Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting and Community Forum of the New Jersey Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that a planning meeting and community forum of the New Jersey Advisory Committee will convene at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 8, 2009, at the Legislative Annex of the State House, 152 West State Street, Room L6 (first floor), Trenton, New Jersey 08625. The purpose of the planning meeting is to review the format for conducting the community forum. The purpose of the community forum is to discuss two topics: immigration and education. The immigration review will begin at approximately 9:30 a.m. The education review will begin at approximately 2 p.m.

Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The address is U.S. Comission on Civil Rights, Eastern Regional Office, 624 Ninth Street, NW., Suite 740, Washington, DC 20425. Persons wishing to email their comments, present their comments at the meeting, or who desire additional information should contact Alfreda Greene, Secretary, at 202-376-7533 or by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov.

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 Eastern 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 Eastern Regional Office at the above e-mail or street address.

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