[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-7795]
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[Federal Register: March 31, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching;
Board Meeting
AGENCY: Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching
Board, Education.
ACTION: Notice of a closed teleconference meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of a closed
meeting of the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and
Teaching 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.
DATE AND TIME: April 7, 1994, 3 p.m. (est).
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC on April 7, 1994, 3 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula Shipp, Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and
Teaching, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW.,
room 522, Washington, DC 20208-5524, (202) 219-1496.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fund for the Improvement and Reform of
Schools and Teaching (FIRST) Board was established under section 3231
of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-297).
The Board was established to advise the Secretary concerning
developments in education that merit his attention; identify promising
initiatives to be supported under the authorizing legislation; and
advise the Secretary and the Director of FIRST on the selection of
projects under consideration for support, and on planning documents,
guidelines and procedures for grant competitions carried out by FIRST.
The FIRST Board Meeting will be closed to the public for the Board
to review and discuss Schools and Teachers--School Level Program
applications submitted for funding. The review and discussions during
this closed meeting will involve applicants, funding requests and
levels, and names and comments of expert reviewers which would likely
disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained
from a person and privileged or confidential, and may 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 (4) and (6) of
section 522b(c) of title 5 U.S.C.
The public is given less than fifteen (15) days notice of this
meeting because of difficulties encountered in scheduling participants
who are essential to the actions described in this notice.
A summary of the activities at the closed session and related
matters which are informative to the public consistent with the policy
of title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the public within
fourteen days of the meeting.
Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for
public inspection at the office of the Fund for the Improvement and
Reform of Schools and Teaching, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., room 522, Washington, DC 20208-5524, from the hours
of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dated: March 25, 1994.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 94-7795 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]
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