[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 26200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11066]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service
(hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Corporation is soliciting comments concerning its
proposed collection request for the National Evaluation of School-Based
Learn and Serve America Teacher Recruitment Process. The Teacher
Recruitment Process will identify and recruit teachers for
participation in the National Evaluation of School-Based Learn and
Serve America. The sample of teachers for recruitment will be selected
based on interviews with district administrators and school principals.
Selection will be limited to teachers in schools that have implemented
or are implementing Learn and Serve America funded service-learning
programs. Teachers identified by administrators and principals as those
that have implemented high quality service-learning projects will be
asked to complete a Teacher Information Form, which will collect
information on the types of courses in which teachers have and will
implement service-learning projects and the extent to which past
service-learning projects have incorporated standards for high quality
service-learning. Participation in the information collection is
voluntary and will not be used in grant funding decisions.
Copies of the information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed in the addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office
listed in the ADDRESSES section by July 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for National and Community
Service, Office of Research and Policy Development; Attention Kimberly
Spring, Policy Analyst, Room 10906B; 1201 New York Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20525.
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to the Corporation's mailroom at
Room 8100 at the mail address given in paragraph (1) above, between 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
(3) By fax to: (202) 606-3464, Attention: Kimberly Spring, Policy
Analyst.
(4) Electronically through the Corporation's e-mail address system:
[email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TTY-TDD) may call (202) 606-3472 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
eastern time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Spring, (202) 606-6629, or by
e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Corporation is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Corporation, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are expected to respond, including the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses).
Background:
The Corporation is implementing the National Evaluation of School-
Based Learn and Serve America Program in response to the Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1288) legislative mandate to assess the
impact of activities carried out under the Learn and Serve America
Program. The Teacher Recruitment Process will be used to identify and
recruit teachers to participate in the study. Teachers identified by
administrators and principals from districts and schools that received
Learn and Serve School-Based Formula grant funds as teachers that have
implemented high quality service-learning projects will be asked to
complete the survey. Survey response is voluntary. The information will
be collected via in-person and telephone interviews.
Current Action:
This is a new information collection request. The Teacher
Recruitment Process will collect information on the types of courses in
which teachers have and will implement service-learning projects and
the extent to which past service-learning projects have incorporated
standards for high quality service-learning.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service.
Title: National Evaluation of School-Based Learn and Serve America
Program Teacher Recruitment Process.
OMB Number: None.
Agency Number: None.
Affected Public: Public school district administrators, principals,
and teachers.
Total Respondents: 545.
Frequency: Once.
Average Time per Response: 1.3 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 702.5 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): None.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of
the information collection request; they will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: May 4, 2010.
Nathan Dietz,
Research Associate/Statistician, Office of Research and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-11066 Filed 5-10-10; 8:45 am]
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