# National Endowment for Children's Educational Television Advisory Council on Children's Educational Television; Notice of Open Meeting

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** February 15, 1995
- **Citation:** 60 FR 8633

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

National Endowment for Children's Educational Television Advisory
Council on Children's Educational Television; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA).

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Advisory Council on
Children's Educational Television, created pursuant to the National
Endowment for Children's Television Act of 1990.

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SUMMARY: Congress established the National Endowment for Children's
Educational Television under the direction of the Secretary of
Commerce. Authority to administer this program is further delegated to
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Congress mandated creation of the Advisory Council to advise on the
making of grants and contracts for the purpose of creating and
producing television programming specifically directed toward the
development of fundamental intellectual skills of our nation's
children.

Authority: Public Law 101-437, 104 Stat. 997, approved October 18,
1990, codified at 47 U.S.C. 394.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, March 6, 1995, from 1:00
p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via telephone conference call in
Room 4898 of the Herbert C. Hoover Commerce Building, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Heather Birnie; Acting Director, National Endowment for Children's
Educational Television (NECET); National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
4096; 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Telephone: 202/482-5802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was chartered on September 13,
1993 pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Sec. 394 to advise the Secretary of Commerce
on matters related to the making of grants and contracts that would
enhance the education of children through the creation and production
of television programming specifically directed toward the development
of fundamental intellectual skills.

Agenda

1. Opening Introductions and Remarks by Larry Irving, Assistant
Secretary of Communications and Information.
2. Discussion and Recommendations on Issues:
a. Whether there is a specific age group that is currently
considered to be most under-served by children's educational television
that should serve as the focus of the NECET grant round for Fiscal Year
1995;
b. Whether there are specific subject matter areas that should be
designated as priorities for the Fiscal Year 1995 grant round.
3. Other Items for Discussion.

Public Participation

The meeting will be open to the public, with limited seating
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Speaker telephones will
be available to the public.
Larry Irving,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.
[FR Doc. 95-3750 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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