[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37528-37529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14778]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0082]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula Grants
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 an extension of an
existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 20, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
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Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-0082 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 2E117, Washington, DC
20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not send comments here.
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: Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 1810-0682.
Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,102.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 229,800.
Abstract: This information collection request covers requirements
for applications to the School Improvement Grants program. On January
21, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) published final
requirements and a State educational agency (SEA) application for the
School Improvement Grants (SIG) program authorized under section
1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (ESEA), as amended, and funded through the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2009, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (ARRA) (FY 2009). The final requirements defined the
criteria that an SEA must use to award FY 2013 SIG funds to local
educational agencies (LEAs). In awarding these funds, an SEA must give
priority to the LEAs with the lowest-achieving schools that demonstrate
the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to using
the funds to provide adequate resources to their lowest-achieving
schools that are eligible to receive services provided through SIG
funds in order to raise substantially the achievement of the students
attending those schools. The information collection activities consist
of: (1) Applications for an SEA to submit to the Department to apply
for FY 2013 SIG funds; (2) the reporting of specific school-level data
on the use of SIG funds and specific interventions implemented in LEAs
receiving SIG funds that the Department currently collects through
EDFacts; (3) the process for an LEA to apply to its SEA for SIG funds;
and (4) the SEAs posting its LEAs applications on the SEAs Web site.
Dated: June 17, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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