Executive
Order
13230 of October 12, 2001
Educational
Excellence for Hispanic Americans Commission
Executive Order
President's Advisory Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanic Americans
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance the development
of human potential, strengthen the Nation's capacity to provide high-quality
education, and increase opportunities for Hispanic Americans to participate in
and benefit from Federal education programs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section
1. There
is established, in the Department of Education, the President's Advisory
Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (Commission).
The Commission shall consist of not more than 25 members.
Twenty-one of the members shall be appointed by the President. Those
members shall be representatives of educational, business, professional, and
community organizations who are committed to improving educational attainment
within the Hispanic community, as well as other persons deemed appropriate by
the President. The President shall designate two of the appointed members
to serve as Co-Chairs of the Commission. The other four members of the Commission
shall be ex officio members, one each from the Department of Education, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of the Treasury,
and the Small Business Administration. The ex officio members shall be
the respective Secretaries of those agencies and the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration, or their designees.
Section
2. The
Commission shall provide advice to the Secretary of Education
("Secretary") and shall issue reports to the President, as described
in section 7 below, concerning:
(a) the
progress of Hispanic Americans in closing the academic achievement gap and
attaining the goals established by the President's "No Child Left
Behind" educational blueprint;
(b) the
development, monitoring, and coordination of Federal efforts to promote
high-quality education for Hispanic Americans;
(c) ways
to increase parental, State and local, private sector, and community
involvement in improving education; and
(d) ways
to maximize the effectiveness of Federal education initiatives within the
Hispanic community.
Section
3.
There is established, in the Department of Education, an office called
the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
(Initiative). The Initiative shall be located at, staffed, and supported
by the Department of Education, and headed by a Director, who shall be a senior
level executive branch official who reports to the Secretary. The
Initiative shall provide the necessary staff, resources, and assistance to the
Commission and shall assist and advise the Secretary in carrying out his
responsibilities under this order. The staff of the Initiative shall
gather and disseminate information relating to the educational achievement gap
of Hispanic Americans, using a variety of means, including conducting surveys,
conferences, field hearings, and meetings, and other appropriate vehicles
designed to encourage the participation of organizations and individuals
interested in such issues, including parents, community leaders, academicians,
business leaders, teachers, employers, employees and public officials at the
local, State, and Federal levels. To the extent permitted by law,
executive branch departments and agencies shall cooperate in providing
resources, including personnel detailed to the Initiative, to meet the
objectives of this order. The Initiative shall include both career civil
service and appointed staff with expertise in the area of education.
Section
4.
Executive branch departments and agencies, to the extent permitted by law
and practicable, shall provide any appropriate information requested by the
Commission or the staff of the Initiative, including data relating to the
eligibility for and participation by Hispanic Americans in Federal education
programs and the progress of Hispanic Americans in closing the academic
achievement gap and in achieving the goals of the President's "No Child
Left Behind" education blueprint. Where adequate data are not
available, the Commission shall suggest the means for collecting the data.
In accordance with the accountability goals established by the President,
executive branch departments and agencies involved in relevant programs shall
report to the President through the Initiative by September 30, 2002, on:
(a)
efforts to increase participation of Hispanic Americans in Federal
education programs and services;
(b)
efforts to include Hispanic-serving school districts, Hispanic-serving
institutions, and other educational institutions for Hispanic Americans in
Federal education programs and services;
(c)
levels of participation attained by Hispanic Americans in Federal
education programs and services; and
(d) the
measurable impact resulting from these efforts and levels of participation.
The Department of Education's report also shall describe the overall
condition of Hispanic American education and such other aspects of the
educational status of Hispanic Americans, as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
Section
5.
Insofar as the Federal Advisory Council Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App),
may apply to the Commission, any functions of the President under that Act,
except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the Department
of Education in accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by the
Administrator of General Services.
Section
6. (a)
Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as
authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service
(5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
(b) To
the extent permitted by law, the Department of Education shall provide funding
and administrative support for the Commission and the Initiative.
Section
7.
The Commission shall prepare and submit an interim and final report to
the President outlining its findings and recommendations as follows:
(a) The
Commission shall submit an Interim Report no later than September 30, 2002.
The Interim Report shall describe the Commission's examination of:
(i) available research and information on the
effectiveness of� current practices at
the local, State, and Federal levels in closing the educational achievement gap
for Hispanic Americans and attaining the goals established by the President's
"No Child� Left Behind"
educational blueprint;
(ii) available research and information on the
effectiveness of current practices involving Hispanic parents in the education
of their children; and
(iii) the appropriate role of Federal agencies in
education programs in helping Hispanic parents successfully prepare their
children to graduate from high school and attend post secondary institutions.
(b) The
Commission shall issue a Final Report no later than March 31, 2003. The
Final Report shall set forth the Commission's recommendations regarding:
(i) a
multi-year plan, based on the data collected concerning identification of
barriers to and successful models for closing the educational achievement gap
for Hispanic Americans, that provides for a coordinated effort among parents,
community
leaders, business leaders, educators, and public
officials at the local, State, and Federal levels to close the educational
achievement gap for Hispanic Americans and ensure attainment of the goals
established by the President's "No Child Left Behind" educational
blueprint.
(ii)
the
development of a monitoring system that measures and holds executive
branch departments and agencies accountable for
the coordination of Federal efforts among the designated executive departments
and agencies to ensure the participation of Hispanic Americans in Federal
education programs and promote
high-quality education for Hispanic Americans;
(iii) the identification of successful methods employed
throughout the Nation in increasing parental, State and local, private sector,
and community involvement in improving education for Hispanic Americans;
(iv) ways to improve on and measure the
effectiveness of Federal agencies in education programs in ensuring that
Hispanic Americans close the educational achievement gap and attain the goals
established by the President's "No Child Left Behind" educational
blueprint; and
(v) how Federal Government education programs can
best be applied to ensure Hispanic parents successfully prepare their children
to attend post secondary institutions.
Section
8. The
Commission shall terminate 30 days after submitting its final report, unless
extended by the President.
Section
9.
Executive Order 12900 of February 22, 1994, as amended, is revoked.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 12, 2001.