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measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects such as 

evaluating whether project goals and 

target outcomes are met and quality of 

the Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials (ETechM2) for Individuals 

with Disabilities Program. These 

measures are: 

• Program Performance Measure 1: 

The percentage of ETechM2 Program 

products and services judged to be of 

high quality by an independent review 

panel of experts qualified to review the 

substantial content of the products and 

services. 

• Program Performance Measure 2: 

The percentage of ETechM2 Program 

products and services judged to be of 

high relevance to improving outcomes 

for infants, toddlers, children, and 

youth with disabilities. 

• Program Performance Measure 3: 

The percentage of ETechM2 Program 

products and services judged to be 

useful in improving results for infants, 

toddlers, children, and youth with 

disabilities. 

• Program Performance Measure 4.1: 

The Federal cost per unit of accessible 

educational materials funded by the 

ETechM2 Program. 

• Program Performance Measure 4.2: 

The Federal cost per unit of accessible 

educational materials from the National 

Instructional Materials Accessibility 

Center funded by the ETechM2 

Program. 

• Program Performance Measure 4.3: 

The Federal cost per unit of video 

description funded by the ETechM2 

Program. 

These measures apply to projects 

funded under this competition, and 

grantees are required to submit data on 

these measures as directed by OSEP. 

Grantees will be required to report 

information on their project’s 

performance in annual performance 

reports and additional performance data 

to the Department (34 CFR 75.590 and 

75.591). 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Mark Schultz, 

Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration. Delegated the authority to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28345 Filed 12–18–20; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2020–SCC–0196] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Public Education Financial 

Survey (NPEFS) 2019–2021: Common 

Core of Data (CCD) 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES), Department of Education 

(ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

seeking public comment on proposed 

changes to a currently existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

21, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

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) 

changes that are 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: National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 

2019–2021: Common Core of Data 

(CCD). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0067. 

Type of Review: A change to a 

currently existing information 

collection. 


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Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,738. 

Abstract: The National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is 

the Nation’s only source of annual 

statistical information about total 

revenues and expenditures for public 

elementary and secondary education at 

the state level. NCES collects data 

annually from SEAs under Section 

153(a)(1)(I) of the Education Sciences 

Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 

9543(a)(1)(I), which authorizes NCES to 

gather data on the financing and 

management of education. NCES and 

the Economic Reimbursable Surveys 

Division of the U.S. Census Bureau 

collaborate to collect public education 

finance data. The U.S. Census Bureau 

(Census), Governments Division, 

administers the NPEFS data collection 

for NCES under interagency agreement. 

NPEFS provides detailed finance data 

at the state level, including average 

daily attendance; school district 

revenues by source (local, state, and 

federal); and expenditures by function 

(instruction, support services, and noninstruction), sub function (e.g., school 

administration), and object (e.g., 

salaries). This survey also includes 

capital outlay and debt service 

expenditures. The NPEFS includes data 

on all public schools from the 50 states, 

the District of Columbia, American 

Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands. NPEFS serves as both a 

statistical and an administrative 

collection used for a number of federal 

program funding allocations. 

In 2019, NCES requested an extension 

of approval for the NPEFS data 

collection, OMB Control Number 1850– 

0067. NPEFS is an annual collection of 

state-level finance data that have been a 

component of NCES’s Common Core of 

Data (CCD) since FY 1982 (covering 

school year 1981/82). On August 22, 

2019, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approved the collection 

of state-level finance data for the data 

collections of FY 19–FY 21 data. The 

expiration date is August 31, 2022. The 

statistical uses of NPEFS were 

previously set forth in National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 

2019–2021: Common Core of Data 

(CCD), Supporting Statement Part A, 

OMB# 1850–0067 v.17. 

This submission for 30-day public 

review requests changes to the National 

Public Education Financial Survey 

(NPEFS) data collection. As a direct 

result of the COVID–19 circumstances, 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) is requesting to: 

1. Amend the instructions for Average 

Daily Attendance (ADA) on NPEFS; 

2. Obtain approval to send a letter to 

Chief State School Officers (CSSOs) and 

State Fiscal Coordinators pertaining to 

ADA; 

3. Amend the data plan for NPEFS; 

4. Add certain data items to NPEFS; 

5. Make other small changes to FY 20 

NPEFS, based on regular 

communication with state fiscal 

coordinators; and 

6. Change the estimated respondent 

burden and the costs to the federal 

government incurred by the above 

changes. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28257 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

online virtual meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Northern New Mexico. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of this conference call be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, January 13, 2021; 

1:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

virtually via Webex. To attend, please 

contact Menice Santistevan by email, 

Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov, no 

later than 5:00 p.m. MST on Monday, 

January 11, 2021. 

To Sign Up For Public Comment: 

Please contact Menice Santistevan by 

email, Menice.Santistevan@em.doe.gov, 

no later than 5:00 p.m. MST on Monday, 

January 11, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Menice Santistevan, Northern New 

Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board 

(NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road, 

Santa Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 995– 

0393 or Email: Menice.Santistevan@

em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order 

• Welcome and Introductions 

• Roll Call 

• Overview and Approval of Agenda 

• Approval of November 18, 2020 

Minutes 

• Old Business 

Æ Report from NNMCAB Chair and Vice 

Chair 

Æ Report from Committee Chairs 

Æ Consideration and Action on Draft 

Recommendation 2020–03: Need for 

Native America, Hispanic, and Other 

Traditional Lifestyle Special 

Pathways Exposure Scenario for EM 

Los Alamos Field Office Campaigns 

[tabled during November 18, 2020 

meeting] 

Æ Other Items 

• New Business 

• Presentation on Legacy Transition 

Materials Project 

• Update from EM Los Alamos Field 

Office 

• Update from NNMCAB Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Update from N3B 

• Update from New Mexico 

Environment Department 

• Presentation on N3B Labor Force 

Demographics 

• Public Comment Period 

• February 2021 Meeting Schedule and 

Presentation Requests 

• Wrap-Up and Comments from 

NNMCAB Members 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The online 

virtual meeting is open to the public. 

Written statements may be filed with 

the Board either before or within five 

days after the meeting by sending them 

to Menice Santistevan at the 

aforementioned email address. The 

Deputy Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the conference 

call in a fashion that will facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Menice Santistevan at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Minutes and other Board 

documents are on the internet at: 

https://www.energy.gov/em/nnmcab/ 

meeting-materials. 


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