[Federal Register: October 20, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 204)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office
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of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed
information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 19, 2000.
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.
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.
Dated: October 16, 2000.
John Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Type of Review: New collection.
Title: Reading Excellence Act (REA) State-District-School Study
(KA).
Frequency: Semi-Annually; Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs
(primary).
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 2,788
Burden Hours: 8,592.
Abstract: REA provides competitive reading and literacy grants to
state education agencies to help high-proverty schools and those in
Title I improvement status to: (1) Teach every child to read by the end
of the third grade; (2) provide children in early childhood with the
readiness skills and support they need to learn to read once they enter
school; (3) expand the number of high-quality family literacy programs;
(4) provide early intervention to children who are at risk of being
identified for special education inappropriately; and (5) base
instruction, including tutoring, on scientifically-based reading
research. The first cohort of 17 states was funded in the summer of
1999. The REA State-District-School Study fulfills the states'
performance reporting requirements.
In addition, the study will: (1) Collect and analyze demographic
and descriptive information on REA states, districts and schools in
order to provide a contextual backdrop and sampling for two national
evaluations--the School and Classroom Implementation and Impact (SCII)
study and the Children's Reading Gains (Gains) study; (2) compare
eligible but not funded with funded districts and schools; (3) augment
the agency's REA monitoring within each State Education Agency (SEA),
Local Education Agency (LEA), and school; (4) track performance over
time; (5) inform the states' development of indicators of program
quality; and (6) provide data for the National Institute for Literacy's
effort to disseminate information on effective subgrantee projects.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=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 Kathy Axt at her internet address
Kathy_Axt@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. 00-26986 Filed 10-19-00; 8:45 am]
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