000. 

Applicants: Nestlewood Solar I LLC. 

Description: Refund Report: Refund 

Report to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 9/11/24. 

Accession Number: 20240911–5155. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/2/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1866–002. 

Applicants: Power Authority of the 

State of New York, New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: New 

York Independent System Operator, Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35.17(b): NYPA 

Amendment to Formula Rate Template 

Revisions to be effective 7/1/2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5114. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/17/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–2078–000. 

Applicants: Nestlewood Solar I LLC. 

Description: Refund Report: Refund 

Report to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 9/11/24. 

Accession Number: 20240911–5156. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/2/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–2305–000. 

Applicants: American Transmission 

Systems, Incorporated, PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C. 

Description: Refund Report: American 

Transmission Systems, Incorporated 

submits tariff filing per 35.19a(b): ATSI 

submits Refund Report in Docket No. 

ER24–2305 to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 9/11/24. 

Accession Number: 20240911–5043. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/2/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–2560–000; 

ER24–2581–000; ER24–2611–000. 

Applicants: Energy Prepay IV, LLC, 

Energy Prepay III, LLC, Energy Prepay I, 

LLC. 

Description: Supplement to 07/19/ 

2024, Energy Prepay I, LLC, et al. tariff 

filing. 

Filed Date: 9/6/24. 

Accession Number: 20240906–5227. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/16/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3024–000. 

Applicants: Tucson Electric Power 

Company. 

Description: 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Service Agreement No. 547, Engineering 

and Procurement Agreement to be 

effective 8/14/2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3025–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: 205(d) Rate Filing: 4318 

SPS GIA to be effective 8/29/2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5008. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3026–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: 205(d) Rate Filing: 4325 

SPS GIA to be effective 8/30/2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5012. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3027–000. 

Applicants: Appalachian Power 

Company. 

Description: 205(d) Rate Filing: 

OATT—Revise Attachment K, AEP 

Texas Inc. Rate Update to be effective 

10/1/2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5042. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3028–000. 

Applicants: Kalamazoo Generating 

Station, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Application for Market-Based Rate 

Authorization to be effective 11/11/ 

2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5058. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3029–000. 

Applicants: Livingston Generating 

Station, LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Application for Market-Based Tariff 

Authorization to be effective 11/11/ 

2024. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5060. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3030–000. 

Applicants: Panther Creek Power 

Operating, LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Panther Creek Informational Filing and 

Request for Waiver to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5123. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–3031–000. 

Applicants: Scrubgrass Reclamation 

Company, L.P. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Scrubgrass Informational Filing and 

Limited Waiver Request to be effective 

N/A. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5124. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 


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