[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
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                Executive Order 13190 of Janaury 15, 2001

                
President's Commission on Educational Resource 
                Equity

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
                as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Policy. A quality education is essential to 
                the success of every child in the 21st century and to 
                the continued strength and prosperity of our Nation. 
                Our Nation has embraced the goal of promoting high 
                educational standards for all children and increasing 
                accountability in education. Although we know it is 
                crucial that all children have access to the 
                educational resources and opportunity necessary to 
                achieve high standards, long-standing gaps in access to 
                educational resources exist, including disparities 
                based on race and ethnicity. These gaps limit the 
                ability of individuals, as well as our Nation, to reach 
                their full potential. Therefore, it is the policy of 
                this Administration that our Nation undertake 
                appropriate steps to understand fully the current 
                status of resource equity in education and to identify 
                and implement strategies at the local, State, and 
                national levels that will ensure that all students have 
                a full and equal opportunity to succeed.

                Sec. 2. Establishment. To carry out this policy, there 
                is established the ``President's Commission on 
                Educational Resource Equity'' (Commission). The 
                Commission shall be composed of not more than 13 
                members appointed by the President from the public and 
                private sectors. The members may include current and 
                former Federal, State, and local government officials, 
                corporate and foundation leaders, recognized education 
                and civil rights experts, educational practitioners, 
                and others with experience and expertise in educational 
                resource equity. The President shall designate from 
                among the Commission members such official or officials 
                to be chairperson or chairpersons, as he shall deem 
                appropriate.

                Sec. 3. Duties and Commission Report. (a) The 
                Commission shall collect and review information about 
                the current status of gaps in the availability of 
                educational resources, including the underlying causes 
                and effects of such resource gaps. The Commission 
                shall, as appropriate, invite experts and communities 
                to provide information and guidance in furtherance of 
                their duties.

                    (b) Not later than August 31, 2001, the Commission 
                shall prepare and submit a report for the President and 
                the Congress on the issue of resource equity in 
                education. The report shall include, but not be limited 
                to:

(i) An analysis of the status of resource equity in education with regard 
to such factors as finances, staff, facilities, instructional programs, and 
support services, taking into account, as appropriate, differences in costs 
and needs for different students and communities;

(ii) An analysis of how resource gaps in education affect the success of 
individuals and our Nation;

(iii) An examination of the effectiveness of targeted Federal resources 
toward disadvantaged students and low-income schools as compared with the 
provision of State and local resources toward disadvantaged students and 
low-income schools;

(iv) A summary of best practices with regard to overcoming gaps in the 
availability of educational resources; and

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(v) Short- and long-term recommendations for educational policy makers, 
including local, State, and Federal officials, to achieve resource equity 
in education.

                Sec. 4. Administration, Compensation, and Termination. 
                (a) The Department of Education shall, to the extent 
                permitted by law, provide administrative support and 
                funding for the Commission.

                    (b) Members of the Commission shall serve without 
                compensation, but while engaged in the work of the 
                Commission, members appointed from among private 
                citizens of the United States shall be allowed travel 
                expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
                authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in 
                the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707) to the 
                extent funds are available for such purposes.
                    (c) The functions of the President under the 
                Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, except that 
                of reporting to the Congress, that are applicable to 
                the Commission, shall be performed by the Department of 
                Education in accordance with the guidelines that have 
                been issued by the Administrator of General Services.
                    (d) The chairperson (or chairpersons) may from time 
                to time prescribe such rules, procedures, and policies 
                relating to the activities of the Commission as are not 
                inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this 
                order.
                    (e) The Commission shall terminate 30 days after 
                submitting its final report, unless extended by the 
                President.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 15, 2001.

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