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 98 STAT. 2490

Report.

PUBLIC LAW 98-524—OCT. 19, 1984

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)(l) 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

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