[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 9589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4359]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 3, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office
of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension,
existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection;
(4) Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;
(5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
The Department of Education is especially interested in public
comment addressing the following issues:
(1) Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden
of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of
information technology.
Dated: February 25, 2010.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Annual Mandatory Collection of Elementary and Secondary
Education Data through EDFacts.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 7,059.
Burden Hours: 1,113,034.
Abstract: EDFacts is in the implementation phase of a multiple year
effort to consolidate the collection of education information about
States, Districts, and Schools in a way that improves data quality and
reduces paperwork burden for all of the national education partners. To
minimize the burden on the data providers, EDEN seeks the transfer of
the proposed data as soon as it has been processed for State, District,
and School use. These data will then be stored in EDFacts and accessed
by Federal education program managers and analysts as needed to make
program management decisions. This process will eliminate redundant
data collections while providing for the timeliness of data submission
and use. Additional Information: The Department of Education (ED) is
specifically requesting the data providers in each the State Education
Agency (SEA) to review Attachment D which ask specific questions about
the proposed data elements. These questions will help ED to determine
which of these data can be provided for the upcoming school year and
which data would be available in later years and which data, if any, is
never expected to be available from the SEA. If information for a data
group is not available, please provide information beyond the fact that
it is not available. Are there specific impediments to providing this
data that you can describe? Is the definition for the data group
unclear or ambiguous? Do the requested permitted values align with the
way your state collects the data? This is very important information
because the collection of these data is mandatory. ED also seeks to
know if the SEA data definitions are consistent and compatible with the
EDEN definitions and accurately reflect the way data is stored and used
for education by the States, Districts, and Schools. The answers to
these questions by the data providers will influence the timing and
content of the final EDEN proposal for the collection of this
elementary and secondary data.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4232. When
you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to [email protected] or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify
the complete title of the information collection when making your
request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to [email protected].
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. 2010-4359 Filed 3-2-10; 8:45 am]
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