[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 4139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01035]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for 
Hispanics

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, White House Initiative on 
Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

ACTION: Notice of an open conference call meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the announcement of a conference call 
meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational 
Excellence for Hispanics. The notice also describes the functions of 
the Commission. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the 
public of this meeting.

DATES: Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
    Time: 4:00-5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: Conference Call. CALL NUMBER/ID: (712) 432-3900/ID-391333 
(Listen-Only)
    For members of the public who wish to convene in person and listen 
to the conference call meeting, please arrive at the U.S. Department of 
Education, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, Room 1W103, 400 Maryland 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC no later than 3:30 p.m.
    Please RSVP to [email protected] by Monday, 
January 28, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marco A. Davis, Acting Executive 
Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for 
Hispanics, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W110, Washington, DC 20202; 
telephone: 202-453-7023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Advisory Commission on 
Educational Excellence for Hispanics (the Commission) is established by 
Executive Order 13555 (Oct. 19, 2010; reestablished December 21, 2012). 
The Commission is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92-463; as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 
2) which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory 
committees. The purpose of the Commission is to advise the President 
and the Secretary of Education (Secretary) on all matters pertaining to 
the education attainment of the Hispanic community.
    The Commission shall advise the President and the Secretary in the 
following areas: (i) Developing, implementing, and coordinating 
educational programs and initiatives at the Department and other 
agencies to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for 
Hispanics of all ages; (ii) increasing the participation of the 
Hispanic community and Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the 
Department's programs and in education programs at other agencies; 
(iii) engaging the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and education 
communities in a national dialogue regarding the mission and objectives 
of this order; (iv) establishing partnerships with public, private, 
philanthropic, and nonprofit stakeholders to meet the mission and 
policy objectives of this order.

Agenda

    The Commission will review draft reports summarizing activities of 
its subcommittees in 2012 and discuss ideas for Commission activities 
in 2013.
    There will not be an opportunity for public comment during this 
meeting due to time constraints. However, members of the public may 
submit written comments related to the work of the Commission via 
[email protected] no later than Jan. 23, 2013. A 
recording of this meeting will be posted on the Commission's Web page 
at http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/hispanic-initiative/index.html 
no later than Feb. 27, 2013.
    Records are kept of all Commission proceedings and are available 
for public inspection at the office of the White House Initiative on 
Educational Excellence for Hispanics, U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington, DC 20202, Monday through 
Friday (excluding Federal holidays) during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m.
    Electronic Access to the Document: You may view this document, as 
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 
Internet at: www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To use PDF, you must 
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. For 
questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office 
(GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1830; or in the Washington, DC, area at 
202-512-0000.

Martha Kanter,
Under Secretary, Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2013-01035 Filed 1-17-13; 8:45 am]
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