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the project and how the proposed
performance measure would be
consistent with the performance
measures established for the program
funding the competition.
(2) Baseline (as defined in this notice)
data. (i) Why each proposed baseline is
valid; or (ii) if the applicant has
determined that there are no established
baseline data for a particular
performance measure, an explanation of
why there is no established baseline and
of how and when, during the project
period, the applicant would establish a
valid baseline for the performance
measure.
(3) Performance targets. Why each
proposed performance target is
ambitious yet achievable compared to
the baseline for the performance
measure and when, during the project
period, the applicant would meet the
performance target(s).
Applications must also provide the
following information as directed under
34 CFR 75.110(c):
(1) Data collection and reporting. (i)
The data collection and reporting
methods the applicant would use and
why those methods are likely to yield
reliable, valid, and meaningful
performance data; and (ii) the
applicant’s capacity to collect and
report reliable, valid, and meaningful
performance data, as evidenced by highquality data collection, analysis, and
reporting in other projects or research.
Depending on the nature of the
intervention proposed in the
application, common metrics may
include the following: college-level
math and English course completion in
the first year (developmental education);
unmet financial need (financial aid);
program of study selection in the first
year (advising); post-transfer completion
(transfer); and re-enrollment (degree
reclamation).
These measures constitute the
Department’s indicators of success for
this program. Consequently, we advise
an applicant for an award under this
program to consider the
operationalization of the measures in
conceptualizing the approach and
evaluation for its proposed project.
If funded, you will be required to
collect and report data in your project’s
annual performance report (34 CFR
75.590).
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Nasser H. Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0141]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Measures and Methods for the National
Reporting System for Adult Education
Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education (OCTAE), Department
of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2023–SCC–0141. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
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available to the public for any reason,
the Department will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please include the docket ID number
and the title of the information
collection request when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Please note that comments 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 Manager of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact John Lemaster,
(202) 245–6218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, 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. The
Department is soliciting comments on
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Measures and
Methods for the National Reporting
System for Adult Education.
OMB Control Number: 1830–0027.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 57.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 5,700.
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Abstract: The respondents are the 57
states/outlying areas that receive adult
education state grant funds under the
Adult Education and Family Literacy
Act (AEFLA). The information collected
is the states’ annual performance report.
OCTAE will use the data to ensure that
states meet the performance
accountability requirements of AEFLA.
Dated: July 20, 2023.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Technical Assistance on State Data
Collection—National Technical
Assistance Center To Improve State
Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze,
and Use Accurate IDEA Data To
Address Significant Disproportionality
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2023 for Technical Assistance
on State Data Collection—National
Technical Assistance Center to Improve
State Capacity to Collect, Report,
Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Data to
Address Significant Disproportionality,
Assistance Listing Number 84.373E.
This notice relates to the approved
information collection under OMB
control number 1820–0028.
DATES:
Applications Available: July 26, 2023.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 11, 2023.
Pre-Application Webinar Information:
No later than July 31, 2023, the Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services will post details on prerecorded informational webinars
designed to provide technical assistance
to interested applicants. Links to the
webinars may be found at https://
www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/
new-osep-grants.html.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on December 7, 2022
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Please note that these Common
Instructions supersede the version
published on December 27, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richelle Davis, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 5076, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–5076.
Telephone: 202–245–7401. Email:
Richelle.Davis@ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability and wish to
access telecommunications relay
services, please dial 7–1–1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Technical Assistance on State Data
Collection program is to improve the
capacity of States to meet the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) data collection and reporting
requirements. Funding for the program
is authorized under section 611(c)(1) of
IDEA, which gives the Secretary
authority to reserve not more than 1⁄2 of
1 percent of the amounts appropriated
under Part B for each fiscal year to
provide technical assistance (TA)
activities, where needed, to improve the
capacity of States to meet the data
collection and reporting requirements
under Parts B and C of IDEA. The
maximum amount the Secretary may
reserve under this set-aside for any
fiscal year is $25,000,000, cumulatively
adjusted by the rate of inflation. Section
616(i) of IDEA requires the Secretary to
review the data collection and analysis
capacity of States to ensure that data
and information determined necessary
for implementation of section 616 of
IDEA are collected, analyzed, and
accurately reported to the Secretary. It
also requires the Secretary to provide
TA, where needed, to improve the
capacity of States to meet the data
collection requirements, which include
the data collection and reporting
requirements in sections 616 and 618 of
IDEA. In addition, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law
117–328, gives the Secretary authority
to use funds reserved under section
611(c) of IDEA to ‘‘administer and carry
out other services and activities to
improve data collection, coordination,
quality, and use under Parts B and C of
the IDEA.’’ Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2023, Public Law 117–328, Div. H,
Title III, 136 Stat. 4459, 4891 (2022).
Priority: This competition includes
one absolute priority. This priority is
from the notice of final priority and
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requirements (NFP) for this program
published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2023 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
National Technical Assistance Center
To Improve State Capacity To Collect,
Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate
IDEA Data To Address Significant
Disproportionality
Background:
Under sections 616 and 618 of IDEA,
States are required to collect, report,
analyze, and use data regarding students
with disabilities. These activities are
intended to support improved
educational results and functional
outcomes for all children with
disabilities, and to ensure that States
meet IDEA requirements, with an
emphasis on those requirements most
closely related to improving educational
results for children with disabilities.
Additionally, IDEA section 618(d)
requires States and the Department of
the Interior to collect and examine data
to determine if significant
disproportionality on the basis of race
and ethnicity is occurring in the State
and the local educational agencies
(LEAs) of the State with respect to (1)
identification of children as children
with disabilities, including by disability
category; (2) placement of children with
disabilities by educational settings; and
(3) the incidence, duration, and type of
disciplinary actions, including
suspensions and expulsions. There are
98 separate factors for determining
whether significant disproportionality
exists in an LEA (i.e., 14 categories of
analysis with respect to identification,
placement, and disciplinary removal,
cross-tabulated with seven racial and
ethnic groups).
In December 2016, the Department
published a final rule 1 on significant
disproportionality in special education
to further clarify the statute. The final
rule established a standard methodology
that State educational agencies (SEAs)
must use to determine whether
significant disproportionality on the
1 The full text of the final rule can be found at
81 FR 92376 (https://www.federalregister.gov/
documents/2016/12/19/2016-30190/assistance-tostates-for-the-education-of-children-withdisabilities-preschool-grants-for-children). Please
also see Significant Disproportionality Essential
Questions and Answers at https://sites.ed.gov/idea/
files/significant-disproportionality-qa-03-08-17.pdf
for additional information on significant
disproportionality requirements.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0141]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Measures and Methods for the National Reporting System for Adult
Education
AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 25, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2023-SCC-0141.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any reason, the Department will
temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the information collection request
when requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that
comments 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 Manager of the Strategic
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact John Lemaster, (202) 245-6218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Measures and Methods for the National
Reporting System for Adult Education.
OMB Control Number: 1830-0027.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 57.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 5,700.
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Abstract: The respondents are the 57 states/outlying areas that
receive adult education state grant funds under the Adult Education and
Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The information collected is the states'
annual performance report. OCTAE will use the data to ensure that
states meet the performance accountability requirements of AEFLA.
Dated: July 20, 2023.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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