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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 7, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: TEACH Grant 

Supplementary Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Biennially. 

Affected Public: Business or for-profit 

institutions; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 488. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 488. 

Abstract: The Secretary of Education 

is required to report to Congress about 

the TEACH Grant Program, including 

the student’s: (1) Eligible field of study 

and (2) cost of education. The Secretary 

includes these data elements as part of 

a report submitted to congressional 

authorizing committees with respect to 

schools and students served by Teach 

Grant recipient schools. This report is 

required by Section 420P of the Higher 

Education Act, as amended by the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 

2008. 

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 4430. 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review 

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 Vocational and Adult 

Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Measuring 

Educational Gain in the National 

Reporting System for Adult Education. 

OMB Control Number: 1830–0567. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 15. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 600. 

Abstract: Title 34 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations part 462 establish 

procedures that the Secretary uses when 

considering the suitability of tests for 

use in the National Reporting System 

(NRS) for adult education. The 

regulations further the Department’s 

implementation of section 212 of the 

Adult Education and Family Literacy 

Act (AEFLA). These regulations also 

include procedures that States and 

Local eligible providers would follow 

when using suitable tests. The AEFLA 

makes accountability for results a 

central focus of the law. It sets out 

performance accountability 

requirements for States and Local 

programs that measure program 

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effectiveness on the basis of student 

academic achievement and other 

outcomes. 

Educational gain, is the key outcome 

measure in the NRS, which describes 

students’ improvement in literacy skills 

during instruction. States are required to 

have their local programs assessments 

gained by administering standardized 

pre-post assessments to students, 

following valid administration 

procedures. The NRS Guidelines allow 

states to select the assessments most 

appropriate for their state, which may 

be published standardized tests or 

performance-based assessments. If the 

state uses performance-based 

assessments, NRS guidelines require the 

assessment to have standardized 

procedures and scoring rubrics that 

meet accepted psychometric standards. 

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 4422. 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Indian Education Formula Grants to 

Local Educational Agencies; Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Overview Information; Notice Inviting 

Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.060A. 

Dates: 

Part I of the Formula Grant Electronic 

Application System for Indian 

Education (EASIE) Applications 

Available: January 13, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Part I 

Applications: February 14, 2011, 

11:59:59 p.m., Washington, DC time. 

Part II of Formula Grant (EASIE) 

Applications Available: April 4, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Part II 

Applications: May 6, 2011, 11:59:59 

p.m., Washington, DC time. 

Applicants must meet the deadlines 

for both Part I and Part II to receive 

funds as part of the initial grant awards, 

which are expected to be issued around 

July 1, 2011. If there are funds 

remaining after the initial grant awards 

are made, the Department will give 

priority to applicants that filed a timely 

application for Part I, but missed the 

deadline for Part II. Applicants that 

missed the Part I deadline will only be 

funded if there are funds remaining after 

awards are made to all applicants that 

met the Part I deadline (including those 

applicants that met the Part I deadline, 

but missed the Part II deadline). 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 5, 2011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

Program: The Indian Education Formula 

Grants to Local Educational Agencies 

program provides grants to support local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and other 

eligible entities described in this notice 

in their efforts to reform and improve 

elementary and secondary school 

programs that serve Indian students. 

The Department funds programs 

designed to help Indian students meet 

the same State academic content and 

student academic achievement 

standards used for all students. In 

addition, under section 7116 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the 

Secretary will, upon receipt of an 

acceptable plan for the integration of 

education and related services, 

authorize the entity receiving the funds 

under this program to consolidate, in 

accordance with the entity’s plan, the 

funds for any Federal program 

exclusively serving Indian children, or 

the funds reserved under any Federal 

program to exclusively serve Indian 

children, that are awarded under a 

statutory or administrative formula to 

the entity, for the purpose of providing 

education and related services to Indian 

students. Instructions for submitting an 

integration of education and related 

services plan are included in the EASIE 

described elsewhere in this notice under 

Application Process and Submission 

Information. 

Note: Under the Indian Education Formula 

Grants to Local Educational Agencies 

program, applicants are required to develop 

the project for which application is made (a) 

in open consultation with parents of Indian 

children and teachers and, if appropriate, 

Indian students from secondary schools, 

including through public hearings held to 

provide a full opportunity to understand the 

program and to offer recommendations 

regarding the program (section 7114(c)(3)(C) 

of the ESEA); (b) with the participation of a 

parent committee selected in accordance 

with section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA and with 

the written approval of that parent committee 

(section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA). 

Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including 

charter schools authorized as LEAs 

under State law, certain schools funded 

by the Bureau of Indian Education of the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, and 

Indian tribes under certain conditions, 

as prescribed by section 7112(c) of the 

ESEA. 

Application Process and Submission 

Information: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. We will reject your application 

if you submit it in paper format unless, 

as described elsewhere in this section, 

you qualify for one of the exceptions to 

the electronic submission requirement 

and submit, no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline dates for 

both Part I and Part II applications, a 

written statement to the Department that 

you qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

Formula Grant EASIE Electronic 

Application System: Formula Grant 

EASIE is an easy-to-use, electronic 

application system. It communicates 

with data from State submissions to 

EDFacts, the Department’s data 

collection system that contains 

performance information from State 

educational agencies about schools and 

Federal education programs. To the 

extent that your State has provided the 

necessary EDFacts data files, Formula 

Grant EASIE will be able to interface 

with EDFacts and pull those LEAspecific data into the application. 

Additionally, this system allows the 

Department to review applications and 

interact online with applicants during 

the application review and approval 

process. 

The Formula Grant EASIE application 

is divided into two parts—Part I and 

Part II. 

Part I, Student Count, provides the 

appropriate data-entry screens to submit 

your Indian student count totals. 

Part II, Program and Budget 

Information, provides your award 

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