Department of Education October 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Secretary amends the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program regulations to implement provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), and other recently enacted legislation.

We extend the Deadline for Transmittal of Applications and the Deadline for Intergovernmental Review dates in the notice published on October 22, 2009 (74 FR 54554-54558).

The U.S. Secretary of Education (Secretary) adjusts the statutory caps on State administration under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (Title I, Part A), and Part B, section 611 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, section 611) with respect to data collection requirements pertaining to these two programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5. The adjustments allow a State educational agency (SEA) to reserve additional State administrative funds from its FY 2009 allocations under Title I, Part A and IDEA, section 611 to help defray the costs of data collections that are specifically related to ARRA funding for these programs (including, for Title I, Part A, data collection related to waivers). An SEA may use administrative funds from its regular Title I, Part A and IDEA, section 611 appropriations; the additional administrative funds allowed by the adjustments in this notice; or a combination of these funds to meet the costs of ARRA-related data collection requirements for the Title I, Part A and IDEA, section 611 programs, respectively. For costs associated with ARRA data collections unrelated to Title I, Part A or IDEA, section 611, an SEA may use the State's Government Services grant under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF or Stabilization) program or funds allowable for that purpose under other ARRA programs.

The Secretary amends its regulations governing institutional eligibility and the Secretary's recognition of accrediting agencies. The Secretary is amending these regulations to implement changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), resulting from enactment of the Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA), and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), and to clarify, improve, and update the current regulations.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Secretary of Education (Secretary) proposes priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria under the Investing in Innovation Fund. The Secretary may use these priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for competitions of the Investing in Innovation Fund for fiscal year (FY) 2010 and later years. We intend for the priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria to support the efforts of local educational agencies (LEAs) and nonprofit organizations (as defined in this notice) that have strong track records of improving student achievement (as defined in this notice) to expand their work; identify, document, and share best practices; and take successful practices ``to scale.''

The Secretary announces the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) for the Department of Education for the Senior Executive Service (SES) performance cycle that ended September 30, 2009. Under 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(1) through (5), each agency is required to establish one or more PRBs.

On August 27, 2009, the Department of Education published a comment period notice in the Federal Register (Page 43689, Column 1) seeking public comment for an information collection entitled, ``Federal Pell Grant ProgramMaximum Pell Grant to Children of Soldiers''. We are now withdrawing this information collection as we can obtain this information through other means, and therefore do not collect this data from the public. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.