E9-26979. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Missouri Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a meeting of the Missouri Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. at the Kauffman Conference Center. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a community public briefing meeting concerning the “Civil Rights Implications of Educational Opportunities in Urban Public School Settings and Education Reform in Missouri * * * Kansas City Missouri School District.”

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by December 23, 2009. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Persons wishing to e-mail their comments, or to present their comments verbally at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Farella E. Robinson, Regional Director, Central Regional Office, at [phone], (or for hearing impaired TDD 913-551-1414), or by e-mail to [e-mail].

Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov,, or to contact the Central Regional Office at the above e-mail or street address.

The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA.

Dated in Washington, DC, November 4, 2009.

Peter Minarik,

Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.