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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: Indian Education 

Professional Development Grants 

Program: GPRA and Service Payback 

Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0698. 

Type of Review: extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,076. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8,580. 

Abstract: The Office of Indian 

Education Professional Development 

(OIE PD) Grants program wishes to 

implement (1) a Semi-Annual 

Participant Report (SAPR), (2) a 

Participant Follow-Up Protocol, and (3) 

an Employment Verification survey. The 

information collected through the 

SAPR, the Participant Follow-Up 

Protocol, and the Employment 

Verification Form is necessary to (1) 

assess the performance of the IE PD 

program on its Government Performance 

Results Act measures, (2) determine if IE 

PD participants are fulfilling the terms 

of their service payback requirements, 

and (3) provide project-monitoring and 

compliance information to IE PD Grants 

program staff. 

Dated: December 6, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29923 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0029] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Student Assistance General 

Provisions—Annual Fire Safety Report 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

11, 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–0029 

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 

2E105, 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: Student Assistance 

General Provisions—Annual Fire Safety 

Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0097. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of an existing collection of 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,298. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,299 . 

Abstract: As provided by the Higher 

Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the 

regulations implement changes 

requiring institutions to collect statistics 

on fires in on-campus student housing 

facilities, including the number and 

cause of each fire, the number and 

injuries related to each fire that required 

treatment at a medical facility, the 

number of deaths related to each fire, 

and the value of property damage 

caused by each fire. Institutions must 

also publish an annual fire safety report 

containing the institution’s policies 

regarding fire safety and the fire 

statistics information. Further the HEOA 

requires institutions to maintain a fire 

log that records the date, time, nature, 

and general location of each fire in oncampus student housing facilities. 

Dated: December 6, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29921 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0063] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Annual Mandatory Collection of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Data for EDFacts 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Evaluation 

and Policy Development, Department of 

Education (ED). 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

11, 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–0063 

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: Annual Mandatory 

Collection of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Data for EDFacts. 

OMB Control Number: 1875–0240. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 55. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 116,325. 

Abstract: The collection, use, and 

reporting of education data is an integral 

component of the mission of the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED). EDFacts, 

an ED initiative to put performance data 

at the center of ED’s policy, 

management, and budget decisionmaking processes for all K–12 

educational programs, has transformed 

the way in which ED collects and uses 

data. EDFacts provides an electronic 

submission system for state education 

agencies (SEAs), and centralizes within 

ED the availability of the performance 

data supplied by SEAs to enable better 

analysis and use in policy development, 

planning, and management. ED is 

currently in the process of collecting 

data for the 2010–11, 2011–12, and 

2012–13 school years as approved by 

OMB (1875–0240). ED seeks another 

three-year approval for this collection. 

The proposed collection includes the 

2013–14, 2014–15, and 2015–16 school 

years. (As part of this approval, it 

should be understood that ED is 

authorized to collect the data about 

these school years over whatever time is 

required to secure complete and 

accurate data from each state education 

agency.) ED seeks OMB approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect 

the elementary and secondary education 

data from state education agencies as 

described in the five sections of 

Attachment B that document all of the 

data groups. ED encourages the public 

to review, at a minimum, Attachment C, 

which outlines the changes between 

what is currently collected and what is 

newly proposed for collection. To the 

extent that any of these proposed new 

data groups are not available as of the 

2013–14 school year, ED seeks to know 

from the SEA data providers if those 

data will be available in future years. If 

information for a data group is not 

currently available, please provide 

information beyond the fact that it is not 

available. Are there specific 

impediments to providing this data that 

you can describe? Is the definition for 

the data group unclear or ambiguous? 

Do the requested permitted values align 

with the way your state collects the 

data? This is very important information 

because the collection of these data is 

mandatory. ED also seeks to know if the 

SEA data definitions are consistent and 

compatible with the EDFacts definitions 

and accurately reflect the way data is 

stored and used for education by state 

education agencies. The answers to 

these questions by the data providers 

will influence the timing and content of 

the final EDFacts proposal for the 

collection of these data. 

Dated: December 6, 2012. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services,Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–29924 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–OSERS–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; Title 

I State Plan for Vocational 

Rehabilitation Services and Title VI– 

Part B Supplement for Supported 

Employment Services 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

11, 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–OSERS– 

0031or 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. 

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