[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54637-54638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21509]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0114]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; State
Educational Agency, Local Educational Agency, and School Data
Collection and Reporting under ESEA, Title I, Part A
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), ED.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 3507(j)), ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct an emergency review of a revision to an existing
information collection.
DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by October 1, 2013. A
regular clearance process is also hereby being initiated. Interested
persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0014 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 2E115, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection
activities or burden, please call Tomakie Washington, 202-401-1097 or
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 as they relate to ESEA flexibility
renewal: (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: State Educational Agency, Local Educational
Agency, and School Data Collection and Reporting under ESEA, Title I,
Part A.
OMB Control Number: 1810-0581.
Type of Review: a revision to an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53,198.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,707,785.
Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001, and its regulations contain several existing provisions
that require State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect and disseminate information.
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) covers these activities, which are
currently approved by OMB under control number 1810-0581 through July
2015. In addition, in 2011, ED invited each SEA to request flexibility
on behalf of itself, its LEAs, and schools, in order to better focus on
improving student academic achievement and increasing the quality of
instruction (ESEA flexibility). The opportunity for SEAs to request
ESEA flexibility also included activities covered by the PRA. Those
information collection activities consisted of the information an SEA
must develop and submit to ED to request this flexibility, information
that an SEA provided in an Accountability Addendum, and the information
an SEA that receives ESEA flexibility must annually report to ED.
Approvals of ESEA flexibility requests have occurred in several
iterations: Window 1, for which SEAs submitted requests in November
2011; Window 2, for which SEAs submitted requests in February 2012;
Window 3, for which SEAs submitted requests in September 2012; and
Window 4, for which SEAs submitted requests in spring 2013. Generally,
ED approved the requests of SEAs that requested ESEA flexibility in
Windows 1 and 2 through the end of the 2013-2014 school year. ED is now
inviting the 35 Window 1 and Window 2 SEAs to request a two-year
extension of the waivers granted through ESEA flexibility, through the
end of the 2015-2016 school year. An SEA that requests renewal of ESEA
flexibility must submit an updated ESEA flexibility request describing
how it will continue to meet the requirements of ESEA flexibility. The
purpose of this submission is to obtain approval for the resubmission
activities covered by the PRA. These activities include an SEA's
addressing each of the required items described in the ESEA flexibility
renewal guidance,
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providing narrative responses within its currently approved ESEA
flexibility request and attaching any new documentation or evidence
where appropriate, and submitting the amended request to ED. In
addition, an SEA must submit a completed ESEA flexibility renewal
request form indicating where changes have been made in its ESEA
flexibility request. The SEA may also choose, but is not required, to
amend its request to make changes necessary to improve implementation
going forward or to reflect more accurately implementation activities
that have already occurred.
Dated: August 29, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Service, Office of Management.
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