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the Council of Chief State School 

Officers State Policy Task Force and the 

Council of Great City Schools Trial 

Urban District Assessment (TUDA) 

Policy Task Force. Following a 15- 

minute break, the Governing Board will 

meet from 3:30 p.m. to 5:25 p.m. to 

receive a briefing on the NAEP Reading 

Framework and engage in policy 

discussions. 

From 5:25 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the 

Governing Board Chair Haley Barbour 

and Lesley Muldoon, Governing Board 

Executive Director, will discuss next 

steps and provide concluding remarks. 

The March 5, 2021 session of the 

Governing Board meeting will adjourn 

at 5:30 p.m. The Quarterly Board 

meeting and committee meeting 

agendas, together with meeting 

materials shall be posted on the 

Governing Board’s website at 

www.nagb.gov no later than Friday, 

February 26, 2021. Participation in all 

open sessions will be available via 

online registration only at 

www.nagb.gov 5 working days prior to 

each meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Virtual Meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official for the 

Governing Board, 800 North Capitol 

Street NW, Suite 825, Washington, DC 

20002, telephone: (202) 357–6938, fax: 

(202) 357–6945, email: 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Governing Board is established 

under the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress Authorization Act, 

Title III of Pub. L. 107–279. Information 

on the Governing Board and its work 

can be found at www.nagb.gov. 

The Governing Board is established to 

formulate policy for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) administered by the National 

Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

The Governing Board’s responsibilities 

include the following: (1) Selecting 

subject areas to be assessed; (2) 

developing assessment frameworks and 

specifications; (3) developing 

appropriate student achievement levels 

for each grade and subject tested; (4) 

developing standards and procedures 

for interstate and national comparisons; 

(5) improving the form and use of 

NAEP; (6) developing guidelines for 

reporting and disseminating results; and 

(7) releasing initial NAEP results to the 

public. 

Written comments related to the work 

of the Governing Board may be 

submitted electronically or in hard copy 

to the attention of the Executive Officer/ 

Designated Federal Official (see contact 

information noted above). 

Public Participation: The public may 

access and participate in the open 

sessions of the meeting via advance 

registration. A link to the registration 

page will be posted on www.nagb.gov 

five working days prior to each meeting 

date. 

Access to Records of the Meeting: 

Pursuant to FACA requirements, the 

public may also inspect the meeting 

materials at www.nagb.gov five working 

days prior to each meeting. The official 

verbatim transcripts of the public 

meeting sessions will be available for 

public inspection no later than 30 

calendar days following each meeting. 

Reasonable Accommodations: The 

meeting is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. If you will need an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format), notify the contact 

person listed in this notice no later than 

ten working days prior to each meeting. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations is available 

via the Federal Digital System at: 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 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 Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the Adobe website. 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. 

Authority: Pub. L. 107–279, Title III— 

National Assessment of Educational Progress 

§ 301. 

Lesley Muldoon, 

Executive Director, National Assessment 

Governing Board (NAGB), U. S. Department 

of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04288 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

American Indian Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a reinstatement without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

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 information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Steve 

Sniegoski, 202–453–7542. 

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 


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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: American Indian 

Tribally Controlled Colleges and 

Universities Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0817. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement 

without change of a previously 

approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 70. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 840. 

Abstract: The information is required 

of institutions of higher education that 

apply for grants under the Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities 

Program authorized under Title III, Parts 

A and F, of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended. This information will 

be used in making funding 

recommendations. This collection is 

being submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection request. 

Dated: February 25, 2021. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04252 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0186] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Survey on Use of Funds Under Title II, 

Part A 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

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 information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Andrew Brake, 

202–453–6136. 

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: Survey on Use of 

Funds Under Title II, Part A. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–New. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 52. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 416. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department) is 

requesting clearance to continue 

collecting data from states annually 

about how Title II, Part A funds are 

used; how funds are used to improve 

equitable access to teachers for-low 

income and minority students; and 

where applicable, evaluation and 

retention data for teachers, principals, 

and other school leaders. The reporting 

requirements are outlined in Section 

2104(a) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as 

authorized by the Every Student 

Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA). 

The survey will include the universe 

of states, the District of Columbia, and 

Puerto Rico. The information obtained 

from the survey will provide the 

Department with a description of how 

Title II, Part A State activities funds are 

used by teach State. In addition, the 

survey will provide data on teacher, 

principal, and other school leader 

evaluation and retention. The survey 

will be sent to State Title II, Part A 

coordinators in each of the 50 states, 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

The survey will be administered using 

an electronic instrument. 

Dated: February 24, 2021. 

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. 2021–04172 Filed 3–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0195] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Blue Ribbon Schools Program 

AGENCY: Office of Communication and 

Outreach (OCO), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

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 information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 


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