80_FR_23871 80 FR 23789 - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting

80 FR 23789 - National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 82 (April 29, 2015)

Page Range23789-23790
FR Document2015-09978

This meeting notice is an update to the previous notice published in the Federal Register (59 FR 16369) on March 27, 2015, and sets forth the time and location for the June 25-26, 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). The notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and Section 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09978]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and 
Integrity Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, National Advisory Committee 
on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), U.S. Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Announcement of the time and location of a meeting.

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SUMMARY: This meeting notice is an update to the previous notice 
published in the Federal Register (59 FR 16369) on March 27, 2015, and 
sets forth the time and location for the June 25-26, 2015 meeting of 
the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity 
(NACIQI). The notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and Section 114(d)(1)(B) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended.

DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be held on June 25-26, 2015, from 8:00 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Sheraton Pentagon City, 900 S. Orme Street, 
Arlington, VA 22204.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary 
Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8072, Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Howes, Committee Coordinator, 
NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8061, 
Washington, DC 20006-8129, telephone: (202) 502-7769, fax: (202) 502-
7874, or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    NACIQI's Statutory Authority and Function: The NACIQI is 
established under Section 114 of the HEA of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 
1011c. The NACIQI advises the Secretary of Education about:
     The establishment and enforcement of the criteria for 
recognition of accrediting agencies or associations under Subpart 2, 
Part H, Title IV, of the HEA, as amended.
     The recognition of specific accrediting agencies or 
associations or a specific State approval agency.
     The preparation and publication of the list of nationally 
recognized accrediting agencies and associations.
     The eligibility and certification process for institutions 
of higher education under Title IV, of the HEA, together with 
recommendations for improvement in such process.
     The relationship between (1) accreditation of institutions 
of higher education and the certification and eligibility of such 
institutions, and (2) State licensing responsibilities with respect to 
such institutions.
     Any other advisory function relating to accreditation and 
institutional eligibility that the Secretary may prescribe.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: The Department will post the 
official report of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 90 days after the 
meeting. Pursuant to the FACA, the public may also inspect the 
materials at 1990 K Street NW., Washington, DC, by emailing 
[email protected] or by calling (202) 219-7067 to schedule an 
appointment.
    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. Although we will attempt to meet a 
request received after that date, 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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by the Department.
    Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated 
authority to Jamienne S. Studley, Deputy Under Secretary, to perform 
the functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education.

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c.

Jamienne S. Studley,
Deputy Under Secretary.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 82 / Wednesday, April 29, 2015 / Notices 23789 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE statements to the Defense Acquisition ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of University Board of Visitors about its Education, Office of Postsecondary Office of the Secretary mission and functions. Written Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room statements may be submitted at any 8072, Washington, DC 20006. Defense Acquisition University Board time or in response to the stated agenda FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of Visitors; Notice of Federal Advisory of a planned meeting of the Defense Patricia Howes, Committee Coordinator, Committee Meeting Acquisition University Board of NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Visitors. 1990 K Street NW., Room 8061, University, DoD. All written statements shall be Washington, DC 20006–8129, telephone: submitted to the Designated Federal (202) 502–7769, fax: (202) 502–7874, or ACTION: Meeting notice. Officer for the Defense Acquisition email: Patricia.Howes@ed.gov. SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is University Board of Visitors, and this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: publishing this to notice to announce a individual will ensure that the written NACIQI’s Statutory Authority and Federal Advisory Committee meeting of statements are provided to the Function: The NACIQI is established the Defense Acquisition University membership for their consideration. under Section 114 of the HEA of 1965, Statements being submitted in as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The Board of Visitors. This meeting will be response to the agenda mentioned in NACIQI advises the Secretary of open to the public. this notice must be received by the Education about: DATES: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, from Designated Federal Officer at least five • The establishment and enforcement 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. calendar days prior to the meeting of the criteria for recognition of ADDRESSES: DAU Headquarters, 9820 which is the subject of this notice. accrediting agencies or associations Belvoir Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. Written statements received after this under Subpart 2, Part H, Title IV, of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: date may not be provided to or HEA, as amended. Caren Hergenroeder, Protocol Director, considered by the Defense Acquisition • The recognition of specific DAU. Phone: 703–805–5134. Fax: 703– University Board of Visitors until its accrediting agencies or associations or a 805–5940. Email: caren.hergenroeder@ next meeting. Committee’s Designated specific State approval agency. dau.mil. Federal Officer or Point of Contact: Ms. • The preparation and publication of Christen Goulding, 703–805–5412, the list of nationally recognized SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This christen.goulding@dau.mil. accrediting agencies and associations. meeting is being held under the Dated: April 23, 2015. • The eligibility and certification provisions of the Federal Advisory process for institutions of higher Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison education under Title IV, of the HEA, Appendix, as amended), the together with recommendations for Government in the Sunshine Act of Officer, Department of Defense. improvement in such process. 1976 (5 U.S.C. § 552b, as amended), and [FR Doc. 2015–09936 Filed 4–28–15; 8:45 am] • The relationship between (1) 41 CFR § 102–3.150. BILLING CODE 5001–06–P accreditation of institutions of higher Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose education and the certification and of this meeting is to report back to the eligibility of such institutions, and (2) Board of Visitors on continuing items of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION State licensing responsibilities with interest. respect to such institutions. National Advisory Committee on • Any other advisory function Agenda Institutional Quality and Integrity relating to accreditation and 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Meeting institutional eligibility that the Announcements AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Secretary may prescribe. 9:05 a.m. Recognition of Board Education, National Advisory Access to Records of the Meeting: The members Committee on Institutional Quality and Department will post the official report 9:20 a.m. DAU Update Integrity (NACIQI), U.S. Department of of the meeting on the NACIQI Web site 10:20 a.m. Break Education. 90 days after the meeting. Pursuant to 10:35 a.m. Acquisition Workforce the FACA, the public may also inspect ACTION: Announcement of the time and Training Perceptions the materials at 1990 K Street NW., location of a meeting. 11:30 a.m. Board of Visitors ‘‘Way Washington, DC, by emailing Ahead’’ SUMMARY: This meeting notice is an aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or by calling 12:15 p.m. Ethics Training update to the previous notice published (202) 219–7067 to schedule an 1:30 p.m. Adjourn in the Federal Register (59 FR 16369) on appointment. Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: March 27, 2015, and sets forth the time Reasonable Accommodations: The Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552b and 41 CFR and location for the June 25–26, 2015 meeting site is accessible to individuals §§ 102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and meeting of the National Advisory with disabilities. If you will need an the availability of space, this meeting is Committee on Institutional Quality and auxiliary aid or service to participate in open to the public. However, because of Integrity (NACIQI). The notice of this the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, space limitations, allocation of seating meeting is required under Section assistive listening device, or materials in will be made on a first-come, first 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory an alternate format), notify the contact Committee Act (FACA) and Section mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES served basis. Persons desiring to attend person listed in this notice at least two the meeting should call Ms. Caren 114(d)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act weeks before the scheduled meeting Hergenroeder at 703–805–5134. of 1965 (HEA), as amended. date. Although we will attempt to meet Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 DATES: The NACIQI meeting will be a request received after that date, we CFR 102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of held on June 25–26, 2015, from 8:00 may not be able to make available the the Federal Advisory Committee Act of a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Sheraton requested auxiliary aid or service 1972, the public or interested Pentagon City, 900 S. Orme Street, because of insufficient time to arrange organizations may submit written Arlington, VA 22204. it. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Apr 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1

23790 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 82 / Wednesday, April 29, 2015 / Notices Electronic Access to this Document: Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0018 Type of Review: A reinstatement of a The official version of this document is or via postal mail, commercial delivery, previously approved information the document published in the Federal or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov collection. Register. Free Internet access to the site is not available to the public for any Respondents/Affected Public: official edition of the Federal Register reason, ED will temporarily accept Individuals or Households. and the Code of Federal Regulations is comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. available via the Federal Digital System Please note that comments submitted by Total Estimated Number of Annual at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you fax or email and those submitted after Responses: 8,128. can view this document, as well as all the comment period will not be Total Estimated Number of Annual other documents of this Department accepted; ED will ONLY accept Burden Hours: 1,794. published in the Federal Register, in comments during the comment period Abstract: The Middle Grades text or Adobe Portable Document in this mailbox when the regulations.gov Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must site is not available. Written requests for have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is (MGLS:2017) is the first study information or comments submitted by available free at the site. sponsored by the National Center for postal mail or delivery should be You may also access documents of the Education Statistics (NCES), within the addressed to the Director of the Department published in the Federal Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of Information Collection Clearance Register by using the article search the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Division, U.S. Department of Education, feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, to follow a nationally-representative Specifically, through the advanced Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, sample of students as they enter and search feature at this site, you can limit Washington, DC 20202. move through the middle grades (grades your search to documents published by 6–8). The data collected through the Department. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For repeated measures of key constructs will Delegation of Authority: The Secretary specific questions related to collection provide a rich descriptive picture of the of Education has delegated authority to activities, please contact Kashka academic experiences and development Jamienne S. Studley, Deputy Under Kubzdela, 202–502–7411. of students during these critical years Secretary, to perform the functions and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The and will allow researchers to examine duties of the Assistant Secretary for Department of Education (ED), in associations between contextual factors Postsecondary Education. accordance with the Paperwork and student outcomes. The study will Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c. Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. focus on student achievement in 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general mathematics and literacy along with Jamienne S. Studley, public and Federal agencies with an measures of student socioemotional Deputy Under Secretary. opportunity to comment on proposed, wellbeing and other outcomes. The [FR Doc. 2015–09978 Filed 4–28–15; 8:45 am] revised, and continuing collections of study will also include a special sample BILLING CODE 4000–01–P information. This helps the Department of students with different types of assess the impact of its information disabilities that will provide descriptive collection requirements and minimize information on their outcomes, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION the public’s reporting burden. It also educational experiences, and special [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0018] helps the public understand the education services. Baseline data for the Department’s information collection MGLS:2017 will be collected from a Agency Information Collection requirements and provide the requested nationally-representative sample of 6th Activities; Submission to the Office of data in the desired format. ED is grade students in winter of 2017 with Management and Budget for Review soliciting comments on the proposed and Approval; Comment Request; annual follow-ups in winter 2018 and information collection request (ICR) that winter 2019 when most of the students Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of is described below. The Department of 2016–2017 (MGLS: 2017) Recruitment in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, Education is especially interested in respectively. This request is to contact for Item Validation and Operational public comment addressing the Field Tests and recruit public school districts and following issues: (1) Is this collection public and private schools to participate AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ necessary to the proper functions of the in the winter 2016 concurrent item National Center for Education Statistics Department; (2) will this information be validation and operational field tests for (IES), Department of Education (ED). processed and used in a timely manner; the MGLS: 2017. The primary purpose ACTION: Notice. (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; of the Item Validation Field Test is to (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the determine the psychometric properties SUMMARY: In accordance with the information to be collected; and (5) how of items and the predictive potential of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is might the Department minimize the assessment and survey items so that proposing a reinstatement of a burden of this collection on the valid, reliable, and useful assessment previously approved information respondents, including through the use and survey instruments can be collection. of information technology. Please note composed for the main study. The that written comments received in primary purposes of the Operational DATES: Interested persons are invited to mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES response to this notice will be Field Test are to obtain information on submit comments on or before May 29, recruiting, particularly for the targeted considered public records. 2015. disability groups; on obtaining a ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in Title of Collection: Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 tracking sample that can be used to response to this notice should be study mobility patterns in subsequent submitted electronically through the (MGLS: 2017) Recruitment for Item Validation and Operational Field Tests. years; and on administrative Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// procedures. www.regulations.gov by selecting OMB Control Number: 1850–0911. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Apr 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of the time and location of a meeting.
DatesThe NACIQI meeting will be held on June 25-26, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Sheraton Pentagon City, 900 S. Orme Street, Arlington, VA 22204.
ContactPatricia Howes, Committee Coordinator, NACIQI, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8061, Washington, DC 20006-8129, telephone: (202) 502-7769, fax: (202) 502- 7874, or email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 23789 
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