[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26339]



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Part III





The President





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Executive Order 13230--President's Advisory Commission on Educational 
Excellence for Hispanic Americans



Proclamation 7485--National School Lunch Week, 2001



Proclamation 7486--White Cane Safety Day, 2001
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                Executive Order 13230 of October 12, 2001

                
President's Advisory Commission on Educational 
                Excellence for Hispanic Americans

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, and in order to advance the development of 
                human potential, strengthen the Nation's capacity to 
                provide high-quality education, and increase 
                opportunities for Hispanic Americans to participate in 
                and benefit from Federal education programs, it is 
                hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. There is established, in the Department of 
                Education, the President's Advisory Commission on 
                Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans 
                (Commission). The Commission shall consist of not more 
                than 25 members. Twenty-one of the members shall be 
                appointed by the President. Those members shall be 
                representatives of educational, business, professional, 
                and community organizations who are committed to 
                improving educational attainment within the Hispanic 
                community, as well as other persons deemed appropriate 
                by the President. The President shall designate two of 
                the appointed members to serve as Co-Chairs of the 
                Commission. The other four members of the Commission 
                shall be ex officio members, one each from the 
                Department of Education, the Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development, the Department of the Treasury, and 
                the Small Business Administration. The ex officio 
                members shall be the respective Secretaries of those 
                agencies and the Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration, or their designees.

                Sec. 2. The Commission shall provide advice to the 
                Secretary of Education (``Secretary'') and shall issue 
                reports to the President, as described in section 7 
                below, concerning:

                    (a) the progress of Hispanic Americans in closing 
                the academic achievement gap and attaining the goals 
                established by the President's ``No Child Left Behind'' 
                educational blueprint;
                    (b) the development, monitoring, and coordination 
                of Federal efforts to promote high-quality education 
                for Hispanic Americans;
                    (c) ways to increase parental, State and local, 
                private sector, and community involvement in improving 
                education; and
                    (d) ways to maximize the effectiveness of Federal 
                education initiatives within the Hispanic community.

                Sec. 3. There is established, in the Department of 
                Education, an office called the White House Initiative 
                on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans 
                (Initiative). The Initiative shall be located at, 
                staffed, and supported by the Department of Education, 
                and headed by a Director, who shall be a senior level 
                executive branch official who reports to the Secretary. 
                The Initiative shall provide the necessary staff, 
                resources, and assistance to the Commission and shall 
                assist and advise the Secretary in carrying out his 
                responsibilities under this order. The staff of the 
                Initiative shall gather and disseminate information 
                relating to the educational achievement gap of Hispanic 
                Americans, using a variety of means, including 
                conducting surveys, conferences, field hearings, and 
                meetings, and other appropriate

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                vehicles designed to encourage the participation of 
                organizations and individuals interested in such 
                issues, including parents, community leaders, 
                academicians, business leaders, teachers, employers, 
                employees and public officials at the local, State, and 
                Federal levels. To the extent permitted by law, 
                executive branch departments and agencies shall 
                cooperate in providing resources, including personnel 
                detailed to the Initiative, to meet the objectives of 
                this order. The Initiative shall include both career 
                civil service and appointed staff with expertise in the 
                area of education.

                Sec. 4. Executive branch departments and agencies, to 
                the extent permitted by law and practicable, shall 
                provide any appropriate information requested by the 
                Commission or the staff of the Initiative, including 
                data relating to the eligibility for and participation 
                by Hispanic Americans in Federal education programs and 
                the progress of Hispanic Americans in closing the 
                academic achievement gap and in achieving the goals of 
                the President's ``No Child Left Behind'' education 
                blueprint. Where adequate data are not available, the 
                Commission shall suggest the means for collecting the 
                data. In accordance with the accountability goals 
                established by the President, executive branch 
                departments and agencies involved in relevant programs 
                shall report to the President through the Initiative by 
                September 30, 2002, on:

                    (a) efforts to increase participation of Hispanic 
                Americans in Federal education programs and services;
                    (b) efforts to include Hispanic-serving school 
                districts, Hispanic-serving institutions, and other 
                educational institutions for Hispanic Americans in 
                Federal education programs and services;
                    (c) levels of participation attained by Hispanic 
                Americans in Federal education programs and services; 
                and
                    (d) the measurable impact resulting from these 
                efforts and levels of participation. The Department of 
                Education's report also shall describe the overall 
                condition of Hispanic American education and such other 
                aspects of the educational status of Hispanic 
                Americans, as the Secretary considers appropriate.

                Sec. 5. Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
                as amended (5 U.S.C. App), may apply to the Commission, 
                any functions of the President under that Act, except 
                that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed 
                by the Department of Education in accordance with the 
                guidelines that have been issued by the Administrator 
                of General Services.

                Sec. 6. (a) Members of the Commission shall serve 
                without compensation, but 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).

                    (b) To the extent permitted by law, the Department 
                of Education shall provide funding and administrative 
                support for the Commission and the Initiative.

                Sec. 7. The Commission shall prepare and submit an 
                interim and final report to the President outlining its 
                findings and recommendations as follows:

                    (a) The Commission shall submit an Interim Report 
                no later than September 30, 2002. The Interim Report 
                shall describe the Commission's examination of:

(i)

 available research and information on the effectiveness of current 
practices at the local, State, and Federal levels in closing the 
educational achievement gap for Hispanic Americans and attaining the goals 
established by the President's ``No Child Left Behind'' educational 
blueprint;

(ii)

 available research and information on the effectiveness of current 
practices involving Hispanic parents in the education of their children; 
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(iii)

 the appropriate role of Federal agencies' education programs in helping 
Hispanic parents successfully prepare their children to graduate from high 
school and attend post secondary institutions.

                    (b) The Commission shall issue a Final Report no 
                later than March 31, 2003. The Final Report shall set 
                forth the Commission's recommendations regarding:

(i)

 a multi-year plan, based on the data collected concerning identification 
of barriers to and successful models for closing the educational 
achievement gap for Hispanic Americans, that provides for a coordinated 
effort among parents, community leaders, business leaders, educators, and 
public officials at the local, State, and Federal levels to close the 
educational achievement gap for Hispanic Americans and ensure attainment of 
the goals established by the President's ``No Child Left Behind'' 
educational blueprint.

(ii)

 the development of a monitoring system that measures and holds executive 
branch departments and agencies accountable for the coordination of Federal 
efforts among the designated executive departments and agencies to ensure 
the participation of Hispanic Americans in Federal education programs and 
promote high-quality education for Hispanic Americans;

(iii)

 the identification of successful methods employed throughout the Nation in 
increasing parental, State and local, private sector, and community 
involvement in improving education for Hispanic Americans;

(iv)

 ways to improve on and measure the effectiveness of Federal agencies' 
education programs in ensuring that Hispanic Americans close the 
educational achievement gap and attain the goals established by the 
President's ``No Child Left Behind'' educational blueprint; and

(v)

 how Federal Government education programs can best be applied to ensure 
Hispanic parents successfully prepare their children to attend post 
secondary institutions.

                Sec. 8. The Commission shall terminate 30 days after 
                submitting its final report, unless extended by the 
                President.

                Sec. 9. Executive Order 12900 of February 22, 1994, as 
                amended, is revoked.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     October 12, 2001.

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