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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. 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. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 18, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: February 14, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Client Assistance 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0528. 

Agency Form Number(s): Form RSA– 

227. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions 

State, Local, or Tribal Government, State 

Educational Agencies or Local 

Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 896. 

Abstract: Form RSA–227 is used to 

meet specific data collection 

requirements contained in Section 112 

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, and its implementing Federal 

Regulations at 34 CFR Part 370. Data 

from the form have been used to 

evaluate individual programs. These 

data also have been used to indicate 

trends in the provision of services from 

year to year. In addition, Form RSA–227 

will be used to analyze and evaluate the 

effectiveness of individual Client 

Assistance Program (CAP) Program 

grantees. These agencies provide 

services to individuals seeking or 

receiving services from programs and 

projects authorized by the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. 

Form RSA–227 has enabled RSA to 

furnish the President and Congress with 

data on the provision of advocacy 

services and has helped to establish a 

sound basis for future funding requests. 

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 4520. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. 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. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 18, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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 


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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: February 14, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Financial Status 

and Program Performance Final Report 

for State and Partnership for the Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0782. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 209. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8,360. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to determine 

whether recipients of the Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

have made substantial progress towards 

meeting the objectives of their 

respective projects, as outlined in their 

grant applications and/or subsequent 

work plans. In addition, the final report 

will enable the Department to evaluate 

each grant project’s fiscal operations for 

the entire grant performance period, and 

compare total expenditures relative to 

federal funds awarded, and actual costshare/matching relative to the total 

amount in the approved grant 

application. This report is a means for 

grantees to share the overall experience 

of their projects and document 

achievements and concerns, and 

describe effects of their projects on 

participants being served; project 

barriers and major accomplishments; 

and evidence of sustainability. The 

report will be GEAR UP’s primary 

method to collect/analyze data on 

students’ high school graduation and 

immediate college enrollment rates. 

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 4518. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Professional Development for Arts 

Educators Program; Office of 

Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; Professional 

Development for Arts Educators 

(PDAE) Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.351C. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

17, 2011. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

March 21, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 8, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 7, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

supports the implementation of highquality model professional development 

programs in elementary and secondary 

education for music, dance, drama, 

media arts, or visual arts, including folk 

arts, for educators and other arts 

instructional staff of kindergarten 

through grade 12 (K–12) students in 

high-poverty schools. The purpose of 

this program is to strengthen standardsbased arts education programs and to 

help ensure that all students meet 

challenging State academic content 

standards and challenging State student 

academic achievement standards in the 

arts. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one absolute priority, two competitive 

preference priorities, and one 

invitational priority. The absolute 

priority is from the notice of final 

priority, requirements, and definitions 

for this program (2005 NFP), published 

in the Federal Register on March 30, 

2005 (70 FR 16242). The two 

competitive preference priorities and 

the invitational priority are from the 

notice of final supplemental priorities 

and definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

This priority supports professional 

development programs for K–12 arts 

educators and other instructional staff 

that use innovative instructional 

methods and current knowledge from 

education research and focus on— 

(1) The development, enhancement, 

or expansion of standards-based arts 

education programs; or 

(2) The integration of standards-based 

arts instruction with other core 

academic area content. 

In order to meet this priority, an 

applicant must demonstrate that the 

project for which it seeks funding is 

linked to State and national standards 

intended to enable all students to meet 

challenging expectations, and to 

improving student and school 

performance. 

Note: National standards refers to the arts 

standards developed by the Consortium of 

National Arts Education Associations. The 

standards outline what students should know 

and be able to do in the arts. These are not 

Department standards. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2011 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional 10 points per competitive 

preference priority to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets the priorities. 

These priorities are: 

1. Enabling More Data-Based DecisionMaking 

Projects that are designed to collect 

(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data 

on program participant outcomes, in 

accordance with privacy requirements 

(as defined in this notice), in the 

following priority area: Improving 

instructional practices, policies, and 

student outcomes in elementary or 

secondary schools. 


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