[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27468-27469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4379]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[No. DoD-2006-OS-0080]


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 extension 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 by July 10, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 1160 
Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1160.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

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 Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)/Military Community 
and Family Policy/Educational Opportunities Directorate, ATTN: Marc 
Mossburg, 1525 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 225, Arlington, VA 22209, or call Dr. 
Marc Mossburg at (703) 588-0899.
    Title, Associated Form, and OMB Control Number: Application for 
Department of Defense Impact Aid for Children with Severe Disabilities; 
SD 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

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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: 8.
    Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, Public 
Law 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 [as described in subparagraph (A)(i), (B), (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 costs 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, 
SD Form 816 and SD Form 816C, provides the format for eligible LEAs to 
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: May 2, 2006.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 06-4379 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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