FR Doc E7-8081
[Federal Register: April 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 81)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, 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
June 26, 2007.
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 IC Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management, 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: April 24, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Performance Report: Personnel Development for the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 450.
Burden Hours: 3,510.
Abstract: This package is a revision and contains instructions and
the form necessary for grantees and contractors supported under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Personnel
Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with
Disabilities, CFDA No. 84.325. Data obtained are used to evaluate and
monitor the implementation of IDEA and for Congressional reporting.
Analysis of these data will be used in the following ways: (a) To
inform the activities and priorities specific to personnel preparation
conducted by the U.S Department of Education; (b) to determine
variation in personnel preparation and factors related to that
variation; and (c) to evaluate the outcomes of the IDEA and the Office
of Special Education Programs' (OSEP) performance measures under the
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) and the Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART). OSEP revisions have: (a) Added six items
to the data collection instrument to collect data required for
reporting under the PART (these additional items will only be requested
for students that have completed the preparation program and include
data on their knowledge and skill attainment and on their highly
qualified teacher status (or qualified for paraprofessionals, or fully
certified for related service providers and early intervention service
providers); (b) revised the race and ethnicity items to reflect current
OMB policy; (c) changed collection to better account for all students
that benefit from the grant, as requested by both grantees and OSEP.
OSEP will now collect data on all students that participated in grant
supported preparation, not just those students that received direct
funding. This change will increase the number of students that grantees
will enter data on. To address this change, all text limiting responses
to those students ``receiving grant support'' have been removed; and
(d) enhanced instructions for a few items to make the form more user-
friendly and diminish response ambiguity.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 3309. When
you access the information collection, click on ``Download
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also
be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-245-
6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection
when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@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. E7-8081 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]
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