[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11451]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

AGENCY: United States Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of Commission briefing.

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DATES: Friday, May 20, 2016, at 9 a.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Place: National Place Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
11th Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 20245 (Entrance on F Street NW).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at 
telephone: (202) 376-8371, TTY: (202) 376-8116 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This briefing and business meeting are open 
to the public. The public may listen on the following toll-free number: 
1-888-572-7034. Please provide the operator with conference ID number 
7822144.
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the briefing and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact Pamela 
Dunston at (202) 376-8105 or at [email protected] at least seven 
business days before the scheduled date of the meeting. During the 
briefing, Commissioners will ask questions and discuss the briefing 
topic with the panelists. The public may submit written comments on the 
topic of the briefing to the above address for 30 days after the 
briefing. Please direct your comments to the attention of the ``Staff 
Director'' and clearly mark ``Briefing Comments Inside'' on the outside 
of the envelope. Please note we are unable to return any comments or 
submitted materials. Comments may also be submitted by email to 
[email protected].

Briefing Agenda

Topic: Public Education Funding Inequality in an Era of Increasing 
Concentration of Poverty and Resegregation

I. Introductory Remarks--9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
II. Panel One: Introduction to Public School Financing and Equity--9:15 
a.m.-10:35 a.m.
Speakers' Remarks
 Joseph Rogers, Director of Public Engagement/Senior 
Researcher, Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia 
University
 Danielle Farrie, Research Director, Education Law Center
 Beth Schiavano-Narvaez, Superintendent, Hartford, CT Public 
Schools
 David Volkman, Executive Assistant Secretary of Education for 
Pennsylvania
 Jamella Miller, Parent, William Penn School District
Questions from Commissioners
III. Panel Two: Funding Impact on Low-Income Children of Color--10:35 
a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Speakers' Remarks
 Wade Henderson, President, Leadership Conference on Civil and 
Human Rights
 Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Vice President for Program, 
National Women's Law Center
 Becky Pringle, Vice President, National Education Association
 Jessie Brown, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Secretary, 
Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education
Questions from Commissioners
IV. Break 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
V. Panel Three: The Role and Effect of Money on Outcomes--12:45 p.m.-
2:05 p.m.
Speakers' Remarks
 Jesse Rothstein, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, 
University of California, Berkeley
 Sean P. Corcoran, Associate Professor of Economics, New York 
University
 Steven Rivkin, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois 
at Chicago
 Doug Mesecar, Vice President, American Action Forum
 Gerard Robinson, Resident Fellow, Education Policy Studies, 
American Enterprise Institute
Questions from Commissioners
VI. Panel Four: Segregation: The Nexus Between School Funding and 
Housing--2:05 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
Speakers' Remarks
 Jacob Vigdor, Professor of Public Policy and Governance, 
University of Washington
 Phil Tegeler, Executive Director, Poverty and Race Research 
Action Council
 Catherine Brown, Vice President, Center for American Progress
 Monique Lin-Luse, Special Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and 
Education Fund, Inc.
 Katherine M. O'Regan, Assistant Secretary for Policy 
Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Questions from Commissioners
VII. Break 3:25 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
VIII. Panel Five: Federal Government on Equitable Funding--3:35 p.m.-
4:48 p.m.
Speakers' Remarks
 Becky Monroe, Senior Counsel, Office of the Assistant Attorney 
General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
 Honorable Bobby Scott (D-VA) or Designee
 Tanya Clay House, Deputy Assistant Secretary for P-12 
Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, 
Department of Education
 Ary Amerikaner, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 
Strategic Initiatives, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 
Department of Education
Questions from Commissioners
IX. Adjourn Briefing

    Dated: May 11, 2016.
David Mussatt,
Regional Programs Unit Chief, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
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