The Department of Education Information Collection System (EDICS) allows the public to review pending information collections. Invitations for comment on these collections are listed below.

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December 29, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: State Vocational Directors Survey on Perkins III Funding and Accountability Systems [OUS] (pdf 121K)
• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: European Community (EC)/United States of America (US) Cooperation Program in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training [OPE] (pdf 117K)
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; List of Correspondence, List of correspondence from April 1, 2000 through June 30, 2000 [OSERS] (pdf 212K)

December 27, 2000

• National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board; Teleconference, Notice of executive committee meeting (pdf 117K)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: The Evaluation of Exchange, Language, International and Area Studies (EELIAS), NRC, FLAS and IIPP, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) (JS) [OPE] (pdf 117K)

December 26, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Grantee Reporting Form [OSERS] (pdf 117K)

December 20, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reading Excellence Act (REA) State-District-School Study [OESE] (pdf 117K)

December 19, 2000

• Web-Based Education Commission: Postponement of Press Conference [OPE] (pdf 117K)

December 18, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of Independent Programs [OSERS] (pdf 117K)

December 15, 2000

• The Use of Tests as Part of High-Stakes Decision-Making for Students; A Resource Guide for Educators and Policymakers; Notice of availability of final document [OCR]. (pdf 122K)

December 12, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Annual Performance Reporting Forms for National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Grantees (Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs), Rehabilitation Research Training Centers (RRTCs), Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs), Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs), Model Systems, Dissemination & Utilization Projects) [OSERS].
  (pdf 121K)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; America's Career Resource Network State Grant Annual Performance Report [OVAE].
  (pdf 117K)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of the Federal Class Size Reduction Program [OUS]. (pdf 121K)

December 11, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Annual Client Assistance Program (CAP) Report [OSERS].
  (pdf 122K)
• Web-Based Education Commission; Press Conference [OPE]. (pdf 117K)

December 7, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS 2002) [OERI]. (pdf 121K)

December 5, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; International Association for teh Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Progress in International Reading Literacy Study [OERI]. (pdf 120K)

December 4, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) [OPE]. (pdf 121K)
• National Assessment Governing Board: Notice of teleconference meeting [NAGB]. (pdf 117K)

November 28, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS-2) Survey Package [OSERS]. (pdf 122K)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Applications for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program [OIIA]. (pdf 117K)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; 18 and 36 Months Performance Reports for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program [OPE]. (pdf 122K)

November 24, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP) in the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and Federal Work-Study Programs [SFA]; Study of the SDFSCA Middle School Coordinator Initiative [OUS] (pdf 122K)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: GEPA 424 Data Collection on the Distribution of Federal Education Funds (JM) [OUS]; Time to Redesignation of Students Served by Title VII Projects (JM) [OUS] (pdf 122K)

November 22, 2000

• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Perkins Annual Levels of Performance (SC) [OVAE] (pdf 123K)

November 17, 2000

• Parent Training and Information Centers Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: Notice of proposed waiver [OSERS] (211K PDF)

November 16, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind [OSERS] (117K PDF)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Technology Based Assessment Project, Pretest and Field Test [OERI] (122K PDF)

November 15, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests: National Assessment of Adult Literacy [OERI] (122K PDF)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: OSFA Customer Satisfaction Survey Master Plan [SFA] (122K PDF)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Study to Assess the Quality of Vocational Education in the United States [OUS] (117K PDF)

November 13, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; State Plan for Independent Living and Center for Independent Living Programs (SC) [OSERS] (122K PDF)
• Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Quality of Research Rating Scale [OSERS] (118K PDF)

November 08, 2000

• Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Title: Evaluation of the State Grants Program and Teacher Recruitment Grants Program of Title II of the Higher Education Act [OUS] (117K PDF)

November 06, 2000

• Federal Interagency Coordinating Council Meeting (FICC) [OSERS] (122K PDF)

• National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education; Meeting [OPE] (122K PDF)

November 02, 2000

• National Assessment Governing Board; Notice of partially closed meeting (122K PDF)

• Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties [OCR] (336K PDF)

October 31, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OUS] (117K PDF)

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request[OERI] (122K PDF)

October 30, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request[OESE] (121K PDF)

October 25, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OCFO] (117K PDF)

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSERS] (121K PDF)

October 23, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSERS] (121K PDF)

October 20, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OESE] (122K PDF)

October 19, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSERS] (122K PDF)
  
  
• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSFAP] (117K PDF)

October 17, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSERS] (122K PDF)

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OVAE] (122K PDF)

October 16, 2000

• Notice of Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act [OSERS] (121K PDF)

October 13, 2000

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES); Notice of Partially Closed Meeting [OERI] (117K PDF)

October 11, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSERS] (121K PDF)

October 10, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSFAP] (122K PDF)

• Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records: Notice of a New System of Records [OPE] (125K PDF)

October 6, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OUS] (121K PDF)

October 5, 2000

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OSERS] (122K PDF)

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OVAE] (117K PDF)

• Invitation for Comments on Proposed Collection Request [OERI] (121K PDF)

October 3, 2000

• Office of School-to-Work Opportunities; Advisory Council for School-to-Work Opportunities; Notice of Open Meeting [OVAE] (120K PDF)

October 2, 2000

• Notice Seeking Bonding Authority for the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program [OPE] (125K PDF)

Other Documents from:

2000: January - March; April - June; July - September.
1999: January - March; April - June; July - September;
October - December.
1998: January - March; April - June; July - September;
October - December.
1997: January-March; April-June; July-September;
October-December.
1996: January - March; April - June; July - September;
October - December.
1995: October - December.