. High Stakes Testing

      Pete Hoekstra has invited Norma Cantu (ED-OCR) to testify at a hearing
next Tuesday. According to Counsel's office, Cantu will be asked to
discuss:
-- OCR's high states testing guide
-- Charter schools/desegregation
--Title IX /athletics
--Conflicts between Title I and voting rights laws (i.e. takeovers of
elected school boards)

Yesterday, during the civil rights enforcement meeting, Maria Echaveste
and Chuck Ruff asked Counsel staff to talk to OCR and make sure that draft
testimony is submitted to OMB by cob on Thursday to ensure adequate review
time.