[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2952]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notification of emergency clearance and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approved an information collection request for emergency clearance 
under 5 CFR 1320.13. The information collection, Data Elements for 
Student Enrollment in Bureau-funded Schools, is cleared under OMB 
Control Number 1076-0122 through June 30, 2002. We are now seeking 
comments from interested parties to renew the clearance.

DATES: Written comments must be received by April 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: William Mehojah, 
Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 3512-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. 
You may send requests by facsimile to 202-208-3312.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glenn Allison, 202-208-3628 (This is 
not a toll-free number). Copies of this information collection document 
will be sent to you, free of charge, when you call and request them.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior, through the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, is required to provide educational services 
to federally recognized Indians and Alaskan natives. Beginning with the 
Snyder Act and continuing with Public Laws 93-638, 95-561, 100-297, and 
103-382, Congress has enacted legislation to ensure Indians receive 
educational opportunities. The data elements for enrollment information 
collected is for attendance in elementary and secondary schools 
operated and funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and to address the 
criteria for attendance that was changed by the passage of Public Law 
99-228. This act allows for the tuition free attendance of any Indian 
student who is a member of a federally recognized tribe or is \1/4\ 
degree blood quantum descendant of a member of such tribes, as well as 
for dependents of Bureau, Indian Health Service or tribal government 
employees who live on or near the school site.
    You are asked to comment on the necessity of the information 
collection to fulfill the functions of the bureau; whether the burden 
estimate is accurate and the methodology and assumptions are valid; the 
utility, quality, and clarity of information requested; and ways that 
the burden might be minimized for respondents.
    Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and a person 
is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless a 
valid OMB Control Number is displayed. Comments are available for 
public review 14 days after the Federal Register notice is published. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state 
this prominently at the beginning of your comments. We will honor your 
request to the extent allowed by law.
    Title: Data Elements for Student Enrollment in Bureau-funded 
Schools.
    Description: Information necessary to enroll students; information 
is provided to obtain or retain a benefit, specifically education.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-0122.
    Respondents: 48,000.
    Burden: 15 minutes each to complete, total: 12,000 hours.

    Dated: January 29, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-2952 Filed 2-6-02; 8:45 am]
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