Department of Education
Orders where directed actors are tied to Department of Education · 14 in G.W. Bush · 113 all terms.
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14 shown · G.W. Bush
Improving the Coordination and Effectiveness of Youth Programs
This executive order creates an Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs within HHS to coordinate federal youth programs, mandates development of a new federal youth website within 10 months, and requires annual reporting to the President. It continues the "Helping America's Youth" initiative through structured interagency collaboration without creating new legal rights or spending authority.
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to and Revocation of Other Executive Orders
This executive order continues 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2009, revokes the tax reform advisory panel (EO 13369), supersedes parts of EO 13385, and substantially amends EO 12994 to expand and rename the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities with new membership requirements and advisory functions.
Strengthening Adult Education
This executive order creates an Interagency Adult Education Working Group led by the Secretary of Education to coordinate federal adult education programs, identify gaps and duplications, and recommend improvements to help adults transition to postsecondary education and employment. The Working Group includes multiple cabinet secretaries and must submit its first report within 9 months.
Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and a Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
This executive order establishes a presidential commission and an interagency task force to review and improve care for wounded service members returning from the Global War on Terror. The Commission has a mandate to examine transitions, health care, benefits, and services, with a final report due by June 30, 2007. The Task Force, led by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, must submit a government-wide action plan within 45 days.
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
This executive order establishes a National Mathematics Advisory Panel within the Department of Education to advise the President and Secretary of Education on improving mathematics education. The panel of up to 30 members must submit a preliminary report by January 31, 2007 and a final report by February 28, 2008, covering topics from algebra readiness to teacher training, before the panel automatically terminates on April 18, 2008.
Amendment to Executive Order 13173, Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order makes minor amendments to Executive Order 13173, updating the membership of the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley by adding the Secretary of Defense and Director of National Drug Control Policy, making the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the chair, requiring designated staff for 2004-2006, and adding 'regulations' to the Task Force's analytical duties. It also adds standard language disclaiming judicial enforceability.
American Indian and Alaska Native Education
This executive order establishes an interagency working group to improve American Indian and Alaska Native student achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act while respecting tribal cultures and sovereignty. It mandates a multi-year study of Native education, requires a federal interagency plan within 90 days, and convenes a forum on education strategies, with the working group terminating after 5 years unless extended.
Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations
This executive order establishes principles for federal agencies to ensure faith-based and community organizations can compete equally for federal social service funding without religious discrimination, while protecting beneficiaries from religious coercion. It requires specified agencies to review and amend policies within 90 days, and amends Executive Order 11246 to exempt religious contractors from certain employment nondiscrimination requirements when hiring co-religionists.
Tribal Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes the President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities and the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHITCU) within the Department of Education to strengthen federal support for tribal colleges. It requires federal agencies to develop three-year plans with measurable objectives for assisting tribal colleges, and revokes the previous EO 13021 from 1996.
Activities To Promote Personal Fitness
This executive order directs eight federal departments and the Office of National Drug Policy to review their policies and programs related to public personal fitness, and to propose modifications or new initiatives within 90 days. It establishes an interagency working group chaired by HHS to coordinate federal fitness promotion activities and eliminate overlap, while explicitly limiting the order to internal executive branch management without creating enforceable rights.
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
This executive order establishes a presidential commission to study and recommend improvements to the U.S. mental health service delivery system for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. The commission is tasked with reviewing current services, identifying effective treatments, and submitting interim and final reports to the President.
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This executive order establishes a presidential advisory board and White House Initiative within the Department of Education to strengthen historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) by improving their access to federal programs, increasing private sector partnerships, and requiring federal agencies to develop annual plans with measurable goals for HBCU participation in grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
This executive order establishes a 25-member presidential advisory commission and a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to improve educational outcomes for Hispanic Americans. It mandates reports on closing the achievement gap under the No Child Left Behind framework and revokes the previous Clinton-era executive order on the same topic.
President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education
This executive order establishes a 19-member presidential commission to study and recommend improvements to federal, state, and local special education programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The commission must submit a comprehensive report by April 30, 2002, analyzing special education effectiveness, costs, funding formulas, and accountability systems, then terminate 30 days later unless extended by the President.