[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7058]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


The National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for 
the 21st Century; Notice of Establishment

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary, Education.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the National Commission on 
Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education announces his intention to 
establish the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching 
for the 21st Century. The Commission will be governed by Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463 as amended; 5 U.S.C.A. Appendix 2).

Purpose

    The Secretary has determined that the establishment of the National 
Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century is 
necessary and in the public interest as stated in the Secretary's 
Annual State of American Education report. The Commission's purpose is 
to review the current state of American K-12 mathematics and science 
education with a focus on the challenges of teacher recruitment, 
preparation, retention, and professional growth and to articulate the 
steps needed to strengthen the classroom practice of math and science 
teachers. The Commission will produce a report describing specific 
action steps that federal, state, and local policymakers can take to 
address math and science teacher supply and quality issues. The 
Commission will issue a final report to the Secretary by September 30, 
2000. This report shall contain a detailed statement of the findings 
and conclusions together with its recommendations. The Secretary will 
share this report with the President and Congress along with the 
Commission's recommendations. The Commission shall consist of twenty-
two members, appointed by the Secretary, who shall be appointed from, 
but not limited to, the following groups: current or recent members of 
Congress, Governors, Mayors, State Legislators, Chief State School 
Officers, Nobel laureates, CEO's, University president, principals, 
teachers, parents, students, public representatives, and other 
distinguished leaders in the fields of mathematics and science. Ex-
officio, non-voting members, of the Commission, include: the Secretary 
of Education or his designee, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the NASA Administrator, the 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Director 
of the National Science Foundation, and the President of the National 
Academy of Sciences.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact Linda Rosen, U.S. Department of 
Education, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: (202) 205-9891.

    Dated: March 17, 1999.
Richard W. Riley,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 99-7058 Filed 3-22-99; 8:45 am]
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