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[Federal Register: April 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 77)]
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                        Presidential Documents




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                Executive Order 13398 of April 18, 2006


                National Mathematics Advisory Panel

                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. To help keep America competitive,
                support American talent and creativity, encourage
                innovation throughout the American economy, and help
                State, local, territorial, and tribal governments give
                the Nation's children and youth the education they need
                to succeed, it shall be the policy of the United States
                to foster greater knowledge of and improved performance
                in mathematics among American students.

                Sec. 2. Establishment and Mission of Panel. (a) There
                is hereby established within the Department of
                Education (Department) the National Mathematics
                Advisory Panel (Panel).

                    (b) The Panel shall advise the President and the
                Secretary of Education (Secretary) consistent with this
                order on means to implement effectively the policy set
                forth in section 1, including with respect to the
                conduct, evaluation, and effective use of the results
                of research relating to proven-effective and evidence-
                based mathematics instruction.

                Sec. 3. Membership and Chair of Panel. (a) The Panel
                shall consist of no more than 30 members as follows:

                    (i) no more than 20 members from among individuals
                not employed by the Federal Government, appointed by
                the Secretary for such terms as the Secretary may
                specify at the time of appointment; and
                    (ii) no more than 10 members from among officers
                and employees of Federal agencies, designated by the
                Secretary after consultation with the heads of the
                agencies concerned.
                    (b) From among the members appointed under
                paragraph(3)(a)(i) of this order, the Secretary shall
                designate a Chair of the Panel.
                    (c) Subject to the direction of the Secretary, the
                Chair of the Panel shall convene and preside at
                meetings of the Panel, determine its agenda, direct its
                work and, as appropriate to deal with particular
                subject matters, establish and direct the work of
                subgroups of the Panel that shall consist exclusively
                of members of the Panel.

                Sec. 4. Report to the President on Strengthening
                Mathematics Education. In carrying out subsection 2(b)
                of this order, the Panel shall submit to the President,
                through the Secretary, a preliminary report not later
                than January 31, 2007, and a final report not later
                than February 28, 2008. Both reports shall, at a
                minimum, contain recommendations, based on the best
                available scientific evidence, on the following:

                    (a) the critical skills and skill progressions for
                students to acquire competence in algebra and readiness
                for higher levels of mathematics;
                    (b) the role and appropriate design of standards
                and assessment in promoting mathematical competence;
                    (c) the processes by which students of various
                abilities and backgrounds learn mathematics;
                    (d) instructional practices, programs, and
                materials that are effective for improving mathematics
                learning;

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                    (e) the training, selection, placement, and
                professional development of teachers of mathematics in
                order to enhance students' learning of mathematics;
                    (f) the role and appropriate design of systems for
                delivering instruction in mathematics that combine the
                different elements of learning processes, curricula,
                instruction, teacher training and support, and
                standards, assessments, and accountability;
                    (g) needs for research in support of mathematics
                education;
                    (h) ideas for strengthening capabilities to teach
                children and youth basic mathematics, geometry,
                algebra, and calculus and other mathematical
                disciplines;
                    (i) such other matters relating to mathematics
                education as the Panel deems appropriate; and
                    (j) such other matters relating to mathematics
                education as the Secretary may require.

                Sec. 5. Additional Reports. The Secretary may require
                the Panel, in carrying out subsection 2(b) of this
                order, to submit such additional reports relating to
                the policy set forth in section 1 as the Secretary
                deems appropriate.

                Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be
                implemented in a manner consistent with applicable law,
                including section 103 of the Department of Education
                Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3403), and subject to the
                availability of appropriations.

                    (b) The Department shall provide such
                administrative support and funding for the Panel as the
                Secretary determines appropriate. To the extent
                permitted by law, and where practicable, agencies
                shall, upon request by the Secretary, provide
                assistance to the Panel.
                    (c) The Panel shall obtain information and advice
                as appropriate in the course of its work from:
                    (i) officers or employees of Federal agencies,
                unless otherwise directed by the head of the agency
                concerned;
                    (ii) State, local, territorial, and tribal
                officials;
                    (iii) experts on matters relating to the policy set
                forth in section 1;
                    (iv) parents and teachers; and
                    (v) such other individuals as the Panel deems
                appropriate or as the Secretary may direct.
                    (d) Members of the Panel who are not officers or
                employees of the United States shall serve without
                compensation and may receive travel expenses, including
                per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law
                for persons serving intermittently in Government
                service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), consistent with the
                availability of funds.
                    (e) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
                as amended (5 U.S.C. App.) (the ``Act''), may apply to
                the administration of any portion of this order, any
                functions of the President under that 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.
                    (f) This order is not intended to, and does not,
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
                enforceable by any party at law or in equity against
                the United States, its departments, agencies, entities,
                officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

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                Sec. 7. Termination. Unless hereafter extended by the
                President, this Advisory Panel shall terminate 2 years
                after the date of this order.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 18, 2006.

[FR Doc. 06-3865
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