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Monday, May 8, 2000
Volume 36--Number 18
Pages 943-1020
Contents
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Weekly Compilation of
Presidential
Documents
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Addresses and Remarks
Council of the Americas 30th Washington Conference--970
Employment report--1015
Independent Insurance Agents of America's National Legislative
Conference--961
Iowa, Central High School in Davenport--988
Kentucky, Audubon Elementary School in Owensboro--978
Michigan
Commencement address at Eastern Michigan University in
Ypsilanti--948
NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit--953
Minnesota, City Academy in St. Paul--990
Ohio, roundtable discussion on reforming America's schools in
Columbus--1000
Pennsylvania, departure for Farmington--1015
Radio address--945
White House Conference on Raising Teenagers and Resourceful Youth--
967
White House Correspondents' Association dinner--946
Bill Signings
Federal reporting requirements, statement on legislation amending
certain--975
Communications to Congress
Colombia, message transmitting report on the national emergency with
respect to significant narcotics traffickers--978
Crude oil, letter--945
Communications to Federal Agencies
Additional Guidelines for Charter Schools, memorandum--1012
White House Program for the National Moment of Remembrance,
memorandum--978
Executive Orders
Actions To Improve Low-Performing Schools--985
Establishing the Kosovo Campaign Medal--987
Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment
Opportunity in Federal Government--977
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)
Editor's Note: The President was in Farmington, PA, on May 5, the
closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in
this issue will be printed next week.
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Contents--Continued
Interviews With the News Media
Exchanges with reporters
Rose Garden--1014
South Grounds--1015
Webside Chat with Tracy Smith of Channel One in St. Paul, MN--994
Letters and Messages
Cinco de Mayo, message--1011
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Japan, Prime Minister Mori--1014
Proclamations
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month--958
Jewish Heritage Week--976
Law Day, U.S.A.--944
Loyalty Day--959
National Charter Schools Week--943
National Day of Prayer--1011
Older Americans Month--975
Statements by the President
See also Bill Signings
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, legal framework agreement--943
Caribbean Basin and Africa, legislation on trade--1011
Death of John Cardinal O'Connor--985
Employment report, Bureau of Labor Statistics--1017
Global Positioning System signals, decision to stop degrading--959
U.S. Treasury ``Debt Buybacks''--960
World Press Freedom Day--985
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--1019
Checklist of White House press releases--1019
Digest of other White House announcements--1017
Nominations submitted to the Senate--1018
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Week Ending Friday, May 5, 2000
Statement on the Legal Framework Agreement for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
Oil Pipeline
April 28, 2000
I am very pleased that today delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia,
and Turkey reached agreement on the legal framework for the Baku-
Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. Last November in Istanbul, I witnessed the
signing of initial documents for this framework. Today's achievement
completes this work and brings the pipeline project a critical step
closer to fruition.
By this action, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey have shown once
again their commitment to building regional cooperation, peaceful
relations, and better lives for all their people. I congratulate
Presidents Aliyev, Shevardnadze, and Demirel, along with all the
negotiating teams, for their leadership in moving this project forward.
I look forward to the next phase of this effort, when companies from
the United States, Western Europe, and Russia will work with those of
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey to transform legal
frameworks into commercial reality.
The United States is committed to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline
as a key part of our overall approach to Caspian energy development. We
want to ensure access to world markets for the countries of the region,
while helping diversify sources of energy supply for consumers in the
United States and around the globe.
Note: In his statement, the President referred to President Heydar
Aliyev of Azerbaijan; President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia; and
President Suleyman Demirel of Turkey. This item was not received in time
for publication in the appropriate issue.
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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Week Ending Friday, May 5, 2000
Proclamation 7297--National Charter Schools Week, 2000
April 28, 2000
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
Providing our children the high-quality education they need to
succeed is one of the greatest challenges we face as a Nation, and
helping communities establish public charter schools is one of the best
ways we can meet that challenge.
Charter schools--public schools that are started by parents,
educators, and communities working in partnership--are open to students
of every background and ability. They also afford greater autonomy and
flexibility in staffing decisions, curriculum design, and other areas
than traditional public schools do. In return for this flexibility,
charter schools must set and meet the highest standards, and they can
remain open only as long as they do so.
These schools are helping us to meet many of our Nation's most
important education goals. They are driving change in public schools
across America by showing the benefits of greater parent participation,
longer school years, higher academic standards, and character education.
Charter schools offer reform, innovation, and increased choice in public
education, and, by doing so, they spur improvement throughout our public
school system.
I am proud that my Administration has taken a leadership role in
promoting and funding public charter schools. When I took office almost
8 years ago, there was only one charter school in our Nation. By
September of last year, that number had grown to more than 1,600 in 30
States and the District of Columbia, with more than 250,000 students
enrolled and many more on waiting lists.
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Since 1994, the Federal Government has invested almost $400 million in
public charter schools. Last August, I announced the release of almost
$100 million in Department of Education grants to develop, open, or
expand charter schools across the country. And my proposed budget for
fiscal year 2001 includes $175 million for the Department of Education's
Public Charter Schools Program. These grants and funds will help cover
the costs of opening new schools and help existing charter schools hire
more well-trained teachers, buy more books, computers, and educational
software, and ensure that classrooms are safe and accessible for all
students. Finally, these funds will aid charter schools as they develop
accountability systems to measure whether they are meeting or exceeding
State standards.
During National Charter Schools Week, I commend the many dedicated
parents, educators, students, and other concerned citizens who, working
together, have started charter schools in their communities to meet the
growing demand for excellence, creativity, and choice in education.
Because of their vision and leadership, charter schools across our
Nation are helping to raise standards, expectations, and accountability
in all of America's public schools. By investing in charter schools, we
are investing in our Nation's future.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 1
through May 5, 2000, as National Charter Schools Week. I encourage the
American people to mark this observance with appropriate programs and
activities that raise awareness of the many contributions that public
charter schools make to the education of our children and the success of
our Nation.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth
day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
fourth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 2, 2000]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on May
3. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
issue.
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