[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 6823-6825]
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[FR Doc No: 02-3826]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Executive Order 13256 of February 12, 2002

                
President's Board of Advisors on Historically 
                Black Colleges and Universities

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, in order to advance the development of the 
                Nation's full human potential and to advance equal 
                opportunity in higher education, to strengthen the 
                capacity of historically black colleges and 
                universities to provide the highest quality education, 
                and to increase opportunities for these institutions to 
                participate in and benefit from Federal programs, as do 
                other colleges and universities, it is hereby ordered 
                as follows:

                Section 1. There is established, in the Office of the 
                Secretary of Education, a Presidential advisory 
                committee entitled the ``President's Board of Advisors 
                on Historically Black Colleges and Universities'' 
                (Board). The Board shall prepare and issue an annual 
                report to the President on the results of the 
                participation of historically black colleges and 
                universities in Federal programs. The Board also shall 
                provide advice to the President and to the Secretary of 
                Education (Secretary) regarding the needs of 
                historically black colleges and universities in the 
                areas of infrastructure, academic programs, and faculty 
                and institutional development. In the annual report to 
                the President, the Board shall make recommendations on 
                how to increase the private sector role, including the 
                role of private foundations, in strengthening 
                historically black colleges and universities. 
                Particular emphasis should also be given in the report 
                to enhancing institutional planning and development, 
                strengthening fiscal stability and financial 
                management, and improving institutional infrastructure, 
                including the use of technology, to ensure the long-
                term viability and enhancement of these institutions.

                Sec. 2. The Board shall be appointed by the President. 
                The Board membership shall include sitting presidents 
                of historically black colleges and universities, 
                representatives of other higher education institutions, 
                business and financial leaders, representatives of 
                private foundations, and secondary school 
                administrators. The President shall designate a Chair 
                or Co-Chairs from among the members.

                Sec. 3. The White House Initiative on Historically 
                Black Colleges and Universities (Initiative), located 
                in the Office of the Secretary of Education, shall: (1) 
                provide staff, resources, and assistance to the Board; 
                (2) assist the Secretary in performing the liaison 
                function between the executive branch and historically 
                black colleges and universities; and (3) serve the 
                Secretary in carrying out the responsibilities 
                described in section 6 of this order.

                Sec. 4. To carry out this order, each executive 
                department and agency identified by the Secretary may, 
                consistent with applicable law and regulations, enter 
                into appropriate grants, contracts, or cooperative 
                agreements with historically black colleges and 
                universities. The head of each department or agency so 
                identified shall establish an annual plan that will 
                establish clear goals for how the department or agency 
                intends to increase the capacity of historically black 
                colleges and universities to compete effectively for 
                grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements and to 
                encourage historically black colleges and universities 
                to participate in Federal programs. The department's or 
                agency's annual goal should be clearly reflected in the 
                department's or agency's annual budget submission to 
                the Office of Management and

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                Budget. To facilitate the attainment of these goals, 
                the head of each department or agency identified by the 
                Secretary shall provide, as appropriate, technical 
                assistance and information to historically black 
                colleges and universities regarding the program 
                activities of the department or agency and the 
                preparation of applications or proposals for grants, 
                contracts, or cooperative agreements.

                Sec. 5. Each executive department and agency identified 
                by the Secretary shall appoint a senior official, who 
                is a full-time officer of the Federal Government, to 
                report directly to the department or agency head with 
                respect to department or agency activity under this 
                order, and to serve as liaison to the Board and to the 
                Initiative. To the extent permitted by law and 
                regulations, each executive department and agency 
                identified by the Secretary shall provide appropriate 
                information requested by the Board and staff pursuant 
                to the order.

                Sec. 6. Each executive department and agency identified 
                by the Secretary shall develop an annual plan for, and 
                shall document the agency's effort in, increasing the 
                capacity of historically black colleges and 
                universities to participate in Federal programs. Each 
                department's and agency's plan shall describe new or 
                existing department and agency programs and measurable 
                objectives for proposed department and agency actions, 
                in connection with those programs, to achieve the 
                purposes of this order. These plans shall be submitted 
                at such time and in such form as the Secretary shall 
                require. In consultation with the participating 
                departments and agencies, the Secretary shall review 
                the plans and develop, with the advice of the Board, an 
                integrated Annual Federal Plan for Assistance to 
                Historically Black Colleges and Universities for 
                submission to the President. The Secretary shall 
                provide the president of each historically black 
                college and university with a copy of, and an 
                opportunity to comment on, the proposed Annual Federal 
                Plan prior to its submission to the President. Each 
                participating department and agency shall submit to the 
                Secretary an Annual Performance Report that shall 
                measure each department's and agency's performance 
                against the objectives set forth in the department's or 
                agency's annual plan. The Secretary shall be 
                responsible for monitoring compliance with the Annual 
                Federal Plan after it is approved by the President.

                Sec. 7. In developing its annual plan, each executive 
                department and agency identified by the Secretary shall 
                emphasize programs and activities that develop the 
                capacity of historically black colleges and 
                universities to contribute to the development of human 
                capital and to strengthen America's economic and 
                technological base through: (1) infrastructure 
                development and acquisitions for instruction and 
                research; (2) student and faculty doctoral fellowships 
                and faculty development; (3) domestic and international 
                faculty and student exchanges and study-abroad 
                opportunities; (4) undergraduate and graduate student 
                internships; and (5) summer, part-time, and permanent 
                employment opportunities.

                Sec. 8. Each year, the Board shall report to the 
                President on the progress achieved in enhancing the 
                capacity of historically black colleges and 
                universities to serve their students, including 
                findings and recommendations for individual departments 
                and agencies in connection with their Annual 
                Performance Reports, as described in section 6 of this 
                order.

                Sec. 9. The Board, in consultation with the Department 
                of Education and other executive departments and 
                agencies, shall develop a Private Sector Strategy to 
                assist historically black colleges and universities in: 
                (1) increasing voluntary private-sector contributions 
                to support the enhancement of endowments and the 
                overall financial stability of such institutions; (2) 
                improving and enhancing the quality and number of 
                private-sector partnerships focused on academic program 
                development, student achievement and faculty 
                development, cooperative research and development 
                projects, and faculty exchanges; and (3) improving 
                information management, and facilities, and 
                strengthening academic course offerings.

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                Sec. 10. (a) The provisions in this Executive Order 
                shall be implemented to the fullest extent permitted by 
                law.

                    (b) The Department of Education shall provide 
                funding and administrative support for the Board and 
                the Initiative.
                    (c) Members of the Board shall serve without 
                compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all travel 
                expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
                authorized by law;
                    (d) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
                as amended, may apply to the Board, any functions of 
                the President under that Act, except for those in 
                section 6 of that Act, shall be performed by the 
                Department of Education, in accordance with the 
                guidelines that have been issued by the Administrator 
                of General Services.

                Sec. 11. Executive Order 12876 of November 1, 1993, as 
                amended, is hereby revoked.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     February 12, 2002.

[FR Doc. 02-3826
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