Department of Education
Orders where directed actors are tied to Department of Education · 11 in Clinton · 113 all terms.
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11 shown · Clinton
President's Commission on Educational Resource Equity
President Clinton established a 13-member advisory commission to study gaps in educational resources, particularly those affecting disadvantaged students and low-income schools. The commission must submit a report to the President and Congress by August 31, 2001, analyzing resource disparities and recommending solutions, after which it terminates within 30 days.
Actions To Improve Low-Performing Schools
This executive order directs the Secretary of Education to develop a comprehensive strategy for providing technical assistance to states and local school districts to improve low-performing schools, including sharing best practices, coordinating federal education resources, and recruiting qualified teachers for high-poverty schools. It also requires an annual School Improvement Report beginning September 2000 and strengthens compliance monitoring of Elementary and Secondary Education Act requirements related to school improvement.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
This executive order extends 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2001, revokes several executive orders for completed committees, and makes technical amendments to existing orders including adding the Department of Energy to the President's Export Council, expanding an interagency Coast Guard task force, and updating the structure of committees on arts/humanities and physical fitness.
Using Technology To Improve Training Opportunities for Federal Government Employees
This executive order establishes a presidential task force and advisory committee to promote technology-based training for federal employees. It directs agencies to designate representatives, develop training technology standards, create online training databases, and explore individual training accounts for workers.
American Indian and Alaska Native Education
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Education to coordinate federal efforts across 14+ agencies to improve educational outcomes for Native students. It mandates development of a comprehensive federal Indian education policy, regional partnership forums, school pilot sites, and a research agenda, with multiple reporting deadlines over a 5-year task force lifespan.
Strengthened Protections for Human Subjects of Classified Research
This 1997 presidential memorandum strengthens ethical protections for human subjects in classified government research by implementing recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It prohibits waiver of informed consent for classified research, requires disclosure of sponsoring agencies and classification status to subjects, mandates special institutional review board procedures including nongovernmental members and appeals processes, requires annual public disclosure of secret research projects, and bars agencies from conducting such research without first adopting modified Common Rule regulations.
Tribal Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a White House Initiative and Presidential advisory board within the Department of Education to improve federal support for tribal colleges and universities. It requires federal agencies to develop five-year plans with measurable goals for funding and technical assistance to tribal colleges, and creates a structure for ongoing coordination between tribal colleges, federal agencies, and the private sector.
President's Council on Counter-Narcotics
This executive order establishes the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics, a high-level interagency body chaired by the President and comprising cabinet secretaries, intelligence directors, and senior White House officials. The Council meets quarterly to advise the President on national drug control strategy, coordinate implementation across agencies, and link drug policy to national security priorities, while preserving the Director of National Drug Control Policy as the senior drug policy official.
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
This executive order establishes the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans and a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to improve Hispanic American participation in and outcomes from federal education programs. It requires annual federal plans with measurable objectives, agency-specific plans to reduce barriers and improve outreach, and creates an interagency working group to coordinate efforts across executive departments.
Federal Leadership of Fair Housing
This memorandum directs federal agencies to affirmatively further fair housing, establishes a Cabinet-level President's Fair Housing Council, and revokes Executive Order 12259. It expands protections to disabled persons and families with children, mandates HUD program reviews, and directs action against mortgage lending discrimination.
Leadership and Coordination of Fair Housing in Federal Programs: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
This executive order directs all federal agencies to administer housing and urban development programs in ways that affirmatively further fair housing under the Fair Housing Act. It establishes the President's Fair Housing Council, assigns HUD the lead coordinating role, mandates interagency regulations, and creates enforcement mechanisms including sanctions for noncompliance.