[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 33203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13533]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Office of Innovation and 
Improvement; School Leadership Program (SLP) Annual Performance Report

SUMMARY: The School Leadership Program (SLP) provides grants to assist 
high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) with recruiting, training, 
and retaining principals and assistant principals. The overall goals of 
the SLP are to assist high-need LEAs with (1) recruiting, preparing, 
and retaining new principals and assistant principals and (2) improving 
the skills and retention of currently practicing principals and 
assistant principals.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 5, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written 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. 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 04834. 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.

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, Privacy, Information and Records Management 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. Please note that written comments received in response to 
this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: School Leadership Program (SLP) Annual 
Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1855-0019.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 22.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 880.
    Abstract: The information in the SLP Annual Performance Report 
(APR) is collected in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title II, Part A, Subpart 5; 20 
U.S.C. 2151(b), the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 
1993, Section 4 (1115), and the Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that 
recipients of multi-year discretionary grants must submit an APR 
demonstrating that substantial progress has been made toward meeting 
the approved objectives of the project. In addition, discretionary 
grantees are required to report on their progress toward meeting the 
performance measures established for the U.S. Department of Education 
School Leadership Program. There are two GPRA performance objectives 
and six performance measures for SLP grantees. The objectives are (1) 
to recruit, prepare, and support individuals from education or other 
fields to become principals or assistant principals of schools in high-
need LEAs and (2) to train and support principals and assistant 
principals from schools in high-need LEAs in order to improve their 
skills and increase retention. Most grantees will report on the GPRA 
measures for only one of the objectives because most grantees focus on 
either recruiting and training new principals and assistant principals 
or providing training to currently practicing principals and assistant 
principals. The SLP APR is a customized APR that goes beyond the ED 
524B APR; this data collection is requested to facilitate the 
collection of more standardized and comprehensive data to address the 
program's GPRA measures, to improve the overall quality of data 
collected, and to increase the quality of data that can be used to 
inform policy decisions.

    Dated: May 31, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-13533 Filed 6-4-12; 8:45 am]
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