[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18533-18534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07408]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for 
African Americans

AGENCY: President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for 
African Americans, U.S. Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting 
of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for 
African Americans. 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 intended to notify the public of 
its opportunity to attend.

DATES: Friday, April 18, 2014.
    Time: 9:00 a.m.--4:00 p.m. (EDT).

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ 
Auditorium, Washington, DC 20202, 202-260-8197.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Watkins-Foote, Acting Deputy 
Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African 
Americans, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20204; telephone: 
(202) 260-8197, fax: (202) 401-1971.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The President's Advisory Commission on 
Educational Excellence for African Americans is established by 
Executive Order 13621 (July 26, 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 on 
matters pertaining to the educational

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attainment of the African American community, including: (1) The 
development, implementation, and coordination of educational programs 
and initiatives at the Department and other agencies to improve 
educational opportunities and outcomes for African Americans of all 
ages; (2) efforts to increase the participation of the African American 
community and institutions that serve the African American community in 
the Department's programs and in education programs at other agencies; 
(3) efforts to engage the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and 
education communities in a national dialogue on the mission and 
objectives of this order; and (4) the establishment of partnerships 
with public, private, philanthropic, and nonprofit stakeholders to meet 
the mission and policy objectives of its Executive Order.

Agenda

    The Commission will discuss possible strategies to meet its duties 
under its Executive Order and charter. National speakers and experts 
have been invited to discuss initiatives that are working 
collaboratively to engage students, families, communities, 
institutions, corporations and philanthropy in meaningful education 
reform discussions and solution-building to ensure educational equity 
for African American students.
    Individuals interested in attending the meeting must register by 
Friday, April 9, 2014 because seating is limited. Please contact 
Kimberly Watkins-Foote at (202) 260-8197 or by email at 
[email protected]. Individuals needing accommodations for a 
disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, 
assistive listening devices, or material in alternative format) should 
notify Kimberly Watkins-Foote, White House Initiative on Educational 
Excellence on African Americans, at (202) 260-8197, no later than 
Friday, April 9, 2014. We will attempt to meet requests for such 
accommodations after this date, but cannot guarantee their 
availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with 
disabilities.
    An opportunity for public comment is available on Friday, April 18, 
2014, from 3:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Individuals who wish to provide comments 
will be allowed three to five minutes to speak. Those members of the 
public interested in submitting written comments may do so by 
submitting them to the attention of Kimberly Watkins-Foote, White House 
Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202, 
by Friday, April 9, 2014.
    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 African Americans, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20202, Monday 
through Friday (excluding federal holidays) during the hours of 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 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 the following site: www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To 
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at 
this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-866-512-1800; or in 
the Washington, DC, area at 202-512-1800.

    Dated: March 27, 2014.
Jamienne S. Studley,
Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-07408 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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