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###### Department of Education

# AGENCY:

Department of Education.

# ACTION:

Comment request.

# SUMMARY:

The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

# DATES:

Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before February 11, 2011.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Written comments should be addressed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-5806 or e-mailed to                         *oira_submission@omb.eop.gov*                         with a cc: to                         *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.*                         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 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. The OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Dated: January 6, 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:*                     Application Package to Request Designation As An Eligible Institution under the Title III and Title V Programs and to Request a Waiver of the Non-Federal Cost-Share Requirement.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     1840-0103.                

*Agency Form Number(s):*                     N/A.                

*Frequency of Responses:*                     Annually.                

*Affected Public:*                     Not-for-profit institutions.                

*Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses:*                     1,200.                

*Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours:*                     8,400.                

*Abstract:*                     This collection of information is necessary in order for the Secretary of Education to designate an institution of higher education eligible to apply for funding under Title III, Part A and Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. An institution must apply to the Secretary to be designated as an eligible institution. The programs authorized include the Strengthening Institutions Program, the American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and the Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Programs, Asian-American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions, Native American Serving Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math and Articulation), Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans, and Predominantly Black Institutions. These programs award discretionary grants to eligible institutions of higher education so that they might increase their self-sufficiency by improving academic programs, institutional management and fiscal stability.                

This information collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period notice will be the only public comment notice published for this information collection.

                    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at                     *http://www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain*                     or from the Department's Web site at                     *http://edicsweb.ed.gov,*                     by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 4441. 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 the Internet address                     *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.

[FR Doc. 2011-500 Filed 1-11-11; 8:45 am]

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