[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 140 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40031-40032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15879]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0111]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Implementation of Title I/II-A Program Initiatives--Preliminary 
Activities

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 24, 2021.

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-2021-SCC-0111. 
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. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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 PRA 
Coordinator of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W208C, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Erica Johnson, 202-245-7676.

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: Implementation of Title I/II-A Program 
Initiatives--Preliminary Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 92.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 15.
    Abstract: When the primary federal law governing K-12 schooling was 
updated in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), it shifted 
many decisions to states and districts. However, through two of its 
core programs (Title I and Title II-A), ESSA retained federal 
requirements for states to set challenging content standards, assess 
student performance, identify and support low-performing schools, and 
promote the development of the educator workforce. How states and 
districts respond to the combination of flexibility and requirements 
and how policies are enacted in schools and classrooms will determine 
whether ESSA stimulates educational improvement as intended, which is 
particularly important in the wake of

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educational disruptions wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.
    This is the first of two clearance requests. This first package 
requests clearance to inform school districts of the study and collect 
teacher lists for the purpose of preparing to conduct a nationally 
representative survey in spring 2022. The second package, to be 
submitted at a later date, will request clearance for state, district, 
principal, and teacher survey instruments and the collection of these 
data.

    Dated: July 21, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-15879 Filed 7-23-21; 8:45 am]
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