[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23016]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 13, 2012.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Community Eligibility Option Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Section 104(a) of the Healthy, Hunger Free
Kids Act of 2010 provides the Community Eligibility Option (the CE
Option) for Local Educational Authorities (LEAs) and schools, as an
alternative to household applications for Free or Reduced Price meals.
Under the CE Option, families are not required to submit application
for free or reduced-price meals, and schools are required to provide
free meals to all students. The potential benefits are that more
students participate, meals are more nutritious, and LEAs may
experience reductions in administrative burden and errors. In order to
understand how the CE Option is implemented, incentives and barriers
for LEAs and schools, as well as the impacts on LEAs, schools and
children, Congress has mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) conduct an evaluation of the CE Option.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collection information
from the study: To estimate the number of eligible LEAs and schools
that do not choose the CE Options; To assess the barriers to
participation in the CE Option in non-participating but eligible LEAs
and schools; To describe the LEAs and schools participating in the CE
Option; To examine the impacts of the CE Option on (1) Program
integrity, (2) availability of School Breakfast program, (3)
nutritional quality of meals, (4) program participation by students,
(5) program administration, (6) foodservice revenues and costs; and To
provide input to FNS deliberations about the key parameters for the CE
Option: The multiplier for determining the percentage of meals
reimbursed at the free rate and the threshold value of the ISP for
determining eligibility to implement the option.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government; Not-
for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,574.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 2,383.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-23016 Filed 9-18-12; 8:45 am]
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