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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0048] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education (OVAE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a 

new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 10, 2012. 

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–0048 

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: Perkins 

Discretionary Grant Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: New collection; 

request for a new OMB Control Number. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 88. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,556. 

Abstract: The Perkins Discretionary 

Grant Performance Report form and 

instructions will be used by grantees to 

meet Department of Education deadline 

dates for submission of performance and 

financial reports for the Office of 

Vocational Adult Education (OVAE) 

Division of Academic and Technical 

Education (DATE) discretionary grant 

programs, as required by the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations (EDGAR 34 CFR 74.51, 

74.52, 75.118, 75.253, 75.590, and 

80.40). The Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report will be used by 

OVAE discretionary grant recipients in 

lieu of the ED 524B Grant Performance 

Report and instructions because the ED 

524B is not compatible with OVAE– 

DATE’s new Perkins Information 

Management System. Recipients of 

multi-year discretionary grants must 

submit interim performance reports, 

usually annually, for each year funding 

has been approved in order to receive a 

continuation award. The annual 

performance report should demonstrate 

whether substantial progress has been 

made toward meeting the approved 

goals and objectives of the project. 

OVAE also requires recipients of 

‘forward funded’ grants that are 

awarded funds for their entire multiyear project up-front in a single grant 

award to submit an annual performance 

report. The Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report will be used for 

interim and final performance reporting. 

In both the annual and final 

performance reports, grantees are 

required to provide data on established 

performance measures for the grant 

program (e.g., Government Performance 

and Results Act measures) and on 

project performance measures that were 

included in the grantee’s approved grant 

application, in order to demonstrate 

project success, impact and outcomes. 

The Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report form will also be 

used by grant recipients for other 

interim reporting such as quarterly or 

semi-annual performance and/or 

financial reporting. 

Dated: November 2, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27239 Filed 11–7–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0049] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Form for 

Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests 

Under the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, As Amended 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education (OESE). 

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 January 

7, 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–0049 

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, 


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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: Form for 

Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests 

Under the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0693. 

Type of Review: Extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 202. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,360 

Abstract: Section 9521(a) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) 

provides that a local educational agency 

(LEA) may receive funds under Title I, 

Part A and other ESEA covered 

programs for any fiscal year only if the 

State educational agency (SEA) finds 

that either the combined fiscal effort per 

student or the aggregate expenditures of 

the LEA with respect to the provision of 

free public education by the LEA for the 

preceding fiscal year was not less than 

90 percent of the combined fiscal effort 

or aggregate expenditures for the second 

preceding fiscal year. This provision is 

the maintenance of effort (MOE) 

requirement for LEAs under the ESEA. 

If an LEA fails to meet the MOE 

requirement, under section 9521(b) of 

the ESEA, the SEA must reduce the 

amount of funds allocated under the 

programs covered by the MOE 

requirement in any fiscal year in the 

exact proportion by which the LEA fails 

to maintain effort by falling below 90 

percent of either the combined fiscal 

effort per student or aggregate 

expenditures. In reducing an LEA’s 

allocation because it failed to meet the 

MOE requirement, the SEA uses the 

measure most favorable to the LEA. 

Section 9521(c) gives ED the authority 

to waive the ESEA’s MOE requirement 

for an LEA if it would be equitable to 

grant the waiver due to an exceptional 

or uncontrollable circumstance such as 

a natural disaster or a precipitous 

decline in the LEA’s financial resources. 

Once an MOE waiver is granted, the 

reduction required by section 9521(b) 

does not occur for that year. To review 

MOE waiver requests, ED relies 

primarily on expenditure, revenue, and 

other data relevant to an LEA’s request 

provided by the SEA. To assist SEAs 

with submitting this information, ED 

developed an MOE waiver form as part 

of the 2009 Title I, Part A Waiver 

Guidance, which covered a range of 

waivers that ED invited at that time. The 

purpose of this collection is to renew 

approval for the MOE waiver form. ED 

believes that the proposed form, which 

is slightly modified from the currently 

approved version, will enable an SEA to 

provide the information needed in an 

efficient manner. 

Dated: November 2, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27327 Filed 11–7–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No: ED–2012–OSERS–0037] 

Request for Information on the Future 

Direction of the Rehabilitation Training 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The Department is requesting 

input to revitalize its training and 

technical assistance (TA) activities 

funded under the Rehabilitation 

Training Program. The Department will 

use the information and data gathered in 

response to this notice to support the 

design and implementation of future 

training and TA that is aligned with the 

current and future economic trends, 

reflects the needs of vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) consumers and 

ensures that VR counselors are 

equipped with new and emerging skills. 

The goal of these training and TA 

activities is to increase the achievement 

of high-quality integrated employment 

for individuals with disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your 

submission at or before January 7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your response to 

this RFI through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

We will not accept submissions by fax 

or by email. To ensure that we do not 

receive duplicate copies, please submit 

your comments only one time. In 

addition, please include the Docket ID 

and the term ‘‘Future Direction of the 

Rehabilitation Training Program’’ at the 

top of your comments. 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘How To Use This Site.’’ 

Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or 

Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments, address them to 

Roseann Ashby, Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Attention: Future Direction of 

Rehabilitation Training Program, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Room 5055, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy for comments received from 

members of the public (including 

comments submitted by mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery) 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing in their entirety on 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available on the Internet. 

Given the subject matter, some 

comments may include proprietary 

information as it relates to confidential 

commercial information. The Freedom 

of Information Act defines ‘‘confidential 

commercial information’’ as information 

the disclosure of which could 

reasonably be expected to cause 

substantial competitive harm. You may 

wish to request that we not disclose 

what you regard as confidential 

commercial information. 

To assist us in making a 

determination on your request, we 

encourage you to identify in your 

submission any specific information 

that you consider confidential 

commercial information. Please list the 

information by page and paragraph 

numbers. 


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