Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; National Professional Development Program: Grantee Performance Report, 47676 [2013-18873]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 47676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18873]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2013-ICCD-0100]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
National Professional Development Program: Grantee Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of English Language Acquisition (OLEA), 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 an extension of an 
existing information collection of a previously approved information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 7, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
https://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0100 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment period will not be accepted. 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, 
Room 2E115, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronically mail 
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not send comments here.

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: National Professional Development Program: 
Grantee Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1885-0555.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 138.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,900.
    Abstract: The National Professional Development (NPD) program 
provides professional development activities intended to improve 
instruction for students with limited English proficiency and assists 
education personnel working with such children to meet high 
professional standards. The NPD program office is submitting this 
application to request approval to collect information from NPD 
grantees. This data collection serves two purposes; the data are 
necessary to assess the performance of the NPD program on Government 
Performance Results Act measures, also, budget information and data on 
project-specific performance measures are collected from NPD grantees 
for project-monitoring information.

    Dated: July 31, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-18873 Filed 8-5-13; 8:45 am]
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