Sec. 5. national summit conference on education

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## Sec. 5 national summit conference on education ###

(a)This section may be cited as the “National Summit Conference on Education Act of 1984”. ###

(b)####

(1)The Congress finds that— #####

(A)increased economic competition requires the development of a better trained and educated workforce which our educational institutions must provide; #####

(B)problems and deficiencies in American elementary and secondary education require consideration of possible new directions in setting national education policy; and #####

(C)there should be a National Summit Conference on Education authorized by law by Congress to provide directions for such policy, and any conference established by the Department of Education should be complementary to the National Summit Conference on Education. ####

(2)For the purpose of this section, the term “**Conference**” means the National Summit Conference on Education established by this title. ###

(c)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Education $500,000 for the purpose of conducting a National Summit Conference on Education, in accordance with the provisions of this section. ###

(d)The participants in the Conference shall consist of not more than two hundred individuals. The participants in the Conference shall be representative of teachers, parents, school administrators, school board members, State education officials, State legislators, Governors, students, business, labor, and special populations, including females, racial and ethnic minorities, and the disabled. The participants in the Conference shall be selected so as to provide racial, political, and geographic balance. ###

(e)The participants in the Conference shall be chosen from among nominees submitted to the Executive Committee (established pursuant to section 605) by organizations representing public and private elementary and secondary education, vocational education, adult education, teacher training, women, racial and ethnic minorities, and the handicapped, as well as from among nominees supplied by organizations representing business, organized labor, parents, libraries, and all levels of government. ###

(f)####

(1)There shall be an Executive Committee of the Conference consisting of— #####

(A)two individuals appointed by the President, #####

(B)two individuals appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, #####

(C)two individuals appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate, and #####

(D)six individuals appointed by the Governors of the States acting as a group. The six individuals appointed by the Governors shall be appointed from individuals representing chief State school officers, local and State school boards, State legislatures, and Governors. ####

(2)The Executive Committee shall be responsible for selecting a presiding officer and for selecting the organizations (described in section 604) to supply a list of nominees for selection as participants in the Conference. Not less than 30 organizations shall be so selected by the Executive Committee. Each organization selected shall nominate at least the number of individuals specified by the Executive Committee for that organization in order to provide the representation required by sections 603 and 604. The Executive Committee shall determine the total number of individuals to be selected for participation, consistent with the requirements of this title. ####

(3)The Executive Committee shall serve without compensation. ###

(g)The Executive Committee shall appoint and fix the compensation of such staff as may be necessary, not to exceed the equivalent of four full-time employees. The staff shall assist the Executive Committee in planning, conducting, and completing the work of the Conference. The administrative support for the staff and the Executive Committee shall be the responsibility of the Department of Education in conjunction with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the Senate. The staff and the Executive Committee shall report, through properly established lines of authority, to the Congress. ###

(h)####

(1)A majority of participants of the Conference shall constitute a quorum if votes are required. If task forces are created, the majority of task force participants shall constitute a quorum if a vote is required. ####

(2)#####

(A)The Executive Committee shall select the Conference site and shall determine the duration of the Conference. The duration of the Conference shall not exceed six days. Neither the regional meetings (described in section 608(a)) nor the Conference shall meet before January 1, 1985. #####

(B)The Conference shall prepare and transmit a written record of its recommendations to the President, to the Congress, and to the States not later than four months after the last meeting of the Conference. ###

(i)####

(1)The Executive Committee, using data concerning education supplied by the Secretary of Education and by the States, shall develop an agenda for the Conference prior to the Conference. The data will include information furnished to the Secretary from statewide and regional summit conferences devoted to obtaining citizen views about education. The purpose of this agenda shall be to facilitate the development of recommendations on various issues raised by such recently issued education reports as the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, the Carnegie Report on American High Schools, the National Science Boards' Report on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, and others. ####

(2)The agenda so developed shall take into account that it shall be the purpose of the Conference to create national bipartisan support for education at all levels of government, and to make recommendations for the development of viable local, State, and national intergovernmental and intragovernmental cooperation in education to make the most efficient use of funds from all levels of government. ####

(3)The agenda shall also provide for procedures for determining national consensus regarding types of strategies to be used and the appropriate levels of government to have primary responsibility for implementing educational policy.