Executive Order 13532: Promoting Excellence, Innovation, and Sustainability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
President: Barack Obama
Established an Education-led White House initiative and advisory board to strengthen federal support and opportunities for historically Black colleges and universities.
Status: Revoked.
Is Executive Order 13532 still in effect? No. Revoked and replaced by EO 13779 in 2017; later HBCU initiatives use successor orders.
What does Executive Order 13532 do?
EO 13532 required agencies to develop annual plans, improve HBCU access to federal programs, strengthen capacity and track results. It created a presidential advisory board and moved coordination into Education. EO 13779 revoked and replaced it in 2017; EO 14041 later replaced that structure and was itself revoked in 2025.
Before and after
Before the order
EO 13256 governed the earlier HBCU initiative.
After the order
Agencies prepared measurable plans and an advisory board recommended ways to expand HBCU opportunity.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Education Secretary | Administer the initiative | Superseded |
| Agencies | Prepare plans and report results | Moved to successor orders |
| Advisory board | Advise the President | Reconstituted later |
What happened next
EO 13532 signed.
EO 13779 revoked and replaced EO 13532.
A new HBCU order revoked EO 14041.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
HBCU definitions, grants and civil-rights duties arise from statutes and regulations. Advisory orders cannot appropriate funds.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- Federal Register — 2025 HBCU order (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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