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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382-OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3859 "(C) conduct the initial planning for a permanent national commission on rural public education. "(b) COMPOSITION OF CONFERENCE. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Conference shall be comprised of— "(A) representatives of eligible public school systems, including members of the governing body of local educational agencies, school superintendents, and classroom teachers; "(B) representatives of the Congress, the Department, and other Federal agencies; "(C) State elected officials and representatives from State educational agencies; "(D) individuals with special knowledge of, and expertise in, rural education, including individuals involved with rural postsecondary education; and "(E) individuals with special knowledge of, and expertise in, rural business. "(2) SELECTION. — The President shall select one-third of the participants of the Conference, the msgority leader of the Senate, in consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, shall select one-third of such participants, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in consultation with the minority leader of the House, shall select the remaining one-third of such participants. "(3) REPRESENTATION.— In selecting the participants of the Conference, the President, the majority leader of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall ensure that the participants are as representative of the ethnic, racial, and language diversity of rural areas as is practicable. "(c) REPORT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 120 days following the termination of the Conference, a final report of the Conference, containing such findings and recommendations as may be made by the Conference, shall be submitted to the President. The final report shall be made public and, not later than 90 days after receipt by the President, transmitted to the Congress together with a statement of the President containing recommendations for implementing the report. "(2) PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION.—The Conference is authorized to publish and distribute the report described in this section. Copies of the report shall be provided to the Libraries Federal depository libraries and made available to local rural school leaders and teachers. Public information. " SEC. 10991. FINDINGS. "The Congress finds that— "(1) the United States faces a crisis in writing in schools and in the workplace; "(2) the writing problem has been magnified by the rapidly changing student populations and the growing number of atrisk students due to limited English proficiency; "(3) over the past two decades, universities and colleges across the country have reported increasing numbers of entering freshmen who are unable to write at a level equal to the demands of college work; 20 USC 833L
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