To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, within a strict compliance period of three (3) months, to take appropriate steps to request that a question about deafness and hearing loss be included in the 2030 Census and the Puerto Rico Community Survey; and to establish other complementary provisions.

Date: April 12, 2010

To amend paragraph (j) of Article 4 of Act No. 77 of June 19, 1979, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Act”, in order to grant the Agency the responsibility of promoting the full inclusion of Puerto Rico in all national statistics produced by Federal Government agencies and non-governmental organizations that receive federal funds, in order to have measurement mechanisms to compare the development of the Island with that of the continental United States.

Date: April 3, 2013

To order the Puerto Rico Department of Education to comply with Act No. 165 for no longer than 90 days? 2011, which amended Article 1.03 of Act No. 149 of July 15, 1999, as amended, known as the “Organic Law of the Puerto Rico Department of Education”, which orders the Secretary of Education to provide information to the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics to create an Early Detection System for Deserters and to submit an annual “School Dropout Report” to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly.