[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28758-28759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12243]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of 
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its 
information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden 
on the public and helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. The Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office 
of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection 
requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be electronically mailed to [email protected] or 
mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537. Please note that written comments received 
in response to this notice will be considered public records.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide 
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Information

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Management and Privacy Services, Office of Management, publishes this 
notice containing proposed information collection requests at the 
beginning of the Departmental review of the information collection. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology.

    Dated: May 13, 2011.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Title of Collection: Evaluation of the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Technical Assistance and 
Dissemination (TA&D) Program.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Once.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal Government, State Education Agencies, Local Education Agencies.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,035.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,028.
    Abstract: This data collection will focus on gathering relevant 
information on the Technical Assistance and Dissemination Program from 
program grantees and from officials at State Education Agencies (SEAs) 
and Part C lead agencies. This data collection will include two 
activities. The first activity will be a TA&D Program Grantee 
Questionnaire/Interview, which will yield detailed descriptive 
information of TA&D Program grantees' activities concerning the topic 
areas addressed by TA&D Program grantees, the practices and outcomes in 
particular on which grantees are focused, as well as the technical 
assistance products and services provided by the TA&D Program grantees 
and to whom they provide them. The second activity will be a state 
survey, which will provide information concerning the needs that SEAs 
and Part C lead agencies have for technical assistance to support the 
implementation of IDEA and support improvement of child outcomes, and 
the technical assistance services and products that have been accessed 
or received by selected staff at the state level from Office of Special 
Education Programs TA&D Program centers and their satisfaction with 
those services and products.
    Copies of the proposed information collection request may be 
accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending 
Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4615. 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 [email protected] or 
faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the 
information collection and OMB Control Number when making your request.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.

[FR Doc. 2011-12243 Filed 5-17-11; 8:45 am]
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