[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 69232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31997]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for emergency 
processing, the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    TITLE AND OMB NUMBER: Department of Defense Education Activity 
(DoDEA) School Facilities Study; OMB Number 0704-[To Be Determined].
    TYPE OF REQUEST: New Collection; Emergency processing requested 
with a shortened public comment period ending December 17, 1999. An 
approval date of December 15, 1999, has been requested.
    Number of Respondents: 90.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 90.
    Average Burden per Response: 120 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 180.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is needed to comply 
with the mandate of Public Law 106-52. Section 127 of Public Law 106-52 
directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, a report 
examining the adequacy of special education facilities and services 
available to the dependent children of military personnel stationed in 
the United States. The School Facilities Survey will provide the 
required information for: (1) Schools located on a military 
installation within the United States; (2) School districts within the 
continental United States that have been impacted by a twenty percent 
or more increase in students in the past five years resulting from base 
realignments or consolidation; and, (3) School districts in areas 
designated by the military departments as compassionate assignment 
posts for the impact of increased special education requirements. 
Information will be obtained from up to 90 public school districts by 
means of a questionnaire and potential visits to selected districts. 
The survey data will be used to determine adequacy of special education 
services and facilities, requirements for additional facilities or 
renovations, and to provide data for a cost estimate of the funding 
needed to address these requirements. From this information, project 
requirements and cost estimates will be developed.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government (Public School 
Districts).
    Frequency: One-time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management 
and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
    DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.
    Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal 
should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, or by fax at (703) 604-6270.

    Dated: December 6, 1999.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 99-31997 Filed 12-9-99; 8:45 am]
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