[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 12895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6379]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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    In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel 
and Readiness) announces the following proposed reinstatement of a 
public information collection and seeks public comment on the 
provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received May 19, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed 
information collection should be sent to the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)/Military Community and 
Family Policy/Educational Opportunities Directorate, ATTN: Robin 
Robinson, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Rm 3A119, Washington, DC 20301-4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the above address or 
call Ms. Robin Robinson at (703) 602-4949 X119.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Application for 
Department of Defense Impact Aid for Children with Severe disability, 
SC Form 816 and SD Form 816C, OMB Control Number 0704-0425.
    Needs and Uses: Department of Defense funds are authorized for 
local educational agencies (LEA)s 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 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.
    Annual Burden Hours: 400.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 400.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Pub. 
L. 106-398, section 363, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make 
payments to each local educational agency (LEA) eligible to receive a 
payment for a qualifying military dependent child. In order for a local 
education agency (LEA) to be determined eligible to receive a payment 
for costs incurred in providing a free appropriate public education to 
each military child (as described in subparagraph (A)(ii), (B)(D)(i) or 
(D)(ii) of section 8003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)), the LEA must provide educational 
and related services to two or more children with severe disabilities, 
and satisfy certain criteria. Payments will be made by the Department 
of Defense to LEAs only on behalf of each such child whose individual 
educational or related services cost exceeds either (a) five times the 
national or State average per pupil expenditure (whichever is lower) 
for an out-of-district special education (SPED) program, or (b) three 
times the State average per pupil expenditure for SPED programs offered 
by the district or within the district boundaries.
    The Application for Department of Defense Impact Aid for Children 
with Severe Disabilities, SC Form 816 and SC Form 816C, provides the 
format for eligible LEAs to give submit information on high costs of 
educating military dependent children with severe disabilities. When 
the appropriate information is received, the Department of Defense will 
be able to determine eligibility and calculate payments for eligible 
LEAs who have high costs for educating military dependent children with 
severe disabilities.

    Dated: March 10, 2003.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 03-6379 Filed 3-17-03; 8:45 am]
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