[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3388-3389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1805]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Resources Group, 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 
April 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and requests for copies of the proposed 
information collection requests should 

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be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 5624, Regional Office Building 3, 
Washington, DC 20202-4651, or should be electronic mailed to the 
internet address #[email protected], or should be faxed to 202-708-9346.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-8196. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Department of 
Education (ED) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The 
Office of Management and Budget (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 Director of the Information Resources Group, publishes 
this notice containing proposed information collection requests at the 
beginning of the Departmental review of the information collection. 
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. ED invites public comment at the 
address specified above. Copies of the requests are available from 
Patrick J. Sherrill at the address specified above.
    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: January 25, 1996.
Gloria Parker,
Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Federal-State Cooperative system for the collection of data 
from public libraries and their outlets, state library agencies and 
public library administrative entities.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 57.
Burden Hours: 1710.

    Abstract: The National Education Statistics Act of 1994 mandates 
the collection of data on the condition and progress of education in 
the U.S. NCES is to fulfill this duty by ``acquiring, compiling, and 
dissemination statistics on the condition of education . . . including 
data on libraries.'' The Public Library Survey is a national census of 
public libraries which provide a national census of libraries for each 
state and each individual library.

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: SE Caseload Report.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 82
Burden Hours: 164

    Abstract: Vocational Rehabilitation; disabled persons. This form 
serves to collect data on severely disabled clients served by State 
supported employment services programs, as required by secs. 636 and 13 
of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended. The RSA commissioner must 
collect and report data on supported employment clients served under 
title I and title VI, Part C, of the Act, and submit an annual report 
to the President and Congress within 120 days each FY. The affected 
public will be 82 State agencies.

[FR Doc. 96-1805 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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