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deemed appropriate. Documents will be
accepted at the meeting or may be sent
to the Board’s Washington, DC, office.
The Board will hold the record open
until December 19, 2011, for the receipt
of additional materials. A transcript of
the meeting, along with DVD video
recordings of both sessions, will be
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the Board’s Washington office and at the
Department of Energy’s (DOE) public
reading room at the DOE Federal
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schedule and otherwise regulate the
course of the meeting and hearing, to
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further reviews, and otherwise exercise
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of 1954, as amended.
Dated: September 30, 2011.
Jessie H. Roberson,
Vice Chairman.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(the Department), 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 and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. The Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 5, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden
and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
mailed to U.S. Department of Education,
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400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please
note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that
Federal agencies provide interested
parties an early opportunity to comment
on information collection requests. The
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. 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: September 29, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Communications and
Outreach
Type of Review: Extension.
Title of Collection: National Blue
Ribbon Schools Program.
OMB Control Number: 1860–0506.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Once.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government; Not-for-profit institutions
(public and private elementary, middle
and high schools).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 413.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 16,420.
Abstract:. The National Blue Ribbon
Schools Program honors public and
private elementary, middle and high
schools where students achieve at high
levels or where the achievement gap is
narrowing among all student subgroups.
Each year since 1982, the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) has
sought out schools where students
attain and maintain high academic
goals, including those that beat the
odds. The Program, part of a larger ED
effort to identify and disseminate
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knowledge about best school leadership
and teaching practices, is authorized by
Public Law 107–110 (January 8, 2002),
Part D—Fund for the Improvement of
Education, Subpart 1, Sec. 5411(b)(5).
Copies of the proposed information
collection request may be accessed from
https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 4702. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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
Notice of Submission for OMB Review
Department of Education.
Comment request.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Director, Information
Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management
Services, Office of Management, invites
comments on the submission for OMB
review as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 3, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW, Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or
e-mailed to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a
cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
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
SUMMARY:
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collection requests. The OMB is
particularly interested in comments
which: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: September 29, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
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Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class
of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011) Spring FirstGrade and Fall Second-Grade Data
Collections.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0750.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 143,138.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 49,128.
Abstract: The Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class
of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011), sponsored
by the National Center for Education
Statistics within the Institute of
Education Sciences of the U.S.
Department of Education, is a survey
that focuses on children’s early school
experiences beginning with
kindergarten and continuing through
the fifth grade. It includes the collection
of data from parents, teachers, school
administrators, and non-parental care
providers, as well as direct child
assessments. Like its sister study, the
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Kindergarten Class of 1998–99, the
ECLS–K:2011 is exceptionally broad in
its scope and coverage of child
development, early learning, and school
progress, drawing together information
from multiple sources to provide rich
data about the population of children
who were kindergartners in the 2010–11
school year. This submission requests
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Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) clearance for (1) A spring 2012
first-grade national data collection; (2) a
fall 2012 second-grade data collection
with the same 30 percent subsample for
which data will be collected in the fall
2011 first-grade collection; and (3) a 60day Federal Register notice waiver for
the next OMB clearance package to be
submitted in June of 2012 for the spring
2013 second-grade data collection,
recruitment for the spring 2014 thirdgrade data collection, and tracking
students for the spring 2014 third-grade
and spring 2015 fourth-grade data
collection.
Copies of the information collection
submission for OMB review may be
accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain or from the Department’s Web
site at https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by
selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 4677. 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.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
401–0920. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection and
OMB Control Number when making
your request.
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
President’s Advisory Commission on
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
U.S. Department of Education,
President’s Advisory Commission on
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.
AGENCY:
The notice sets forth the
schedule and agenda of the meeting of
the President’s Advisory Commission
on Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders (Commission). The notice also
describes the functions of the
Commission. Notice of the meeting is
required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and
intended to notify the public of its
opportunity to attend.
Dates: October 13, 2011.
Time: 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. P.DT.
SUMMARY:
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Dates: October 15, 2011.
Time: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. P.D.T.
ADDRESSES: The Commission will meet
in Las Vegas, Nevada at a specific venue
to be determined. Members of the public
seeking entrance to the meeting location
should e-mail their request to Kate.
Moraras@ed.gov by October 7, 2011.
Additional updates as to the specific
meeting location will be available on the
Commission’s Web site at https://www2.
ed.gov/about/inits/list/asian-americansinitiative/.
Phone: 202–453–5508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Moraras, White House Initiative on
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202)
453–5508 fax: 202–453–5632 or by email at whitehouseaapi@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
President’s Advisory Commission on
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
is established under Executive Order
13515, dated October 14, 2009. Per E.O.
13515, the Commission shall provide
advice to the President, through the
Secretaries of Education and Commerce,
as Co-Chairs of the Initiative, on: (i) The
development, monitoring, and
coordination of executive branch efforts
to improve the quality of life of AAPIs
through increased participation in
Federal programs in which such persons
may be underserved; (ii) the
compilation of research and data related
to AAPI populations and
subpopulations; (iii) the development,
monitoring, and coordination of Federal
efforts to improve the economic and
community development of AAPI
businesses; and (iv) strategies to
increase public and private-sector
collaboration, and community
involvement in improving the health,
education, environment, and well-being
of AAPIs.
Agenda
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss strategic planning; review work
of the White House Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders; and
determine key strategies to help meet
the Commission’s charge as established
in E.O. 13515.
Additional Information
Individuals who will need
accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting
services, assistive listening devices, or
material in alternative format) should
notify Kate Moraras at (202) 453–5508,
no later than Wednesday, October 5,
2011. We will attempt to meet requests
for accommodations after this date, but,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
November 3, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a cc: to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note that written comments received in
response to this notice will be considered public records.
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
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collection requests. The OMB is particularly interested in comments
which: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2)
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Dated: September 29, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring First-Grade and Fall
Second-Grade Data Collections.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0750.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 143,138.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 49,128.
Abstract: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten
Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), sponsored by the National Center for
Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences of the
U.S. Department of Education, is a survey that focuses on children's
early school experiences beginning with kindergarten and continuing
through the fifth grade. It includes the collection of data from
parents, teachers, school administrators, and non-parental care
providers, as well as direct child assessments. Like its sister study,
the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99,
the ECLS-K:2011 is exceptionally broad in its scope and coverage of
child development, early learning, and school progress, drawing
together information from multiple sources to provide rich data about
the population of children who were kindergartners in the 2010-11
school year. This submission requests Office of Management and Budget's
(OMB) clearance for (1) A spring 2012 first-grade national data
collection; (2) a fall 2012 second-grade data collection with the same
30 percent subsample for which data will be collected in the fall 2011
first-grade collection; and (3) a 60-day Federal Register notice waiver
for the next OMB clearance package to be submitted in June of 2012 for
the spring 2013 second-grade data collection, recruitment for the
spring 2014 third-grade data collection, and tracking students for the
spring 2014 third-grade and spring 2015 fourth-grade data collection.
Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link
and by clicking on link number 4677. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may
also be electronically mailed to the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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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