[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18533-18534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07408]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for
African Americans
AGENCY: President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for
African Americans, U.S. Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting
of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for
African Americans. The notice also describes the functions of the
Commission. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10 (a) (2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of
its opportunity to attend.
DATES: Friday, April 18, 2014.
Time: 9:00 a.m.--4:00 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ
Auditorium, Washington, DC 20202, 202-260-8197.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Watkins-Foote, Acting Deputy
Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African
Americans, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20204; telephone:
(202) 260-8197, fax: (202) 401-1971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Advisory Commission on
Educational Excellence for African Americans is established by
Executive Order 13621 (July 26, 2012). The Commission is governed by
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L
92-463; as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2) which sets forth standards
for the formation and use of advisory committees. The purpose of the
Commission is to advise the President and the Secretary of Education on
matters pertaining to the educational
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attainment of the African American community, including: (1) The
development, implementation, and coordination of educational programs
and initiatives at the Department and other agencies to improve
educational opportunities and outcomes for African Americans of all
ages; (2) efforts to increase the participation of the African American
community and institutions that serve the African American community in
the Department's programs and in education programs at other agencies;
(3) efforts to engage the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and
education communities in a national dialogue on the mission and
objectives of this order; and (4) the establishment of partnerships
with public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit stakeholders to meet
the mission and policy objectives of its Executive Order.
Agenda
The Commission will discuss possible strategies to meet its duties
under its Executive Order and charter. National speakers and experts
have been invited to discuss initiatives that are working
collaboratively to engage students, families, communities,
institutions, corporations and philanthropy in meaningful education
reform discussions and solution-building to ensure educational equity
for African American students.
Individuals interested in attending the meeting must register by
Friday, April 9, 2014 because seating is limited. Please contact
Kimberly Watkins-Foote at (202) 260-8197 or by email at
[email protected]. Individuals needing accommodations for a
disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services,
assistive listening devices, or material in alternative format) should
notify Kimberly Watkins-Foote, White House Initiative on Educational
Excellence on African Americans, at (202) 260-8197, no later than
Friday, April 9, 2014. We will attempt to meet requests for such
accommodations after this date, but cannot guarantee their
availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
An opportunity for public comment is available on Friday, April 18,
2014, from 3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Individuals who wish to provide comments
will be allowed three to five minutes to speak. Those members of the
public interested in submitting written comments may do so by
submitting them to the attention of Kimberly Watkins-Foote, White House
Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202,
by Friday, April 9, 2014.
Records are kept of all Commission proceedings and are available
for public inspection at the office of the White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for African Americans, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20202, Monday
through Friday (excluding federal holidays) during the hours of 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Electronic Access to the Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1800; or in
the Washington, DC, area at 202-512-1800.
Dated: March 27, 2014.
Jamienne S. Studley,
Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-07408 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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