[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66706-66707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26456]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2014-ICCD-0146]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; State 
Plan To Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators; Frequently 
Asked Questions

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 a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2014-ICCD-
0146 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED 
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note 
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the 
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments 
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site 
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E115, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Danielle Smith, (202) 453-5546.

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

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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: State Plan to Ensure Equitable Access to 
Excellent Educators; Frequently Asked Questions.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 52.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 116.
    Abstract: In order to move America toward the goal of ensuring that 
every student in every public school has equitable access to excellent 
educators, Secretary Duncan announced in July 2014 that the U.S. 
Department of Education (Department) would ask each State educational 
agency (SEA) to submit a plan describing the steps it will take to 
ensure that ``poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates 
than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field 
teachers,'' as required by section 1111(b)(8)(C) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (hereinafter we use the term 
State Plan to mean only State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to 
Excellent Educators.). Title I, Part A of the ESEA also requires a 
State educational agency (SEA) that receives a Title I, Part A grant to 
submit to the Secretary a plan, developed by the SEA, in consultation 
with local educational agencies, teachers, principals, pupil services 
personnel, administrators, other staff, and parents (ESEA section 
1111(a)(1)). ED has developed the document titled State Plans to Ensure 
Equitable Access to Excellent Educators--Frequently Asked Questions to 
assist SEAs with submitting their State Plans, which includes 
information collection activities covered by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. The information collection activities consist of the information 
an SEA must develop and submit to ED in their State Plans.

    Dated: November 3, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-26456 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
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