[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4766-4767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2282]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Defense will submit 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).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by February 
10, 2003.
    Title, Applicable Form, and OMB Number: Application for Department 
of Defense Impact Aid for Children with Severe Disabilities; SD Form 
816 and SD Form 816C; OMB Number 0704--[To be Determined].
    Type of Request: New Collection; Emergency processing requested 
with a shortened public comment period of ten days. An approval date by 
February 28, 2003, has been requested.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 50.
    Average Burden Per Response: 8 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 400.
    Needs and Uses: Department of Defense funds are authorized for 
local educational agencies (LEAs) that educate military dependent 
students with severe disabilities and meet certain criteria. Eligible 
LEAs are determined by their responses to the U.S. Department of 
Education (ED) from information they submitted on children with 
disabilities, when they completed the Impact Program form for the 
Department of Education. This new application will be requested of LEAs 
who educate military dependent students with disabilities, who have 
been deemed eligible for the U.S. Department of Education Impact Aid 
program, to determine if they meet the criteria to receive additional 
funds from the Department of Defense due to high special education 
costs of the military dependents with severe disabilities that they 
serve.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

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    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jacqueline A. Zeiher.
    Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Ms. Zeiher 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 Ms. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, or by fax at (703) 604-1514.

    Dated: January 24, 2003.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 03-2282 Filed 1-29-03; 8:45 am]
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