[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 4139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01035]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, White House Initiative on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
ACTION: Notice of an open conference call meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the announcement of a conference call
meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics. 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 is intended to notify the
public of this meeting.
DATES: Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
Time: 4:00-5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: Conference Call. CALL NUMBER/ID: (712) 432-3900/ID-391333
(Listen-Only)
For members of the public who wish to convene in person and listen
to the conference call meeting, please arrive at the U.S. Department of
Education, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, Room 1W103, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Washington, DC no later than 3:30 p.m.
Please RSVP to [email protected] by Monday,
January 28, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marco A. Davis, Acting Executive
Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W110, Washington, DC 20202;
telephone: 202-453-7023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Advisory Commission on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics (the Commission) is established by
Executive Order 13555 (Oct. 19, 2010; reestablished December 21, 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 (Secretary) on all matters pertaining to
the education attainment of the Hispanic community.
The Commission shall advise the President and the Secretary in the
following areas: (i) Developing, implementing, and coordinating
educational programs and initiatives at the Department and other
agencies to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for
Hispanics of all ages; (ii) increasing the participation of the
Hispanic community and Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the
Department's programs and in education programs at other agencies;
(iii) engaging the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and education
communities in a national dialogue regarding the mission and objectives
of this order; (iv) establishing partnerships with public, private,
philanthropic, and nonprofit stakeholders to meet the mission and
policy objectives of this order.
Agenda
The Commission will review draft reports summarizing activities of
its subcommittees in 2012 and discuss ideas for Commission activities
in 2013.
There will not be an opportunity for public comment during this
meeting due to time constraints. However, members of the public may
submit written comments related to the work of the Commission via
[email protected] no later than Jan. 23, 2013. A
recording of this meeting will be posted on the Commission's Web page
at http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/hispanic-initiative/index.html
no later than Feb. 27, 2013.
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 Hispanics, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington, DC 20202, Monday through
Friday (excluding Federal holidays) during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5
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: www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To use PDF, you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. For
questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office
(GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1830; or in the Washington, DC, area at
202-512-0000.
Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary, Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2013-01035 Filed 1-17-13; 8:45 am]
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