2015-17747. Notice of Public Meeting of the Washington Advisory Committee for the Purpose of Hearing Testimony on School Integration

AGENCY:

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION:

Announcement of meeting.

SUMMARY:

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 Washington State Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2015, for the purpose of holding a public meeting on school integration. The meeting will be held at the Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E. Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m., and adjourn at approximately 5:00 p.m. PDT.

Members of the public are entitled to make comments in the open period at the end of the meeting. Members of the public may also submit written comments. The comments must be received in the Western Regional Office of the Commission by September 13, 2015. The address is Western Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to email their comments may do so by sending them to Angelica Trevino, Civil Rights Analyst, Western Regional Office, at [e-mail]. Persons who desire additional information should contact the Western Regional Office, at [phone], (or for hearing impaired TDD 913-551-1414), or by email 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 and documents discussed during the meeting will be available for public viewing prior to and after the meeting at https://database.faca.gov/​committee/​meetings.aspx?​cid=​280 and clicking on the “Meeting Details” and “Documents” links. Records generated from this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Western Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov,, or may contact the Western Regional Office at the above email or street address.

Agenda: 1:30 p.m.—Public meeting on school integration of equity in school expenditures

Public comment—4:30 p.m.

Adjournment—5:00 p.m.

DATES:

Thursday, August 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES:

The Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E. Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Peter Minarik, DFO, at [phone] or [e-mail].

Dated: July 15, 2015.

David Mussatt,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.