[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 49 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12220-12221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5626]
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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 14, 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: March 10, 2010.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: School Improvement Grants.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 3,102.
Burden Hours: 229, 800.
Abstract: On December 10, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) published final requirements and a State educational
agency (SEA) application for School Improvement Grants (SIG) authorized
under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, and funded through the
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2009 (FY 2009) and the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). On January 21,
2010, the Department published interim final requirements and a revised
SEA application, which amended the final requirements and application
issued in December. Together, these requirements are referred to in
this document as ``final requirements.''
The final requirements define the criteria that an SEA must use to
award ARRA and FY 2009 SIG funds to local educational agencies (LEAs).
In awarding these funds, an SEA must give priority to the LEAs with the
lowest-achieving schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the
funds and the strongest commitment to using the funds to provide
adequate resources to their lowest-achieving schools eligible to
receive services provided through SIG funds in order to raise
substantially the achievement of the students attending those schools.
The final requirements also include information collection
activities covered under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The
activities consist of: (1) A new application for an SEA to submit to
the Department to apply for FY 2009 and ARRA SIG funds; (2) the
reporting of specific school-level data on the use of SIG funds and
specific interventions implemented in LEAs receiving SIG funds that the
Department currently does not collect through EDFacts; (3) an
application for an LEA to submit to its SEA to receive SIG funds; and
(4) the SEA posting its LEAs' applications.
The Department received emergency approval of the information
collection activities through June 30, 2010 at the same time it issued
the final requirements. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) also
approved a change to the collection at the time the Department issued
the interim requirements in January. These approvals permitted the SEA
application process to begin so that students in the lowest-achieving
schools will begin receiving the assistance they need as soon as
possible. The information collection activities in the final
requirements will continue past June 30th, however. Therefore, the
Department is requesting regular approval of the information collection
activities.
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 4242. 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
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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. 2010-5626 Filed 3-12-10; 8:45 am]
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