[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11996-11997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05535]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Meeting of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Capital Financing Advisory Board
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Capital Financing Board, U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Announcement of an open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and location of an
upcoming open meeting of the Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board). Notice of this
meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of the opportunity
to attend.
DATES: The Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 10:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m., Central Time, in Room 313 (Bowden Alumni Center),
Sutton Learning Center Building, St. Philip's College, 1801 Martin
Luther King Drive, San Antonio, TX 78203.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam H. Kissel, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Higher Education Programs and the Designated Federal
Official for the Board, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202) 453-6808; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing
Advisory Board's Statutory Authority and Function: The Historically
Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board
(Board) is authorized by Title III, Part D, Section 347 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1066f). The Board
is established within the Department of Education to provide advice and
counsel to the Secretary and the designated bonding authority as to the
most effective and efficient means of implementing construction
financing on historically black college and university campuses and to
advise Congress regarding the progress made in implementing the
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Program
(Program). Specifically, the Board will provide advice as to the
capital needs of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, how
those needs can be met through the Program, and what additional steps
might be taken to improve the operation and implementation of the
Program.
Meeting Agenda: The purpose of this meeting is to update the Board
on current program activities, set future meeting dates, enable the
Board to make recommendations to the Secretary on the current capital
needs of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and discuss
recommendations regarding how the Board might increase its
effectiveness.
There will be an opportunity for members of the public to provide
oral comment on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Please be
advised that comments cannot exceed five (5) minutes and must pertain
to issues within the scope of the Board's authority. Members of the
public interested in submitting written comments may do so by
submitting comments to the attention of Adam H. Kissel, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20202. Comments must be postmarked no later
than Tuesday, March 27, 2018, to be considered for discussion during
the meeting. Comments should pertain to the work of the Board or the
Program.
Access to Records of the Meeting: The official verbatim transcripts
of the Board's public meeting will be made available for public
inspection no later than 60 calendar days following a meeting.
Pursuant to the FACA, 5 U.S.C. App. as amended, Section 10(b), the
public may also inspect meeting materials at http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hbcu-finance.html. 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 at
least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. We will attempt to
meet a request received after that date, though, we may not be able to
make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of
insufficient time to arrange it.
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document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
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Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System
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Authority: Title III, Part D, Section 347, of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1066f).
Frank T. Brogan,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and delegated the duties of the
Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development, Delegated the duties of the Assistant Secretary, Office of
Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2018-05535 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am]
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