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Part IX





Department of Education





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Training Personnel for the Education of Individuals With Disabilities 
Program Administered by the Office of Special Education Programs, 
Office of Education and Rehabilitative Services; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Training Personnel for the Education of Individuals With 
Disabilities Program Administered by the Office of Special Education 
Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Collect Data.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary provides notice that the Department 
intends to revise the forms it requires grantees under Part D of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to use in submitting 
their Annual Performance Reports under Section 634 of Pub. L. 101-476, 
as amended. These forms are the Personnel Data Form and the Parent Data 
Form.
    The Department is publishing this notice of intent to collect data 
to solicit public comment from State education agencies, institutions 
of higher education, parent organizations, professionals in the field 
of special education, individuals with disabilities, professional 
organizations and advocacy groups for persons with disabilities, 
researchers, other Federal agencies, and other appropriate parties 
regarding the utility and burden of collecting and reporting data in 
addition to that specified in IDEA. The new data would be (1) Outcomes 
and placement information from grantees training personnel to serve 
children with disabilities and their families; and (2) the names of 
organizations networked or consulted with by parent information and 
training center grantees.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 16, 1994.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this notice should be addressed to 
Norman D. Howe, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 
room 3072, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2643.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice S. Ancarrow, U.S. Department of 
Education, Maryland Avenue SW., room 3515, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-2643. Telephone: (202) 205-8274. Individuals who 
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD 
number at (202) 205-9999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Provisions and Legislative History

    Part D of the Act (IDEA) provides support for programs to increase 
the quantity and improve the quality of personnel trained to provide 
early intervention, education, and related services to infants, 
toddlers, children, youth, and their families. The Division of 
Personnel Preparation (DPP) in the Office of Special Education Programs 
(OSEP), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), administers this program.
    As amended in 1990 through 1992, section 634(a) (1) and (2) of IDEA 
requires personnel training grantees funded under 631(a) to report the 
number of personnel enrolled under each grant by category of training 
and level of training; and the number of individuals trained receiving 
degrees and certification, by category and level of training. The law 
further requires that applicants for training grants must provide a 
description of detailed strategies to recruit and train members of 
minority groups and persons with disabilities, as well as to give them 
priority consideration for stipend support when selecting among 
qualified trainees. See section 631(a)(2)(B) and (3) of IDEA. 
Therefore, trainees' race or ethnicity, and their disability status 
were added to the Personnel Data Form, as well as the information 
required by Section 634.
    Under section 631(e)(11), as amended in 1990 through 1992, grantees 
who are parent training and information centers must report detailed 
information on their clients served. OSEP developed a separate Parent 
Data Form to capture these data.
    Both forms were provisionally approved for one year by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) on November 12, 1992.

Proposed Data Elements

    To assist the Department of Education in monitoring the efficacy of 
this training program in meeting the educational and related needs of 
infants, children, youth, and their families, and to examine how 
grantees are implementing statutory requirements, the Department 
intends to add further data elements to the Personnel Data Form, as 
well as to the Parent Data Form.
    The planned revision of the Personnel Data Form would add a Part 
III, which would include individual counts for student trainee outcomes 
data on: (1) Completers (such as length of time to the degree) and (2) 
noncompleters (such as reasons for not completing); and aggregate 
counts for placement outcomes (such as type of employment and 
geographic location).
    The revised Parent Data Form would include data on the names of 
organizations networked or consulted with under IDEA section 631(e)(11) 
(E) and (F).

Invitation To Comment

    The Assistant Secretary is interested in receiving public comment 
on the utility and burden of obtaining from personnel training grantees 
various outcomes data, including placement data by aggregated counts or 
by individual trainee; and from parent training and information 
centers, the names of organizations they networked or consulted with.
    The DPP data collection package previously approved by OMB, and all 
comments submitted in response to this notice will be available for 
public inspection, during and after the comment period, in Room 3072, 
Switzer Building, 330 ``C'' Street SW., Washington, DC, between the 
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week 
except Federal holidays.
    To familiarize the public with the format of the proposed changes, 
copies of the draft proposed Part III of the Personnel Data Form (Form 
1) and the draft revised Parent Form (Form 2) are available by calling 
(202) 205-9554.
    Please note that the Department has not yet submitted the proposed 
revised forms to OMB for its formal review and approval. Public 
comments received under this Notice will be considered prior to 
finalizing the forms for submission to OMB.

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1409(g).

    Dated: June 13, 1994.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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