[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37528-37529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14778]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0082]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula Grants

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department 
of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 20, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the

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Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting 
Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-0082 or via postal mail, commercial 
delivery, or hand delivery. Please note that comments submitted by fax 
or email and those submitted after the comment period will not be 
accepted. Written requests for information or comments submitted by 
postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the Director of the 
Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 2E117, Washington, DC 
20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronically mail 
[email protected]. Please do not send comments here.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), 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, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 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: Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0682.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,102.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 229,800.
    Abstract: This information collection request covers requirements 
for applications to the School Improvement Grants program. On January 
21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) published final 
requirements and a State educational agency (SEA) application for the 
School Improvement Grants (SIG) program 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, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (ARRA) (FY 2009). The final requirements defined the 
criteria that an SEA must use to award FY 2013 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 that are eligible to receive services provided through SIG 
funds in order to raise substantially the achievement of the students 
attending those schools. The information collection activities consist 
of: (1) Applications for an SEA to submit to the Department to apply 
for FY 2013 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 collects through 
EDFacts; (3) the process for an LEA to apply to its SEA for SIG funds; 
and (4) the SEAs posting its LEAs applications on the SEAs Web site.

    Dated: June 17, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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