[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 80 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19363-19364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08494]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2017-ICCD-0054]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Consolidated State Plan Assurances Template

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, ED is 
proposing a non-substantive change to an existing collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 5, 2017.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2017-ICCD-
0054. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 226-62, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Melissa Siry, (202)260-0926.

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.

    Note: OESE requests public comment on a non-substantive change 
to an existing collection approved under 1810-0576 currently running 
a separate comment period under ED-2017-ICCD-0021. OESE is seeking 
OMB approval to use these non-substantive changes to the assurances 
data collection instrument by May 17, 2017. You may provide comments 
to the assurances template under 1810-0576 ED-2017-ICCD-0054 by May 
5, 2017. Please note that written comments received in response to 
this notice will be considered public records.

    Title of Collection: Consolidated State Plan Assurances Template.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0576.
    Type of Review: Non-substantive change to an existing collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 52.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 108,155.
    Abstract: On March 9, 2017, pursuant to the Congressional Review 
Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801-808), Congress approved a joint resolution 
disapproving the U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) 
regulations related to State plans, including consolidated State plans, 
statewide accountability systems, and data reporting. The President 
signed the Congressional resolution on March 27, 2017, which means that 
the regulations have no force or effect. As a result, the Department 
updated the assurances that each State must submit in order to receive 
FY 2017 funding to align only with the statutory assurances required in 
ESEA Section

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8304. The revised assurances template includes an annotated version of 
ESEA Section 8304 which specifically references consultation 
requirements and two certifications that SEAs are assuring to by 
completing the assurances template. Finally, we included a reference, 
with no associated burden, to other approved forms the SEA will need to 
complete.

    Dated: April 24, 2017.
Tomakie Washington,
 Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-08494 Filed 4-26-17; 8:45 am]
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