[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 179 (Tuesday, September 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 55441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22072]


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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 (PACEEAA).

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.
    Due to unexpected complications in delivering this notice to the 
Federal Register coupled with the requirement that the Commission hold 
two meetings per year and this is the only time a second meeting could 
be scheduled, this notice is being published late.

DATES: The PACEAA will be held on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 9:00 
a.m.-4:00 p.m. (EDT).

ADDRESSES: Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, Wilson Room, 2660 Woodley Rd. 
NW., Washington, DC 20008, (202) 328-2000.

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 20202; email: 
[email protected]; 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 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.

Meeting Agenda

    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss current and future 
endeavors of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for 
African Americans through strategic planning to help facilitate and 
focus its work; review the work of the White House Initiative on 
Educational Excellence for African Americans; and determine key 
strategies to help meet the Commission's charge as outlined in 
Executive Order 13621.
    Individuals interested in attending the meeting must register by 
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 because seating is limited. Please contact 
Kimberly Watkins-Foote at (202) 260-8197 or by email at 
[email protected].
    An opportunity for public comment is available on Monday, 
September, 22, 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 Tuesday, September 16, 2014.
    Access to Records of the Meeting: 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.

Reasonable Accommodations

    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 Tuesday, September 
16, 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.
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    Authority:  20 U.S.C. 1011c.

Ted Mitchell,
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-22072 Filed 9-15-14; 8:45 am]
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