[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7581-7582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02816]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0014]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP)

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 
March 13, 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-2015-ICCD-
0014 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

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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 2E105, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Jessica Skrebes, (202) 260-1406.

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: State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP).
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 80.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,000.
    Abstract: The purposes of the State Tribal Education Partnership 
(STEP) program are to: (1) Promote increased collaboration between 
Tribal educational agencies (TEAs) and the State educational agencies 
(SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) that serve students from 
affected tribes; and (2) build the capacity of TEAs to conduct certain 
administrative functions under certain Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) formula grant programs for eligible 
schools, as determined by the TEA, SEA, and LEA. This award is made 
under the Indian Education National Activities authority, as authorized 
under ESEA title VII, Part A (Title VII). During the pilot of this 
grant competition, the Department of Education (Department) relied 
exclusively on selection criteria from the Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations and therefore used the generic application 
package approved under 1894-0006. For the FY 2015 grant competition, 
the Department proposes to use program-specific selection criteria, 
seeking approval for a new discretionary STEP grant application.

    Dated: February 6, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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