[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 189 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52778-52779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25409]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Educational Laboratory Program
AGENCY: Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary announces three public meetings. The
purpose of these meetings is to discuss issues relating to the FY 2000
Regional Educational Laboratory competition.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Rinehart, US Department of
Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, room 506f, Washington, DC 20202-
5644. Telephone (202) 219-2193. If you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Meetings
The dates, times, and locations of the meetings are as follows:
1. October 6, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m., Tampa Convention
Center, 333 S. Franklin Street, Tampa, FL.
2. November 8, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m., Salt Palace
Convention Center, 100 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT.
3. December 15, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m., Sheraton Chicago
Hotel, 301 East North Water Street, Chicago, IL.
Note: Please check with the Improving America's Schools (IAS)
Conference registration desk for exact meeting room locations.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Public Meetings
The meeting sites are 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.
Although we will attempt to meet a request we receive after that date,
we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or
service because of insufficient time to arrange it.
Additional Information
The Regional Educational Laboratories are funded by the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement to conduct research, development,
and technical assistance for educational reform. In the year 2000, the
ten contracts for Regional Educational Laboratories will be re-
competed. A series of public meetings will be held at the IAS
Conferences this fall. The meetings will provide an opportunity for
attendees to offer input on the issues and priorities for the next
competition. Federal program staff will meet with attendees to discuss
what services a regional laboratory should offer its region and what
priorities the labs should address to support educational reform at
state and local levels. More specifically, attendees will be invited to
provide feedback on a series of issues relating to the scope of work to
be performed under the new laboratory contracts.
Interested parties may attend the public meeting without paying the
registration fee for the conference; however, they may not attend other
sessions at the conference without registering. For more information
about the conferences, please visit the IAS Conference website at
http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/iasconferences.
Proceedings from the meetings will be made available on the
Department's website. See the program website (http://www.ed.gov/
prog__info/Labs/) for additional information about the laboratory
competition.
Electronic Access to This Document
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area, at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6041(h).
Dated: September 27, 1999.
C. Kent McGuire,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 99-25409 Filed 9-29-99; 8:45 am]
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