The White House Office of the Press Secretary today made the following announcement:

The President intends to nominate Gerald Reynolds to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights. He has served since 1998 as Senior Regulatory Counsel at Kansas City Power and Light. From 1997 to 1998, he was President and Legal Counsel for the Center for New Black Leadership and continues to sit on the Board of Directors. Reynolds served as a Legal Analyst for the Center for Equal Opportunity from 1995 to 1997. He is a graduate of the City University of New York at York College and received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law.

Regarding President Bush's selection of Reynolds for the position, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said "Gerry Reynolds will be working with me and the department to offer American children equal access to a quality education at all levels. His experience will strengthen our ability to make certain that all of our classrooms are safe and productive atmospheres for learning."