[Federal Register: July 17, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 137)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of
the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for
OMB
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review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 16, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg,
Acting Desk Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or should be electronically mailed to
the internet address Lauren_Wittenberg@omb.eop.gov.
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 collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The Leader, Regulatory Information
Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes
that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior
to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: July 11, 2001.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of the Undersecretary
Type of Review: New.
Title: National Study of Title I Schools--Data Collection
Instruments.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 18,700.
Burden Hours: 23,425.
Abstract: This National Study of Title I Schools will be the main
source of nationally-representative school-level information on the
implementation of Title I provisions and standards-based reform
generally, over a three-year period from the 2001-02 through 2003-04
school years. The study will examine and describe how Title I schools
are using standards-based reforms to assist in improving learning, with
a particular focus on implementation of provisions in the Title I
program that are designed to support such improvements. The study will
also examine more specifically the quality of instruction and
instructional support in Title I schools, with a focus on
implementation of Title I provisions designed to support more effective
instruction and instructional support.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address
OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or faxed to 202-708-9346.
Please specify the complete title of the information collection
when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be directed to Jacqueline Montague at (202) 708-
5359 or via her internet address Jackie.Montague@ed.gov. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. 01-17770 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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