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UNITED STATES OF AMERICADEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION+ + + + +SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIESADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING+ + + + +WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2007+ + + + +The meeting was held in the Bernard Auditorium of 400Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C., at 8:30 a.m., David Long,Chairman, presiding.PRESENT:DAVID LONG, ChairmanDEBORAH PRICEKIM DUDEFREDERICK ELLISMIKE HERRMANNRALPH HINGSONMONTEAN JACKSONRUSSELL JONESSUSAN KEYSTOMMY LEDBETTERSETH NORMANDENNIS ROMEROBELINDA SIMSHOWELL WECHSLERCATHERINE DAVIS, Executive Director and Designated Federal Officer
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A-G-E-N-D-APAGE I. Opening Statement 3II. Public Comment 8III. Discussion of Advisory Committee 11MembersIV. Closing Comments 52
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(8:46 a.m.)CHAIRMAN LONG: Good morning, everyone. Wewill -- we have already had one or two meetings, but we will go ahead andget started, if we could, with the committee meeting.How many of you, by the way, have airlines and --where you would make a change in Texas, anywhere in Texas? Anyone?Mike is not here, so just a couple of us. Texas is pretty well shut downright now with the airports. That's why I'm asking that.If you have -- so for those of you that live in theWashington area, if Mike and I get hung up here for extended periods of time --PARTICIPANT: I have extra bedrooms.CHAIRMAN LONG: Okay. Okay.(Laughter.)PARTICIPANT: You can join me on my two-hourcommute.CHAIRMAN LONG: Okay. As we get started thismorning, I would like to ask a question. I've talked with several membersand I just talked with Debbie, and I think that this would be the appropriatetime to ask this.Because of the timing of the budget, and the timing of reauthorization, and the work of the Advisory Committee and the meetingsand meeting times, the question that I'm asking is, putting all three of thosetogether -- those timelines -- as we get closer -- now here we are in January,heading for a February meeting, and with the budget on the table -- I mean,we all know how those work, budget on the table, many of thereauthorization ideas on the table or maybe even black and white, thequestion I'm asking, Debbie, is how far along that process.And then, keeping in mind what we're discussing here asa committee, is the -- are those two things so far down the line that whatwe're saying has no chance to get in? Or is the information and the thingsthat we're discussing still very pertinent to that timeline and of value to thattimeline?MS. PRICE: Let me first say that the answer to I believeyour first question is -- is there value, basically, to what the committee isdoing regarding reauthorization and budget proposals that the Departmenthas been working on?And I would say yes, clearly, you have had input,because that is why we determined rather than doing just the report of thecommittee in June to do the interim reports that bring forward the thoughtsand thinking of the Advisory Committee to those who are looking at issuesof reauthorization and the '08 budget cycle.And so in the two that we did, you all know one was onthe state grants program, which is a specifically large area both in -- that in
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