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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.
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, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: EDFacts Collection
of ESEA Flexibility Data.
OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW.
Type of Review: New.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 52.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,248.
Abstract: On September 23, 2011, the
U.S. Department of Education (ED)
invited each State educational agency
(SEA) to voluntarily request flexibility
on behalf of itself, its local educational
agencies, and schools, in order to better
focus on improving student learning
and increasing the quality of
instruction. Since then, ED has
approved 34 SEA requests for flexibility,
and is currently reviewing several
additional requests. ED expects to
receive requests from additional SEAs
by September 6, 2012. SEAs are invited
to request flexibility pursuant to the
authority in section 9401 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), which allows the
Secretary of Education to waive, with
certain exceptions, any statutory or
regulatory requirement of the ESEA for
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an SEA that receives funds under a
program authorized by the ESEA and
requests a waiver. This clearance
request is for the collection of data that
may be needed to ensure that SEAs
receiving ESEA flexibility are
continuing to meet the intent and
purpose of Title I of ESEA, including
meeting the educational needs of lowachieving students, closing achievement
gaps, and holding schools, local
educational agencies, and SEAs
accountable for improving the academic
achievement of all students. This
collection will be applicable to SEAs
with approved flexibility plans. In order
to reduce burden on SEAs and
maximize the availability and utility of
the data within ED, ED plans to require
states to submit these data electronically
through EDFacts, as allowable under 34
CFR part 76. ‘‘Flexibility Clearance
Attachment B’’ outlines the 22 new data
groups proposed for collection. ED is
requesting SEAs to review the last page
of Attachment B which provides two
directed questions (see the link to
EDICSweb to link number 04860 in the
Addresses section above.) ED is
requesting the data providers of each
SEA respond to two specific questions
about the proposed data groups.
Responses to these questions will help
ED determine whether or not to adjust
the proposed data groups, as well as to
determine which of the data can
currently be provided by SEAs.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21304 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review;
Office of Planning, Evaluation and
Policy Development; Study of
Strategies for Improving the Quality of
Local Grantee Program Evaluation
This study is intended to
assist the Department in making
decisions about how to structure future
grant competitions; how to support
evaluation and performance reporting
activities among funded grantees,
including technical assistance to
improve the quality of evaluations and
performance reporting; and how to
make the best possible use of grantee
evaluation findings.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 28, 2012.
SUMMARY:
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Written 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, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC
20202–4537. 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 04869. 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.
ADDRESSES:
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, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Study of Strategies
for Improving the Quality of Local
Grantee Program Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW.
Type of Review: New.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 20.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 20.
Abstract: This study is intended to
assist the Department in making
decisions about how to structure future
grant competitions; how to support
evaluation and performance reporting
activities among funded grantees,
including technical assistance to
improve the quality of evaluations and
performance reporting; and how to
make the best possible use of grantee
evaluation findings.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21308 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review;
Federal Student Aid; Electronic Debit
Payment Option for Student Loans
The Preauthorized Debit
Account (PDA) Application is used to
establish electronic debiting for
individuals who have requested to have
their defaulted federal education debt
payments debited from their bank
accounts.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written 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, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC
20202–4537. 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 04879. 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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SUMMARY:
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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, Privacy, Information
and Records 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Electronic Debit
Payment Option for Student Loans.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0025.
Type of Review: Revision.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,600.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 133.
Abstract: An Electronic Debit Account
Program gives the borrower the option
to repay federally funded student loans
via automatic debit deductions from
their checking or savings accounts. The
PDA payment option allows individuals
with defaulted federal education debts
(student loans or grant overpayments)
held by the U.S. Department of
Education’s (ED’s) Federal Student Aid
Default Resolution Group to have their
payments automatically debited from
their checking or savings accounts and
sent to ED. Individuals who choose the
use the PDA option to make their
payments must authorize ED to debit
their bank accounts. The PDA Brochure
and Application (PDA Application)
explains the PDA payment option and
collects the applicant’s authorization for
electronic debiting of payments and the
bank account information needed by ED
to debit the applicant’s account.
The authority for the PDA option is
provided under the Deficit Reduction
Act of 1984, Public Law 98–368, and 31
CFR part 202, Depositaries and
Financial Agents of the Government.
Operating rules and regulations
approved and published by the National
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Automated Clearing House Association
(NACHA) and 31 CFR part 210 also
govern the use of the PDA Application.
Finally, Regulation E, issued and
maintained by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, implements
Title IX of the Consumer Credit
Protection Act, as amended in 15 U.S.C.
1601. This regulation is designed to
implement the act, which primarily
serves to protect the interests of the
individual consumer participating in
electronic transfers. ED has used the
collection of information on the
currently approved PDA Application to
establish electronic debiting for
individuals who have requested to have
their defaulted federal education debt
payments debited from their bank
accounts.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–21306 Filed 8–28–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests; Institute of
Education Sciences; Needs Sensing
Survey Under the REL Program:
Sample Survey Instrument for School
Board Members and District
Administrators
The needs assessment
consists of an online survey of a sample
of school board members, district
administrators, principals, and teachers
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The
purpose of the sample survey is to
assess: the importance these
populations attach to the four issues
identified in advance by REL Midwest
as priorities for the region; for each
issue, the types of data and analysis
supports, and research and evaluation
needs which respondents anticipate
would be of particular value; and what
factors would increase the likelihood
respondents and the populations they
represent would turn to the REL for data
and analysis supports, or research and
evaluation needs in the future. The
results of the survey will be used to
prioritize the assistance that REL
Midwest provides to educators in the
region for utilizing their longitudinal
data systems, conducting high quality
research and evaluation; learning about
the best education research; and
incorporating data into policy and
practice.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Submission for OMB Review; Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development; Study of Strategies for Improving
the Quality of Local Grantee Program Evaluation
SUMMARY: This study is intended to assist the Department in making
decisions about how to structure future grant competitions; how to
support evaluation and performance reporting activities among funded
grantees, including technical assistance to improve the quality of
evaluations and performance reporting; and how to make the best
possible use of grantee evaluation findings.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 28, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written 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, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. 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 04869. 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.
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, Privacy, Information and Records 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. Please note that written comments received in response to
this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Study of Strategies for Improving the Quality
of Local Grantee Program Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1875-NEW.
Type of Review: New.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20.
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Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20.
Abstract: This study is intended to assist the Department in making
decisions about how to structure future grant competitions; how to
support evaluation and performance reporting activities among funded
grantees, including technical assistance to improve the quality of
evaluations and performance reporting; and how to make the best
possible use of grantee evaluation findings.
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-21308 Filed 8-28-12; 8:45 am]
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