[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17964-17965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7586]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Home-Living Programs 
and School Closure and Consolidation; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Submission to the Office of Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of 
Indian Education (BIE), U.S. Department of the Interior, is submitting 
a request for renewal of the information collection for Home-living 
Programs and School Closure and Consolidation, currently authorized by 
OMB Control Number 1076-0164, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review.

DATES: Submit comments on or before May 2, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the 
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at the Office of 
Management and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or you may send 
an e-mail to: OIRA--DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov. Please send a copy of your 
comments to Juanita Keesing, Program Analyst, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Indian Education, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-3609, 
Washington, DC 20240; or via e-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita Keesing, Program Analyst, at 
(202) 208-3559. To see a copy of the entire collection submitted to 
OMB, go to http://www.reginfo.gov (select Information Collection 
Review, Currently Under Review).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    Public Law 107-110, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of January 
8, 2001, requires all schools including BIE-funded boarding/residential 
schools to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant 
opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, 
proficiency on challenging academic achievement standards and 
assessments. The NCLB Act, and implementing regulations at 25 CFR part 
36, requires the BIE to implement national standards for home-living 
situations in all BIE-funded residential schools. The BIE must collect 
information from all BIE-funded residential schools in order to assess 
each school's progress in meeting the national standards. The BIE is 
seeking renewal of the approval for this information collection to 
ensure that minimum academic standards for the education of Indian 
children and criteria for dormitory situations in Bureau-operated 
schools and Indian-controlled contract schools are met.

II. Request for Comments

    The BIE requests your comments on this information collection 
concerning: (a) The necessity of this information collection for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) Ways we could minimize the burden 
of the collection of the information on the respondents, such as 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. A notice requesting public comment on renewal 
of this information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on January 26, 2011 (76 FR 4720). No comments were received in 
response to that notice.
    Please note that an agency may not sponsor or conduct, and an 
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it 
has a valid OMB Control Number. This information collection expires 
March 31, 2011.
    It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for 
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section. Before 
including your address, phone number, e-mail address or other 
personally identifiable information, be advised that your entire 
comment--including your personally identifiable information--may be 
made public at any time. While you may request that we withhold your 
personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that we will 
be able to do so.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1076-0164.
    Title: Home-living Programs and School Closure and Consolidation.
    Brief Description of Collection: Submission of this information 
allows the Department of the Interior to ensure that minimum academic 
standards for the education of Indian children and criteria for 
dormitory situations in Bureau-operated schools and Indian-controlled 
contract schools are met. Response is required to obtain a benefit.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents: Indian tribes.
    Number of Respondents: There are 66 schools with residential 
programs, of which 28 are Bureau-operated and 38 are tribally operated. 
Thus, the collection of information must be cleared for 38 of the 66 
residential schools.
    Total Number of Responses: 730 per year, on average.
    Frequency of Response: Annually or on occasion, depending on the 
activity.
    Estimated Time per Response: Ranges from 0.02 hours to 40 hours, 
depending on the activity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,344 hours.


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    Dated: March 14, 2011.
Alvin Foster,
Acting Chief Information Officer--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-7586 Filed 3-30-11; 8:45 am]
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