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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Department of Education.
The Leader, Information
Policy and Standards Team, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management invites comments
on the submission for OMB review as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer,
Department of Education, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. 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 Leader,
Information Policy and Standards Team,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management,
publishes that notice containing
proposed information collection
requests prior to submission of these
requests to OMB. 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
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Leo J. Eiden,
Leader, Information Policy and Standards
Team, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management.
Office of Planning, Evaluation and
Policy Development.
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AGENCY:
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites
public comment.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Annual Mandatory Collection of
Elementary and Secondary Education
Data for the Education Data Exchange
Network (EDEN).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 17,152.
Burden Hours: 570,804.
Abstract: The Education Data
Exchange Network (EDEN) is in the
implementation phase of a multiple year
effort to consolidate the collection of
education information about States,
Districts, and Schools in a way that
improves data quality and reduces
paperwork burden for all of the national
education partners. To minimize the
burden on the data providers, EDEN
seeks the transfer of the proposed data
as soon as it has been processed for
State, District, and School use. These
data will then be stored in EDEN and
accessed by federal education program
managers and analysts as needed to
make program management decisions.
This process will eliminate redundant
data collections while providing for the
timeliness of data submission and use.
Additional Information: The
Department of Education is specifically
requesting the data providers in each
State Education Agency review the
proposed data for availability,
consistency with state data definitions,
and appropriate use. Our responses to
the public comments that were
submitted in May and June are found in
Attachment E. There are two additional
issues state data providers are asked to
address.
The Department proposes collecting
the EDEN data groups from the Civil
Rights Survey directly from the districts
in 2006 as it has historically collected
that data. It is the Department’s intent
to move this data collection into the
EDEN Submission System in the future
and ask state education agencies to
submit the data for their districts. The
Department plans to specify in the
2007–2008 EDEN paperwork
submission request that all civil rights
data groups and categories be included
in the EDEN Submission System
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beginning with the 2007–2008 school
year. During a transition period through
2009–2010, the Department may
continue to use the Web-based EDEN
Survey Tool or other mechanism to
collect these data directly from districts
in those states that are unable to report
required civil rights items from the SEA
level through EDEN. The Department
would like to know what challenges this
decision will put on the states and how
the Department might work with the
states to mitigate any problems.
In response to the public comment
regarding the challenges of submitting
the whole EDEN data set and the need
to prioritize the EDEN data and focus on
the submission of the most important
and useful data, the Department has
developed a prioritized phase-in plan to
the states that is presented in
Attachment B of the EDEN 2006–2007
data collection package. All EDEN data
will still need to be submitted within
the two-year transition period but the
expectation to submit will be adjusted
based on which data is most available
and most highly required by the
Department. The EDEN Submission
System will receive all requested EDEN
data from every state that can submit
any EDEN data from the 2006–2007
school year. The Department would like
to know if this adjustment will help the
States make more timely submissions of
EDEN data and if States agree with the
prioritization of the data groups.
In this issue of the Federal Register
the Department is publishing Proposed
Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting,
and Reporting Data on Race and
Ethnicity to the U.S. Department of
Education. Data on race and ethnicity in
the format outlined in the proposed
guidance will be required to be reported
to ED no later than the 2009–2010
school year. Those States that can
provide it sooner are encouraged to do
so. Since this guidance may directly and
immediately affect the collection of
EDEN data, the Department encourages
relevant public comment on the impact
of this guidance on the collection of
EDEN data as part of this EDEN
paperwork clearance process.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from https://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 3017. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor,
Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to
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ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
245–6623. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Discretionary Grant Programs
Department of Education.
Notice of proposed priorities.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education
proposes priorities that the Department
of Education (Department) may use for
any appropriate discretionary grant
program in fiscal year (FY) 2007 and in
FY 2008. We take this action to focus
Federal financial assistance on
expanding the number of programs and
projects Department-wide that support
activities in areas of greatest educational
need. Although we expect that these
priorities will have the greatest
applicability to programs authorized by
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (as amended by
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001),
we are establishing the priorities on a
Department-wide basis, so that
Department offices can use one or more
of these priorities in any discretionary
grant competition, as appropriate.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before September 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
these proposed priorities to Margo K.
Anderson, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 4W311, Washington, DC 20202–
5910. If you prefer to send your
comments through the Internet, use the
following address: comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term
‘‘Department Priorities’’ in the subject
line of your electronic message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margo Anderson. Telephone: (202) 205–
3010 or via Internet at
Margo.Anderson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
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request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation To Comment
We invite you to submit comments
regarding these proposed priorities. To
ensure that your comments have
maximum effect in developing the
notice of final priorities, we urge you to
identify the specific proposed priority
that each comment addresses.
We invite you to assist us in
complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Order 12866
and its overall requirement of reducing
regulatory burden that might result from
these proposed priorities. Please let us
know of any further opportunities we
should take to reduce potential costs or
increase potential benefits while
preserving the effective and efficient
administration of the Department’s
programs.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about these proposed priorities in room
4W333, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC, between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday of each week
except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record
On request, we will supply an
appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a
disability who needs assistance to
review the comments or other
documents in the public rulemaking
record for these proposed priorities. If
you want to schedule an appointment
for this type of aid, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
General
In the four years since the enactment
of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
there have been significant changes in
our educational system that provide a
strong framework for reaching the goal
that all students will be proficient in
reading/language arts and mathematics
by the year 2014. States have put in
place rigorous new accountability
systems and in this school year (2005–
2006) administered reading and
mathematics assessments covering all
students in grades 3 to 8 and at least
once for students in grades 10 to 12. By
school year 2007–2008, States will be
assessing students in science at least
once in each of three grade spans (3–5,
6–9, 10–12). A focus on professional
development and teacher qualifications
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is helping States to ensure that
increasing numbers of students are
being taught by highly qualified
teachers. School districts are providing
new support and assistance to schools
in need of improvement, while making
available public school choice and
supplemental educational services
options to eligible students who attend
these schools.
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) results for older
students provide a reminder of the need
to continue to emphasize high standards
and accountability for all students,
especially those in the higher grades.
The 2005 NAEP math results for 8th
graders, for example, are both
illustrative and alarming: less than onethird of 8th graders, and just 13 percent
of low-income 8th graders, scored at the
proficient level or above. High school
test scores in mathematics have barely
budged since the 1970s, and according
to the American College Testing, Inc.
(ACT), less than half of high school
graduates in 2005 were ready for
college-level math and science
coursework.
America’s rapidly changing economy
requires an educational system that is
producing high school graduates with
the skills needed to be successful in
postsecondary education and the
workforce. In addition to improving the
academic achievement of students in
mathematics and science, we must
expand the number of Americans
mastering foreign languages critical to
national security and to our
participation in the global economy.
High schools must develop a larger pool
of technically adept and numerically
literate Americans, a continual supply
of highly trained mathematicians,
scientists, and engineers, and more
students with higher levels of
proficiency in critical-need languages.
The Department believes that highquality professional development for
secondary school teachers is a critical
part of the solution, because it can help
ensure that these teachers have the
content knowledge and expertise
required to improve student
achievement.
Rigorous instruction, high standards,
and accountability for results are
helping to raise achievement in the
early grades. Now America must
complete the task. We must focus on
improving the mathematics and science
achievement of secondary school
students, expanding foreign language
learning to include critical-need
languages, providing teachers with
better training and support, helping
districts improve all their schools, and
ensuring that all students meet rigorous
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Information Policy and Standards Team, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments
on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 6, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk
Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395-6974.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. 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 Leader, Information Policy and Standards
Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management,
publishes that notice containing proposed information collection
requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. 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. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: August 1, 2006.
Leo J. Eiden,
Leader, Information Policy and Standards Team, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Annual Mandatory Collection of Elementary and Secondary
Education Data for the Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 17,152.
Burden Hours: 570,804.
Abstract: The Education Data Exchange Network (EDEN) is in the
implementation phase of a multiple year effort to consolidate the
collection of education information about States, Districts, and
Schools in a way that improves data quality and reduces paperwork
burden for all of the national education partners. To minimize the
burden on the data providers, EDEN seeks the transfer of the proposed
data as soon as it has been processed for State, District, and School
use. These data will then be stored in EDEN and accessed by federal
education program managers and analysts as needed to make program
management decisions. This process will eliminate redundant data
collections while providing for the timeliness of data submission and
use.
Additional Information: The Department of Education is specifically
requesting the data providers in each State Education Agency review the
proposed data for availability, consistency with state data
definitions, and appropriate use. Our responses to the public comments
that were submitted in May and June are found in Attachment E. There
are two additional issues state data providers are asked to address.
The Department proposes collecting the EDEN data groups from the
Civil Rights Survey directly from the districts in 2006 as it has
historically collected that data. It is the Department's intent to move
this data collection into the EDEN Submission System in the future and
ask state education agencies to submit the data for their districts.
The Department plans to specify in the 2007-2008 EDEN paperwork
submission request that all civil rights data groups and categories be
included in the EDEN Submission System beginning with the 2007-2008
school year. During a transition period through 2009-2010, the
Department may continue to use the Web-based EDEN Survey Tool or other
mechanism to collect these data directly from districts in those states
that are unable to report required civil rights items from the SEA
level through EDEN. The Department would like to know what challenges
this decision will put on the states and how the Department might work
with the states to mitigate any problems.
In response to the public comment regarding the challenges of
submitting the whole EDEN data set and the need to prioritize the EDEN
data and focus on the submission of the most important and useful data,
the Department has developed a prioritized phase-in plan to the states
that is presented in Attachment B of the EDEN 2006-2007 data collection
package. All EDEN data will still need to be submitted within the two-
year transition period but the expectation to submit will be adjusted
based on which data is most available and most highly required by the
Department. The EDEN Submission System will receive all requested EDEN
data from every state that can submit any EDEN data from the 2006-2007
school year. The Department would like to know if this adjustment will
help the States make more timely submissions of EDEN data and if States
agree with the prioritization of the data groups.
In this issue of the Federal Register the Department is publishing
Proposed Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Data on
Race and Ethnicity to the U.S. Department of Education. Data on race
and ethnicity in the format outlined in the proposed guidance will be
required to be reported to ED no later than the 2009-2010 school year.
Those States that can provide it sooner are encouraged to do so. Since
this guidance may directly and immediately affect the collection of
EDEN data, the Department encourages relevant public comment on the
impact of this guidance on the collection of EDEN data as part of this
EDEN paperwork clearance process.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
OMB review may be accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number
3017. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also
be electronically mailed to
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ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. E6-12695 Filed 8-4-06; 8:45 am]
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