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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0112] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Health Education Assistance Loan 

(HEAL) Program: Lender’s Application 

for Insurance Claim Form and Request 

for Collection Assistance Form 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Federal Student Aid (FSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

proposing; an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 3, 2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0112 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 

during the comment period in this 

mailbox when the regulations.gov site is 

not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger. 

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: Health Education 

Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program: 

Lender’s Application for Insurance 

Claim Form and Request for Collection 

Assistance Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0127. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents /Affected Public: Private 

sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6,149. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,165. 

Abstract: The HEAL Lender’s 

application for Insurance Claim and the 

request for Collection Assistance forms 

are used in the administration of the 

Health Education Assistant Loan 

(HEAL) program. The HEAL program 

provided federally insured loans to 

students in certain health professions 

disciplines, and these forms are used in 

the administration of the HEAL 

program. The Lender’s Application for 

Insurance Claim is used by the lending 

institution to request payment of a claim 

by the Federal Government. The 

Request for Collection Assistance form 

is used by the lender to request 

proclaims assistance from the 

Department. Section 525 of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, 

transferred the collection of the Health 

Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) 

program loans from the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS) to 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED). 

Dated: September 30, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and approval; Comment Request; 

Progress in International Reading 

Literacy Study (PIRLS 2016) and 

ePIRLS Online Reading 2016 

Assessment Field Test and 

Recruitment for Main Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES–NCES), Department of Education 

(ED). 

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 

November 3, 2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0101 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubdzela, 202–502–7411. 

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 

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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: Progress in 

International Reading Literacy Study 

(PIRLS 2016) and ePIRLS Online 

Reading 2016 Assessment Field Test 

and Recruitment for Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0645. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,745. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,772. 

Abstract: We are announcing a second 

30-day comment period for the Progress 

in International Reading Literacy Study 

(PIRLS) 2016 Field Test to include 

ePIRLS as a new extension to PIRLS in 

2016. The additional ePIRLS assessment 

makes it possible for countries to 

understand how successful they are in 

preparing fourth grade students to read, 

comprehend, and interpret online 

information as compared to students in 

other participating countries. We 

propose to utilize the 2015 field test to 

determine feasibility of including 

ePIRLS during the PIRLS 2016 main 

study. 

The Progress in International Reading 

Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 is 

coordinated by the International 

Association for the Evaluation of 

Educational Achievement (IEA) and in 

the U.S. administered by the National 

Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

Since its inception in 2001, PIRLS has 

continued to assess students every five 

years (2001, 2006, 2011, 2016). It is 

typically administered in more than 40 

countries and provides data for 

internationally benchmarking U.S. 

performance in fourth-grade reading. 

PIRLS also collects background 

information on students, parents, 

teachers, schools, curricula, and official 

education policies. Each successive 

round of participation in PIRLS 

provides trend information about U.S. 

4th-grade students’ knowledge and 

abilities in reading relative to other 

countries, and about the cultural 

environments, teaching practices, 

curriculum goals, and institutional 

arrangements that are associated with 

student achievement, and how these 

change over time in different countries. 

This submission describes the 

overarching plan for all phases of the 

data collection, including the field test 

and the main study. The field test will 

take place in March–April, 2015, and 

the main study in the spring of 2016. 

The purpose of the PIRLS field test is to 

evaluate new assessment items and 

background questions to ensure that 

classroom and student sampling 

procedures proposed for the main study 

are successful. This submission requests 

approval for recruiting for the 2015 field 

test and 2016 main study; conducting 

the 2015 field test data collection; and 

a description of the overarching plan for 

all of the phases of the data collection, 

including the 2016 main study. 

Dated: September 30, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23641 Filed 10–2–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Announcement of an Open Public 

Hearing 

AGENCY: National Advisory Council on 

Indian Education (NACIE or Council), 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of an Open 

Public Hearing. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule of an upcoming public hearing 

conducted by a subcommittee 

comprised of NACIE members. The 

purpose of this public hearing is to 

receive public comments and/or 

recommendations and/or suggestions to 

the Council on the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

DATES: The NACIE public hearings will 

be held on: 

October 15, 2014–9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

Alaska Time Zone (AKDT) 

October 15, 2014–1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Alaska Time Zone (AKDT) 

October 16, 2014–9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 

Alaska Time Zone (AKDT) 

October 16, 2014–1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Alaska Time Zone (AKDT) 

The public hearing meeting location 

in Anchorage, Alaska is: Hotel Captain 

Cook, Voyager Room, 939 W 5th Ave, 

Anchorage, AK 99501, Phone: (907) 

276–6000 or (800)-843–1950, Fax: (907) 

343–2298. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW., Room 3E205, Washington, DC 

20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenelle Leonard, Designated Federal 

Official, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

202–205–2161. Fax: 202–205–5870. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACIE’s 

Statutory Authority and Function: The 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education is authorized by § 7141 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act. The Council is established within 

the Department of Education to advise 

the Secretary of Education on the 

funding and administration (including 

the development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act. The Council submits to 

the Congress, not later than June 30 of 

each year, a report on the activities of 

the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

One of the Council’s responsibilities 

is to develop and provide 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian 

children or adults participating in any 

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