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PublicationDate: 9/29/97 FRPart: RegPartsAffected: PageNumbers: 50915 Summary: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. This notice also describes the functions of the Committee. This document is intended to notify the general public. Note: This teleconference meeting had to be arranged on short notice, therefore, we were unable to publish it 15 days in advance of the scheduled meeting date as required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. CommentDueDate: [[This file contains this Federal Register in Portable Document Format (PDF). It can be viewed with version 3.0 or greater of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Scroll down to see a text version of this document.]] [Federal Register: September 29, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 188)] [Notices] [Page 50915] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr29se97-44] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance; Meeting AGENCY: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, Education. ACTION: Notice of upcoming teleconference meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. This notice also describes the functions of the Committee. This document is intended to notify the general public. Note: This teleconference meeting had to be arranged on short notice, therefore, we were unable to publish it 15 days in advance of the scheduled meeting date as required under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, September 30, 1997, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 1280 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 601, Portals Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-7582. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Brian K. Fitzgerald, Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 1280 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 601, Washington, D.C. 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 Pub. L. 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 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 was directed to 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 Committee submitted to Congress its final recommendations on the advisability of fully implementing the FDLP on December 11, 1996. The Advisory Committee has now focused its energies on activities related to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1998. The Advisory Committee will hold a teleconference meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, September 30, 1997, from 11:00 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. The proposed agenda includes (a) an update on activities related to reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; and (b) other Committee business. Space is limited and you are encouraged to contact the Advisory Committee staff at 202-708-7439 no later than 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 29, if you wish to participate. Records are kept of all Committee proceedings, and are available for public inspection at the Office of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 1280 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 601, Washington, D.C. from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., weekdays, except Federal holidays. Dated: September 24, 1997. Brian K. Fitzgerald, Staff Director, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. [FR Doc. 97-25775 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M] |
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