§ 3424. — Federal Interagency Committee on Education.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC3424]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER II--ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
Sec. 3424. Federal Interagency Committee on Education
(a) Establishment and function
There is established a Federal Interagency Committee on Education
(hereafter referred to in this section as the ``Committee''). The
Committee shall assist the Secretary in providing a mechanism to assure
that the procedures and actions of the Department and other Federal
departments and agencies are fully coordinated.
(b) Coordination of Federal programs, policies and practices
The Committee shall study and make recommendations for assuring
effective coordination of Federal programs, policies, and administrative
practices affecting education, including--
(1) consistent administration and development of policies and
practices among Federal agencies in the conduct of related programs;
(2) full and effective communication among Federal agencies to
avoid unnecessary duplication of activities and repetitive
collection of data;
(3) full and effective cooperation with the Secretary on such
studies and analyses as are necessary to carry out the purposes of
this chapter;
(4) coordination of related programs to assure that recipients
of Federal assistance are efficiently and responsively served; and
(5) full and effective involvement and participation of students
and parents in Federal education programs.
(c) Membership
The Committee shall be composed of the Secretary, who shall chair
the Committee, and senior policy making officials from those Federal
agencies, commissions, and boards that the President may find
appropriate.
(d) Designation of additional persons to attend meetings
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of
the Council of Economic Advisers, the Director of the Office of Science
and Technology Policy, and the Executive Director of the Domestic Policy
Staff may each designate a staff member to attend meetings of the
Committee.
(e) Federal vocational education and training programs study; report
The Committee shall conduct a study concerning the progress,
effectiveness, and accomplishments of Federal vocational education and
training programs, and the need for improved coordination between all
federally funded vocational education and training programs. The
Committee shall report the findings of such study to the Secretary and
the Congress within two years of October 17, 1979.
(f) Required meetings; establishment of subcommittees
The Committee shall meet at least twice each year. The Secretary may
establish subcommittees of the Committee to facilitate coordination in
important areas of Federal activity.
(g) Support assistance
The Secretary and the head of each agency represented on the
Committee under subsection (c) of this section shall furnish necessary
assistance to the Committee.
(Pub. L. 96-88, title II, Sec. 217, formerly Sec. 214, Oct. 17, 1979, 93
Stat. 676; renumbered Sec. 215, Pub. L. 101-392, title VI,
Sec. 602(a)(2), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 840; renumbered Sec. 217, Pub.
L. 103-382, title III, Sec. 372(1), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3977.)
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not
later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of
their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by
the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is
renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year
period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its
duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
