[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66706-66707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26456]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2014-ICCD-0146]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; State
Plan To Ensure Equitable Access to Excellent Educators; Frequently
Asked Questions
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 a new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 9, 2015.
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-2014-ICCD-
0146 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 note
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E115, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Danielle Smith, (202) 453-5546.
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
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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: State Plan to Ensure Equitable Access to
Excellent Educators; Frequently Asked Questions.
OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 52.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 116.
Abstract: In order to move America toward the goal of ensuring that
every student in every public school has equitable access to excellent
educators, Secretary Duncan announced in July 2014 that the U.S.
Department of Education (Department) would ask each State educational
agency (SEA) to submit a plan describing the steps it will take to
ensure that ``poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates
than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field
teachers,'' as required by section 1111(b)(8)(C) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (hereinafter we use the term
State Plan to mean only State Plans to Ensure Equitable Access to
Excellent Educators.). Title I, Part A of the ESEA also requires a
State educational agency (SEA) that receives a Title I, Part A grant to
submit to the Secretary a plan, developed by the SEA, in consultation
with local educational agencies, teachers, principals, pupil services
personnel, administrators, other staff, and parents (ESEA section
1111(a)(1)). ED has developed the document titled State Plans to Ensure
Equitable Access to Excellent Educators--Frequently Asked Questions to
assist SEAs with submitting their State Plans, which includes
information collection activities covered by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The information collection activities consist of the information
an SEA must develop and submit to ED in their State Plans.
Dated: November 3, 2014.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-26456 Filed 11-7-14; 8:45 am]
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