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.

To order the Puerto Rico Secretary of Education, Eliezer Ramos Parés, to conduct a feasibility study to determine the possibility of establishing a specialized sports school in District 20.

Letter to Honorable Nydia Velázquez, of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congress of the United States. I. Introduction / II.Why do we need to raise the quality of Puerto Rico data and statistics as part of any solution to Puerto Rico's economic and fiscal crisis? / III. Report of the Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico / IV. Fiscal Oversight and Management Board / V. Conclusions