[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 32426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13719]





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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION




Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request



AGENCY: Department of Education.



SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of 

Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.



DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 

July 8, 2010.



ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-

5806 or e-mailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 

[email protected].



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 

early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB 

may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the 

extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat 

the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal 

law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform 

its statutory obligations. The Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office 

of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, 

existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; 

(4) Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; 

(5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.



    Dated: June 2, 2010.

James Hyler,

Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, Office of Management.



Office of Elementary and Secondary Education



    Type of Review: Revision.

    Title: School Improvement Grants.

    Frequency: Annually.

    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.

    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:



Responses: 3,102.

Burden Hours: 229,800.



    Abstract: On December 10, 2009, the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) published final requirements and a State educational 

agency (SEA) application for School Improvement Grants (SIG) authorized 

under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, and funded through the 

Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2009 (FY 2009) and the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). On January 21, 

2010, the Department published interim final requirements and a revised 

SEA application, which amended the final requirements and application 

issued in December. Together, these requirements are referred to in 

this document as ``final requirements.''

    The final requirements define the criteria that an SEA must use to 

award ARRA and FY 2009 SIG funds to local educational agencies (LEAs). 

In awarding these funds, an SEA must give priority to the LEAs with the 

lowest-achieving schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the 

funds and the strongest commitment to using the funds to provide 

adequate resources to their lowest-achieving schools eligible to 

receive services provided through SIG funds in order to raise 

substantially the achievement of the students attending those schools.

    The final requirements also include information collection 

activities covered under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

activities consist of: (1) A new application for an SEA to submit to 

the Department to apply for FY 2009 and ARRA SIG funds; (2) the 

reporting of specific school-level data on the use of SIG funds and 

specific interventions implemented in LEAs receiving SIG funds that the 

Department currently does not collect through EDFacts; (3) an 

application for an LEA to submit to its SEA to receive SIG funds; and 

(4) the SEA posting its LEAs' applications.

    The Department received emergency approval of the information 

collection activities through June 30, 2010 at the same time it issued 

the final requirements. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) also 

approved a change to the collection at the time the Department issued 

the interim requirements in January. These approvals permitted the SEA 

application process to begin so that students in the lowest-achieving 

schools will begin receiving the assistance they need as soon as 

possible. The information collection activities in the final 

requirements will continue past June 30th, however. Therefore, the 

Department is requesting regular approval of the information collection 

activities.

    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for 

OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting 

the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 

4242. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download 

Attachments '' to view. Written requests for information should be 

addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address [email protected] or faxed to 202-401-

0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection 

when making your request.

    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically mailed to [email protected]. 

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 

call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.



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