The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) voted on and approved the new appointments of members for four State Advisory Committees, including Mike Valdes, the chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Education. The USCCR maintains 56 Advisory Committees—one in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S. territories.
Mandated by Congress, these bipartisan committees conduct studies on civil rights issues within their geographic jurisdictions.
Of his appointment Valdes says “I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed by the Trump Administration to the Georgia State Advisory Committee…I am honored to be able to serve the Commission, and to also be at the table when it comes to the school of thought and development of policy that directly affects K12 policy in Forsyth County, Georgia, and the USA.”
Over the past year, Advisory Committees have released reports on a wide range of topics,
including housing discrimination, disparities in pediatric healthcare, artificial intelligence in K12 education, access to legal counsel, barriers to services for students with disabilities, teacher
shortages, fair housing practices, the child welfare system’s impact on Black families, mental
health care in juvenile justice systems, and accessibility challenges for individuals with
disabilities.
More information about the work of the Commission’s Advisory Committees can be found here: