[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25295-25297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10377]
[[Page 25293]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Part VII
The President
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Executive Order 13336--American Indian and Alaska Native Education
Executive Order 13337--Issuance of Permits With Respect to Certain
Energy-Related Facilities and Land Transportation Crossings on the
International Boundaries of the United States
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 87 / Wednesday, May 5, 2004 /
Presidential Documents
___________________________________________________________________
Title 3--
The President
[[Page 25295]]
Executive Order 13336 of April 30, 2004
American Indian and Alaska Native Education
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and to recognize the unique educational and
culturally related academic needs of American Indian
and Alaska Native students consistent with the unique
political and legal relationship of the Federal
Government with tribal governments, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The United States has a unique
legal relationship with Indian tribes and a special
relationship with Alaska Native entities as provided in
the Constitution of the United States, treaties, and
Federal statutes. This Administration is committed to
continuing to work with these Federally recognized
tribal governments on a government-to-government basis,
and supports tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
It is the purpose of this order to assist American
Indian and Alaska Native students in meeting the
challenging student academic standards of the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110) in a
manner that is consistent with tribal traditions,
languages, and cultures. This order builds on the
innovations, reforms, and high standards of the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001, including: stronger
accountability for results; greater flexibility in the
use of Federal funds; more choices for parents; and an
emphasis on research-based instruction that works.
Sec. 2. Interagency Working Group. There is established
an Interagency Working Group on American Indian and
Alaska Native Education (Working Group) to oversee the
implementation of this order.
(a) The Working Group's members shall consist
exclusively of the heads of the executive branch
departments, agencies, or offices listed below:
(i)
the Department of Education;
(ii)
the Department of the Interior;
(iii)
the Department of Health and Human Services;
(iv)
the Department of Agriculture;
(v)
the Department of Justice;
(vi)
the Department of Labor; and
(vii)
such other executive branch departments, agencies, or offices as the Co-
Chairs of the Working Group may designate.
A member of the Working Group may designate, to
perform the Working Group functions of the member, an
employee of the member's department, agency, or office
who is either an officer of the United States appointed
by the President, or a full-time employee serving in a
position with pay equal to or greater than the minimum
rate payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule. The
Working Group shall be led by the Secretaries of
Education and the Interior, or their designees under
this section, who shall serve as Co-Chairs.
(b) The function of the Working Group is to oversee
the implementation of this order. The Working Group
shall, within 90 days of the date of this order,
develop a Federal interagency plan that recommends
initiatives, strategies, and ideas for future
interagency actions that promote the purpose, as stated
in section 1, of this order. In carrying out its
activities under this order, the Working Group may
consult with representatives of American Indian and
Alaska Native tribes and organizations, in conformity
with Executive Order 13175 of November 6, 2000, and
with the National Advisory Council on Indian Education
(NACIE). Any such consultations shall be
[[Page 25296]]
for the purpose of obtaining information and advice
concerning American Indian and Alaska Native education
and shall be conducted in a manner that seeks
individual advice and does not involve collective
judgment or consensus advice or deliberation.
Sec. 3. Study and Report. The Secretary of Education,
in coordination with the Working Group, shall conduct a
multi-year study of American Indian and Alaska Native
education with the purpose of improving American Indian
and Alaska Native students' ability to meet the
challenging student academic standards of the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001.
(a) The study shall include, but not be limited to:
(i)
the compilation of comprehensive data on the academic achievement and
progress of American Indian and Alaska Native students toward meeting the
challenging student academic standards of the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001;
(ii)
identification and dissemination of research-based practices and proven
methods in raising academic achievement and, in particular, reading
achievement, of American Indian and Alaska Native students;
(iii)
assessment of the impact and role of native language and culture on the
development of educational strategies to improve academic achievement;
(iv)
development of methods to strengthen early childhood education so that
American Indian and Alaska Native students enter school ready to learn; and
(v)
development of methods to increase the high school graduation rate and
develop pathways to college and the workplace for American Indian and
Alaska Native students.
The Secretary of Education shall develop an agenda,
including proposed timelines and ongoing activities,
for the conduct of the study, and shall make that
agenda available to the public on the Internet.
(b) The Secretary of Education, in coordination
with the Working Group, shall issue a report to the
President that shall:
(i)
provide the latest data available from the study;
(ii)
comprehensively describe the educational status and progress of American
Indian and Alaska Native students with respect to meeting the goals
outlined in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and any other student
achievement goals the Secretary of Education or the Secretary of the
Interior may deem necessary;
(iii)
report on proven methods for improving American Indian and Alaska Native
student academic achievement; and
(iv)
update the Federal interagency plan outlined in section 2(b) of this
order.
Sec. 4. Enhancement of Research Capabilities of Tribal-
Level Educational Institutions. The Secretary of
Education and the Secretary of the Interior shall
consult with the entities set forth in section 2(a) of
this order and tribally controlled colleges and
universities to seek ways to develop and enhance the
capacity of tribal governments, tribal universities and
colleges, and schools and educational programs serving
American Indian and Alaska Native students and
communities to carry out, disseminate, and implement
education research, as well as to develop related
partnerships or collaborations with non-tribal
universities, colleges, and research organizations.
Sec. 5. National Conference. The Secretary of Education
and the Secretary of the Interior, in collaboration
with the Working Group and Federal, State, tribal, and
local government representatives, shall jointly convene
a forum on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 to
identify means to enhance communication, collaboration,
and cooperative strategies to improve the education of
American Indian and Alaska Native students attending
Federal, State, tribal, and local schools.
Sec. 6. Administration. The Department of Education
shall provide appropriate administrative services and
staff support to the Working Group. With
[[Page 25297]]
the consent of the Department of Education, other
participating agencies may provide administrative
support to the Working Group, to the extent permitted
by law and consistent with their statutory authority.
Sec. 7. Termination. The Working Group established
under section 2 of this order shall terminate not later
than 5 years from the date of this order, unless
extended by the President.
Sec. 8. Consultation. The Secretary of Education and
Secretary of the Interior shall consult the Attorney
General as appropriate on the implementation of this
order, to ensure that such implementation affords the
equal protection of the laws required by the due
process clause of the Fifth Amendment to the
Constitution.
Sec. 9. General Provisions.
(a) This order is intended only to improve the
internal management of the executive branch and is not
intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit,
or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or equity, by a party against the
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its
officers or employees, or any other person.
(b) Executive Order 13096 of August 6, 1998, is
revoked.
(Presidential Sig.)B
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 30, 2004.
[FR Doc. 04-10377
Filed 5-4-04; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P