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A -- REGIONAL EDUCATION LABORATORIES -- PUBLIC MEETINGS SOL n/a POC Contracting Officer, Helen Chang, 202-708-9740 NOTICE OF A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda for a series of public meetings to discuss issues relating to the FY2000 Regional Educational Laboratory competition. The Regional Educational Laboratories are funded 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 Improving America's Schools (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. Meeting times and locations are as follows (please check with the IAS Conference registration desk for exact meeting room locations): October 6, 1999, 8:30 10:20 am Tampa Convention Center 333 S. Franklin Street Tampa, FL November 8, 1999, 8:30-10:20 am Salt Palace Convention Center 100 South West Temple Salt Lake City, UT December 15, 1999, 8:30-10:20 am Sheraton Chicago Hotel 301 East North Water Street Chicago, IL 60611 Proceedings from the meeting 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. For further information regarding the public meetings, contact Jennifer Rinehart at (202) 219-2193 or Robert Stonehill at (202) 219-2088.!! Posted 09/21/99 (W-SN382572). (0264)

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