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when directed to do so by the official to 

whom the Board reports. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Veterans’ Advisory 

Board on Dose Reconstruction’s 

membership about the Board’s mission 

and functions. Written statements may 

be submitted at any time or in response 

to the stated agenda of planned meeting 

of Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Veterans’ Advisory Board 

on Dose Reconstruction, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Veterans’ 

Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction’s Designated Federal 

Officer can be obtained from the GSA’s 

FACA Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Veterans’ Advisory Board on Dose 

Reconstruction. The Designated Federal 

Officer, at that time, may provide 

additional guidance on the submission 

of written statements that are in 

response to the stated agenda for the 

planned meeting in question. 

Dated: December 17, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30655 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–IES–0038] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

2012/14 Beginning Postsecondary 

Students Longitudinal Study: (BPS:12/ 

14) Field Test 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

IES.NCES. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2012–IES–0038 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: 2012/14 Beginning 

Postsecondary Students Longitudinal 

Study: (BPS:12/14) Field Test. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0631. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 13,975. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,260. 

Abstract: The 2012/14 Beginning 

Postsecondary Students Longitudinal 

Study (BPS:12/14), conducted by the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES), is designed to follow a cohort 

of students who enroll in postsecondary 

education for the first time during the 

2011–2012 academic year, irrespective 

of date of high school completion. The 

study collects data on student 

persistence in, and completion of, 

postsecondary education programs; 

their transition to employment; 

demographic characteristics; and 

changes over time in their goals, marital 

status, income, and debt, among other 

measures. Data from BPS are used to 

help researchers and policymakers 

better understand how financial aid 

influences persistence and completion, 

what percentages of students complete 

various degree programs, what early 

employment and wage outcomes are for 

certificate and degree attainers, and why 

students leave school. This request is to 

conduct the BPS:12/14 first follow-up 

field test, including panel maintenance, 

student interviews and reinterviews, 

and administrative record matching. 

Following the field test study in 2013, 

NCES will submit a request for 

clearance of the BPS:12/14 full scale 

data collection to be conducted in 

spring 2014. Because only minimal 

changes are expected after the field test, 

NCES is requesting a waiver of the 60- 

day Federal Register Notice for the fullscale collection clearance submission. 

Dated: December 14, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30633 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0070] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; School 

Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS) 

2013 and 2015 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

IES/NCES. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 


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DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

19, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0070 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: School Attendance 

Boundary Survey (SABS) 2013 and 

2015. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 13,600. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 13,600. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 

within the U.S. Department of 

Education, is requesting clearance to 

collect the boundaries for all public 

school service areas in the 50 states and 

the District of Columbia (approximately 

14,000 school districts and 100,000 

schools) in 2013 and 2015. The School 

Attendance Boundary Survey (SABS), to 

be collected on a two year cycle, will 

assign geographic school attendance 

boundaries for the public elementary 

and secondary schools included in the 

Common Core of Data (CCD) universe. 

NCES will then disseminate data from 

sources such as the American 

Community Survey (e.g. demographics 

and poverty information) mapped 

against the school boundaries. The 

NCES mapping system is the only 

system in the United States to nationally 

visually link school exact geographic 

locations to their demographic and 

economic information. 

Dated: December 14, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30632 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Indian 

Education—Demonstration Grants for 

Indian Children 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Indian 

Education—Demonstration Grants for 

Indian Children Notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2013. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.299A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: December 20, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 19, 2013. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 19, 2013. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Demonstration Grants for Indian 

Children program is to provide financial 

assistance to projects that develop, test, 

and demonstrate the effectiveness of 

services and programs to improve the 

educational opportunities and 

achievement of preschool, elementary, 

and secondary Indian students. 

Priorities: This competition contains 

two absolute priorities and two 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

the absolute priorities are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

263.21(c)(1) and (3)). In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive 

preference priorities are from sections 

7121(d)(1)(B) and 7143 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 

U.S.C. 7441(d)(1)(B) and 7473). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2013 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet one or both of the 

following priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority One 

School readiness projects that provide 

age-appropriate educational programs 

and language skills to three- and fouryear-old Indian students to prepare 

them for successful entry into school at 

the kindergarten school level. 

Absolute Priority Two 

College preparatory programs for 

secondary school students designed to 

increase competency and skills in 

challenging subject matters, including 

math and science, to enable Indian 

students to transition successfully to 

postsecondary education. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2013 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 to an 

application, depending on whether the 

application meets one or both of these 

priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority One 

We award five competitive preference 

priority points to an applicant that 

presents a plan for combining two or 

more of the activities described in 


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