[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 32098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13720]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0031]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Formula Grant EASIE 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 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
July 6, 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-2015-ICCD-
0031 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 2E117, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kimberly Smith, 202-453-6459.
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: Formula Grant EASIE Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1810--NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,300.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20,800.
Abstract: The purpose of Indian Education Formula Grant to Local
Agencies, as authorized under Title VII, part A, subpart 1 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (sections 7111-7119,
20 U.S.C. 7421-7429) is to assist applicants to provide Indian students
with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state standards as
all other students and meet the unique educational and culturally
related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
The Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060A) is not competitive or
discretionary and requires the annual submission of the application
from either a local education agency (LEA) and/or tribe. The amount of
the award for each applicant is determined by a formula based on the
reported number of American Indian/Alaska Native students identified in
the application, the state per pupil expenditure, and the total
appropriation available. The 524B Annual Performance Report (APR) was
designed for discretionary grants, however the title VII program is a
formula grant program. Therefore, the EASIE APR goes beyond the generic
524B APR and facilitates the collection of more specific and
comprehensive data due to grantees entering project specific data into
an online database. This will allow for a comparison of LEAs across
objectives. By entering information into the EASIE APR database, data
will be able to be generated quickly and uniformly to facilitate data
collection, as required under 34 CFR 75.720, and 2 CFR part 200.301.
This APR will improve the quality of data collected that can be used
for evaluation and to help make policy decisions, reduce burden on the
grantees, and allow ED to inform Congress on the outcomes of this grant
program.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-13720 Filed 6-4-15; 8:45 am]
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