Federal Register: October 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 204)
DOCID: fr22oc10-149 FR Doc 2010-27004
Presidential Documents
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DOCID: fr22oc10-149
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13555 of October 19, 2010
White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, to restore the country to its role as the
global leader in education, to strengthen the Nation by
expanding educational opportunities and improving
educational outcomes for Hispanics and Latinos
(Hispanics) of all ages, and to help ensure that all
Hispanics receive an education that properly prepares
them for college, productive careers, and satisfying lives, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. At more than 52 million strong,
including 4 million in Puerto Rico, Hispanics
constitute the country's largest and fastest growing
minority group. They have had a profound and positive
impact on our country through, among other things,
their community's strong commitment to family, faith,
hard work, and service. Many Hispanics contribute to
this Nation bilingually in the English and Spanish
languages--a true asset for our country in an increasingly global, interdependent world.
Hispanic students are the largest minority group in our
Nation's schools, numbering more than 11 million in our
public elementary and secondary school system, and
constituting more than 22 percent of all pre-K-12
students. Hispanic students face educational challenges
of crisis proportions. Fewer than half of all Hispanic
children participate in early childhood education
programs, and far too few Hispanic students graduate
from high school; of those who do complete high school,
many are not adequately prepared for college. Only 12
percent of adult Hispanics have a bachelor's degree,
and just 3 percent have completed graduate or
professional degree programs. At the same time, large
numbers of Hispanic adults lack the education or
literacy skills they need to advance their careers;
they also are less likely than members of other groups
to have taken job- or career-related courses, with the
exception of basic education classes, such as English as a second language.
Our country was built on and continues to thrive on its
diversity, and there is no doubt that the future of the
United States is inextricably linked to the future of
the Hispanic community. To reach the ambitious
education goals we have set for our Nation, as well as
to ensure equality of opportunity for all, we must
provide the opportunities that will enable Hispanic
students to raise their educational attainment at every
level of the American education system. America's
future competitiveness in our global economy will be
substantially enhanced by improving educational outcomes for Hispanics.
Sec. 2. White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
(a) Establishment. There is established the White
House Initiative on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics (Initiative), to be housed in the Department
of Education (Department). The mission of the
Initiative shall be to help restore the United States
to its role as the global leader in education and to
strengthen the Nation by expanding educational
opportunities and improving educational outcomes for
Hispanics of all ages and by helping to ensure that all
Hispanics receive a complete and competitive education
that prepares them for college, a career, and productive and satisfying lives.
(b) Initiative Administration. There shall be an
Executive Director of the Initiative, to be appointed
by the Secretary of Education (Secretary). The
Initiative shall be advised by the Commission established under section
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3 of this order and supported by the Working Group
established under subsection (c) of this section. The
Department shall provide the staff, resources, and
assistance for the Initiative and the Working Group. To
the extent permitted by law, departments, agencies, and
offices represented on the Working Group shall provide
resources, including personnel detailed to the
Initiative, to assist the Department in meeting the objectives of this order.
(c) Interagency Working Group.
(1) There is established the Federal Interagency Working Group on
Educational Excellence for Hispanics (Working Group), which shall be
convened and chaired by the Initiative's Executive Director.
(2) The Working Group shall consist of senior officials from the
Department, the White House Domestic Policy Council, the Department of
Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as such
additional departments, agencies, and offices as the President may
designate. Senior officials shall be designated by the heads of their respective departments, agencies, and offices.
(3) The Initiative's Executive Director may establish subgroups of the
Working Group to focus on different aspects of the educational system or
educational challenges facing Hispanics, such as early childhood education,
K?12 education, higher education, career and technical education, language acquisition, and adult education.
(d) Initiative Objectives.
(1) To expand educational opportunities, improve education outcomes, and
deliver a complete and competitive education for all Hispanics, the
Initiative shall, consistent with law, promote, encourage, and undertake efforts designed to meet the following objectives:
(i) increasing general understanding of the causes of the educational challenges faced by Hispanic students;
(ii) increasing the percentage of Hispanic children who enter
kindergarten ready for success by improving access by Hispanics to high-
quality programs and services that encourage the early learning and development of children from birth through age 5;
(iii) implementing successful and innovative education reform strategies
and practices in America's public schools to ensure that Hispanic students,
like their peers, receive a rigorous and well-rounded education, and have
access to student support services that will prepare them for college, a career, and civic participation;
(iv) ensuring that all Hispanic students have access to excellent
teachers and school leaders, in part by supporting efforts to improve the
recruitment, preparation, development, and retention of successful Hispanic
teachers and school leaders and other effective teachers and school leaders responsible for the education of Hispanic students;
(v) reducing the dropout rate of Hispanic students and helping Hispanic
students graduate from high school prepared for college and a career, in
part by promoting a positive school climate and supporting successful and
innovative dropout prevention and recovery strategies that better engage
Hispanic youths in their learning, help them catch up academically, and
provide those who have left the educational system with pathways to reentry;
(vi) increasing college access and success for Hispanic students and
providing support to help ensure that a greater percentage of Hispanics
complete college and contribute to the goal of having America again lead
the world in the proportion of college graduates by 2020, in part through
strategies to strengthen the capacity of Hispanic-Serving Institutions,
community colleges, and other institutions of higher education serving large numbers of Hispanic students; and
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(vii) enhancing the educational and life opportunities of Hispanics by
fostering positive family and community engagement, improving the quality
of, and expanding access to, adult education, literacy, and career and
technical education, as well as increasing opportunities for education and
career advancement in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
(2) In working to fulfill its mission and objectives, the Initiative shall, consistent with law:
(i) help ensure that Federal programs and initiatives administered by the
Department and other agencies are serving and meeting the needs of Hispanic children, youths, and adults;
(ii) work closely with the Executive Office of the President on key
Administration priorities related to the education of Hispanics;
(iii) increase the Hispanic community's participation in, and capacity to
participate in, the Department's programs and education-related programs at other executive departments and agencies;
(iv) advise Department officials and, through the Working Group, other
agency officials on issues related to the Hispanic community and the educational attainment of Hispanic students;
(v) advise the Secretary on the development, implementation, and
coordination of educational programs and initiatives at the Department and
other agencies designed to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics of all ages;
(vi) encourage and develop partnerships with public, private,
philanthropic, and nonprofit stakeholders to improve Hispanics' readiness
for school, college, and career, as well as their college persistence and completion; and
(vii) develop a national network of individuals, organizations, and
communities to share and implement best practices related to the education of Hispanics.
(3) The Initiative shall periodically publish reports on its activities.
The Secretary and the Executive Director of the Initiative, in consultation
with the Interagency Working Group and the Chair of the Commission
established under section 3 of this order, may develop and submit to the
President recommendations designed to advance and promote educational
opportunities and attainment for Hispanics, including recommendations for short- and long-term initiatives.
(e) Collaboration Among White House Initiatives.
The White House Initiatives on Educational Excellence
for Hispanics, Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and
Asian-American and Pacific Islanders shall work
together whenever appropriate in light of their shared objectives.
Sec. 3. President's Advisory Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics. There is established the
President's Advisory Commission on Educational
Excellence for Hispanics (Commission) in the Department.
(a) Commission Mission and Scope. The Commission
shall advise the President and the Secretary on matters
pertaining to the educational attainment of the Hispanic community, including:
(1) developing, implementing, and coordinating educational programs and
initiatives at the Department and other agencies to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics of all ages;
(2) increasing the participation of the Hispanic community and Hispanic-
Serving Institutions in the Department's programs and in education programs at other agencies;
(3) engaging the philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and education
communities in a national dialogue regarding the mission and objectives of this order; and
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(4) establishing partnerships with public, private, philanthropic, and
nonprofit stakeholders to meet the mission and policy objectives of this order.
The Commission shall meet periodically, but at least
twice a year, and may work through task forces composed
exclusively of Commission members, as appropriate.
(b) Commission Membership and Chair.
(1) The Commission shall consist of no more than 30 members appointed by
the President. The Commission may include individuals with relevant
experience or subject matter expertise that the President deems
appropriate, as well as individuals who may serve as representatives of a
variety of sectors, including the education sector (early childhood
education, elementary and secondary education, higher education, career and
technical education, and adult education), labor organizations, research
institutions, corporate and financial institutions, public and private
philanthropic organizations, and nonprofit and community-based
organizations at the national, State, regional, or local levels.
(2) The President shall designate one of the members to serve as Chair of
the Commission, who shall work with the Initiative's Executive Director to
convene regular meetings of the Commission, determine its agenda, and direct its work, consistent with this order.
(c) Commission Administration. The Executive
Director of the Initiative shall also serve as the
Executive Director of the Commission and administer the
work of the Commission. The Department shall provide
funding and administrative support for the Commission,
to the extent permitted by law. 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). Insofar as the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (Act), may
apply to the administration of the Commission, any
functions of the President under the Act, except that
of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the
Secretary, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 4. General Provisions.
(a) This order supersedes Executive Order 13230 of October 12, 2001.
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(b) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 19, 2010.
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