[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66434-66435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20941]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0169]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Comprehensive Literacy State Development Annual Performance Report

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 (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).

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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 27, 2023.

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-2023-SCC-0169. 
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, the Department 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 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 Manager of the Strategic 
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 
Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Michael Berry, (202) 453-7088.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 
The Department 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: CSLD Annual Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: New ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, local, and Tribal governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 58.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 638.
    Abstract: The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) 
program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965, as amended (ESEA), sections 2222-2225. The CLSD program awards 
competitive grants to advance literacy skills--using evidence-based 
practices, activities, and interventions, including preliteracy skills, 
reading, and writing--for children from birth through grade 12, with an 
emphasis on disadvantaged children, including children living in 
poverty, English learners, and children with disabilities. Eligible 
entities include the state education agencies (SEAs) of the 50 states, 
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Additionally, directed 
awards are made to four (4) Outlying Areas: American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands. A portion of funds is also awarded directly to the Bureau of 
Indian Education.
    CLSD requires that at least 95% of funds awarded to SEAs be 
distributed to local education agencies through a subgrant award 
process. However, the current OMB-approved ED generic grant performance 
report does not include fields to capture program (subgrantee) 
demographic data or performance measures to ensure grantees are meeting 
statutory and regulatory requirements and making progress toward 
meeting the goals and objectives of their approved projects. The 
proposed performance report metrics reflect the need to collect 
pertinent grantee- and subgrantee-level data that could be used to 
guide future program policy and practice and respond to stakeholder, 
congressional, and agency inquiries. Thus, the CLSD program staff would 
better understand whom they serve, programmatic needs, strategies to 
meet those needs, and how collecting program-level data would benefit 
the students and support their learning. The new CLSD performance 
report metrics would (a) collect programmatic data that demonstrate 
aggregate program-level impact; (b) provide subgrantees' aggregated 
data, such as the number of students and professionals served, how 
funds have been used (e.g., professional learning, curricular 
materials), and staffing; and (c) provide the CLSD program staff the 
data to report the performance and outcomes of the CLSD program, at 
both the grantee and the subgrantee levels. These new measures also 
would help to add specificity to ED's monitoring efforts.

    Dated: September 21, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-20941 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]
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