[Federal Register: February 27, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 39)]
[Notices]
[Page 7246-7247]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance; Meeting
AGENCY: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Education.
ACTION: Notice of upcoming meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming partially closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance. This notice also describes the functions
of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required under Section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is
intended to notify the general public.
DATES AND TIMES: March 20, 1996, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 5
p.m.; and March 21, 1996, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at
approximately 2 p.m., but closed to the public from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Washington Hilton and Towers, the Thoroughbred Room, 1919
Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Brian K. Fitzgerald, Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student
Financial Assistance, Portals Building, 1280 Maryland Avenue SW., Suite
601, Washington, DC 20202-7582 (202) 708-7439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee on Student Financial
Assistance is established under Section 491 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 as amended by Public Law 100-50 (20 U.S.C. 1098). The Advisory
Committee is established to provide advice and counsel to the Congress
and the Secretary of Education on student financial aid matters,
including providing technical expertise with regard to systems of need
analysis and application forms, making recommendations that will result
in the maintenance of access to postsecondary education for low- and
middle-income students, conducting a study of institutional lending in
the Stafford Student Loan Program, and assisting with activities
related to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. As a
result of the passage of the Higher
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Education Amendments of 1992, the Congress directed the Advisory
Committee to assist with a series of special assessments and conduct an
in-depth study of student loan simplification. The Advisory Committee
fulfills its charge by conducting objective, nonpartisan, and
independent analyses of important student aid issues. As a result of
passage of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1993,
Congress assigned the Advisory Committee the major task of evaluating
the Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP) and the Federal Family
Education Loan Program (FFELP). The Committee will report to the
Secretary and Congress on not less than an annual basis on the
operation of both programs and submit a final report by January 1,
1997.
The proposed agenda includes (a) a discussion session on
reauthorization; (b) an update on the delivery system; (c) an update on
the progress of the loan programs; (d) an Advisory Committee regulatory
update; and (e) a planning session on the Committee's agenda for the
remainder of fiscal year 1996 and other Committee business (e.g.,
election of officers, budget report, etc.). Space is limited and you
are encouraged to register early if you plan to attend. To register,
please fax your name, title, affiliation, complete address (including
Internet and E-Mail--if available), telephone number, and fax number to
the Advisory Committee staff office at (202) 401-3467. If you are
unable to fax, please mail your registration information or contact the
Advisory Committee staff office at (202) 708-7439. Also, you may
register through INTERNET at ADV--COMSFA@ED.gov or Tracy--Deanna--
Jones@ED.gov. The registration deadline is Friday, March 15, 1996.
The Advisory Committee will meet in Washington, DC on March 20,
1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on March 21 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The meeting will be closed to the public on March 21, from 8 a.m. to
9:30 a.m. to discuss personnel matters. The ensuing discussions will
relate to internal personnel rules and practices of an agency and will
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 (2)
and (6) of Section 552(b)(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.
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. 552(b) will be available to the public within
fourteen days after the meeting.
Records are kept of all Committee proceedings, and are available
for public inspection at the Office of the Advisory Committee on
Student Financial Assistance, Portals Building, 1280 Maryland Avenue
SW., Suite 601, Washington, DC from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
weekdays, except Federal holidays.
Dated: February 21, 1996.
Brian K. Fitzgerald,
Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-4398 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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