[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45235-45236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19128]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of 
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 29, 2011.

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]. 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 the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The 
OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: July 25, 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.
    Title of Collection: National Evaluation of the Technical 
Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Program: Grantee Questionnaire/
Interview and State Survey Data Collection.
    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.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,035.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,028.
    Abstract: This data collection will focus on gathering relevant 
information on the Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) 
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 the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(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 (OSEP) TA&D Program centers and their satisfaction with those 
services and products.
    The data from these two activities will address the following 
research questions:
    1. What technical assistance do state agencies (i.e., state 
educational agencies and Part C lead agencies) need to implement IDEA 
2004 effectively and

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improve outcomes for children with disabilities?
    2. To what extent do state agencies receive TA, in areas of need, 
to implement IDEA 2004 effectively and improve outcomes for children 
with disabilities?
    3. What are the topic areas addressed by TA&D grantees and on which 
outcomes in particular are grantees focused?
    4. What technical assistance products and services do TA&D program 
grantees provide?
    5. What technical assistance products and services do state 
agencies receive in order to help meet their needs to implement IDEA 
2004 effectively and improve outcomes for children with disabilities?
    6. For focal topic areas, to what extent are state agencies 
satisfied with the products and services received from TA&D grantees?
    This data collection will provide unique, detailed data and 
information that are not currently available from other sources but 
that are necessary in order to accurately understand the role that the 
TA&D Program plays in supporting state agencies in their implementation 
of IDEA. The National Evaluation of the TA&D Program is part of the 
National Assessment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Improvement Act of 2004 (hereafter referred to as the National 
Assessment). Failure to collect these data may result in the Department 
of Education being unable to adequately report to Congress on the 
National Assessment.
    Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may 
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at 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 the Internet address 
[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. 2011-19128 Filed 7-27-11; 8:45 am]
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