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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONSAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIESADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGTUESDAYFEBRUARY 20, 2007The Advisory Committee met in the Barnard Auditorium, U.S.Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.,at 9:00 a.m., David Long, Chairman, presiding.PRESENTDAVID LONG, ChairmanDEBORAH PRICEKIM DUDEFREDERICK ELLISMIKE HERMANNMONTEAN JACKSONRUSSELL JONESSHEPPARD KELLUMSUSAN KEYSTOMMY LEDBETTER MICHAEL PIMENTELDENNIS ROMEROBELINDA SIMSHOPE TAFTHOWELL WECHSLER Also Present:Donni LeBoeuf, representing Robert Flores of the US Department of JusticeCatherine Davis, Designated Federal Officer and Executive Director of the Committee
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I-N-D-E-XPageReview of "Building on Results: 6A Blueprint for Strengtheningthe No Child Left Behind Act"Panelist Presentations 65Questions and Answers 121Discussion and Closing Remarks 173
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P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S(9:05 a.m.)MR. LONG: Good morning everyone. We'll go aheadand get started. Catherine, do you have any word, I might ask, regardingShep and Dennis and Bob?MS. PRICE: Bob Flores? I think Donni is here.Donni, if you want to --MR. LONG: Okay. I just wondered. We have three or four not here. I'm just wondering. No? Okay.The one thing that I want to mention because of thechange, as you saw from your agenda and what we'll be doing thisafternoon, I want to announce to the public and the two of you sitting outthere that there has been a change, and this meeting will conclude thismorning at 12:30, and then we will resume tomorrow morning at 8:30,and the meeting tomorrow will not be in this room, but rather back downthe hallway in the training room. So tomorrow, 8:00 to 8:30 for the breakfast, and we'll resume that meeting then down in the training room, but wanted to make that announcement for the record.And Debbie, do you have anything that you want to sayas we start?MS. PRICE: Actually, no.MR. LONG: Okay. Okay. I trust that we'll have a better time getting home this time than we did last time. As I look around,I know a lot of people were in various airports across the country for varying lengths of time, and I wanted to announce the winner of the time,and that was Michael over here, who had the opportunity to spend theentire evening, I do believe in the -- was it in the Dallas airport?MR. PIMENTEL: Yes, I wrote the second version of Tom Hanks'
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. It was fun.MR. LONG: But it has been difficult with air travel.We all understand that. So if we could move to the second section,Review of "Building on Results: A Blueprint for Strengthening the NoChild Left Behind Act" --MS. PRICE: Do you want me to introduce her for you?MR. LONG: Yes.MS. PRICE: I'd be happy to introduce Holly Kuzmich.Holly Kuzmich is the Deputy Chief of Staff here at the Department, and prior to that she was in the Office of Policy and -- Planning -- there's toomany Ps. OPEPD is how we say it. And before that she was over in theWhite House in the Office of Domestic Policy Counsel, and before that,we worked together in the Senate.So Holly has had a lot of input on the budget, she'sgoing to give us a review of the budget and the blueprint that they have put forward regarding a perspective on reauthorization.Holly?MS. KUZMICH: Well, they're checking out my
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