[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-995]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests.
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SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: An emergency review has been requested in accordance with the
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since public harm is reasonably
likely to result if normal clearance procedures are followed. Approval
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been requested by
February 9, 1998. A regular clearance process is also beginning.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before March
16, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the emergency review should be
addressed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer: Department of Education, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503. Requests for copies of the
proposed information collection request should be addressed to Patrick
J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 7th & D Streets, S.W., Room 5624,
Regional Office Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. Written
comments regarding the regular clearance and requests for copies of the
proposed information collection requests should be addressed to Patrick
J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Room 5624, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651, or
should be electronic mailed to the internet address #[email protected], or
should be faxed to 202-708-9346.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-8196.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3506 (c)(2)(A) requires that
the Director of OMB provide interested Federal agencies and the public
an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may amend or waive the
requirement for public consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially
interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory
obligations. The Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, publishes this notice containing proposed
information collection requests at the beginning of the Departmental
review of the information collection. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g., new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. ED invites public comment at the address
specified above. Copies of the requests are available from Patrick J.
Sherrill at the address specified above.
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.
Dated: January 9, 1998.
Gloria Parker,
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Type of Review: New.
Title: Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program.
Abstract: This application will be used by the State Education
Agencies (SEAs) to obtain funds to provide competitive grants to local
education agencies to assist local Title I and some non-Title I schools
to adopt research-based comprehensive school reform models. The
information will be used to review and to approve SEA applications to
participate in the program.
Additional Information: An emergency request for this collection is
two-fold. First, any delay in requesting applications from State
Education Agencies (SEAs) beyond February 1998 will mean that the
demonstration of comprehensive school reform models to be funded under
this legislation will not be able to begin until the school year
starting in 1999. Thus, the Department will not be able to fulfill the
intent of Congress that these comprehensive innovations begin in the
1998 school year and provide evidence in succeeding years that can have
a positive influence on the reauthorization of Title I itself. Second,
this program was developed in the Congress at the end of the 1998
budget process. It was unclear until the final conference on the
Department's budget if this program would actually become law. Thus,
the Department could not develop materials that could go through the
public comment process in a way that avoids the need for this emergency
clearance approach. Therefore, ED is requesting approval by February 9,
1998 in order for the State competitive grant programs to be
implemented in time for schools to establish working relationships with
the providers of comprehensive school reform models in September 1998.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 56. Burden
Hours: 2,240.
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