01-28407. National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

This notice provides the proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. 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 notice is published less than 15 days prior to the date of the meeting as a result of special administrative clearances.

DATE AND TIME:

November 16, 2001, 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San Diego, CA. Telephone: [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald Fischer, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: [phone] or by e-mail: [e-mail]. Individuals who use a telecommunication 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).

Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education is established under Title VII, Part B, section 742 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1138a). The National Board of the Fund is authorized to recommend to the Director of the Fund and the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education priorities for funding and procedures for grant awards.

On Friday, November 16, 2001, from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. the Board will meet in open session. The proposed agenda for the open portion of the meeting will include discussions of the Fund's programs and special initiatives.

On Friday, November 16, 2001, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. the meeting will be closed to the public for the purpose of discussing personnel matters associated with the work of the Board. This portion of the meeting will be closed under the authority of section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C.A. Appendix 2) and under exemptions (2) and (6) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (Public Law 94-409), 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(2) and (6). The review and discussion of Board personnel matters will relate solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency, and may disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if conducted in open session.

The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. An individual with a disability who 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) should notify the contact person listed in this notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although the Department will attempt to meet a request received after that date, the requested auxiliary aid or service may not be available because of insufficient time to arrange it.

Records are kept of all Board proceedings, and are available for public inspection at the office of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, 8th Floor, 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544 from the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Maureen A. McLaughlin,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office of Postsecondary Education.