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statutory maintenance-of-effort (MOE) 

requirements and the process through 

which a State applies for an MOE 

waiver. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 4111. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–19716 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

send e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing 

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary 

of the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: August 11, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Needs Assessment and 

Workplan Guide for the Technical 

Assistance and Continuing Education 

Program. 

Frequency: Three times per year. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 10. 

Burden Hours: 1,067. 

Abstract: Technical Assistance and 

Continuing Education Centers are 

required to conduct needs assessment of 

state vocational rehabilitation agencies 

and their partners in their regions, and 

create workplans to address the needs 

they identify. This guide establishes the 

requirements for, and information to be 

reported about, those activities. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4110. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2009–OESE–0011] 

RIN 1810–AB05 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA); Title I, Part A of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as Amended 

(ESEA); Part B, Section 611 of the 

Individuals With Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education; Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed adjustments 

to statutory caps on State 

administration. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Secretary of 

Education (Secretary) proposes to adjust 

the statutory caps on State 

administration under Title I, part A of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(Title I, part A), and part B, section 611 

of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA) with respect to 

funds available for those programs 

under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), 

Public Law 111–5. The proposed 

adjustments would allow State 

educational agencies (SEAs) to reserve 

State administrative funds from their 

fiscal year (FY) 2009 ARRA allocations 

under Title I, part A and section 611 of 

IDEA to help defray the costs of data 

collections that are specifically related 

to ARRA funding for these programs 

(including, for Title I, part A, data 

collection related to waivers). This 

notice only affects administrative costs 

for data collection under Title I, part A 

and IDEA section 611; for costs 

associated with other ARRA data 

collections, SEAs may use a portion of 

the State’s Government Services grant 

under the State Fiscal Stabilization 

Funds or funds allowable for that 

purpose under individual programs. 

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DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before September 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments by fax or by e-mail. Please 

submit your comments only one time in 

order to ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID and the term 

‘‘State Administration’’ at the top of 

your comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://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 about these proposed 

adjustments, address them to Dr. Zollie 

Stevenson, Jr., U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 3W230, Washington, DC 20202– 

7241. 

• Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy for comments received from 

members of the public (including those 

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 

http://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. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Zollie Stevenson, Jr., Telephone: (202) 

260–0826 or by e-mail: 

Zollie.Stevenson@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation 

To Comment: We invite you to submit 

comments regarding this notice. To 

ensure that your comments have 

maximum effect in developing the final 

notice, we urge you to identify clearly 

the specific proposed provision that 

each comment addresses. 

We invite you also to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

these proposed adjustments. Please let 

us know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

these programs. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice by accessing 

Regulations.gov. You may also inspect 

the comments in person, in Room 

3W100, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between the hours of 

8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, Monday through Friday of 

each week except Federal holidays. 

Assistance To Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Programs: The ARRA 

provides billions of dollars in new 

funding for education in order to ‘‘jumpstart’’ school reform efforts and to serve 

special populations while also saving 

and creating jobs and stimulating the 

economy. In particular, the ARRA 

provides $10 billion in new funding 

under Title I, part A and $11.3 billion 

in new funding under IDEA part B, 

section 611. Title I, part A provides 

assistance through SEAs to local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and schools 

with high concentrations of students 

from families that live in poverty to 

strengthen teaching and learning for 

students at risk of failing to meet State 

academic achievement standards and to 

close the achievement gap. Section 611 

of IDEA provides funds through SEAs to 

LEAs to help them ensure that children 

with disabilities, from ages three 

through 21, have access to a free 

appropriate public education to meet 

each child’s unique needs and prepare 

each child for further education, 

employment, and independent living. 

Program Authority: Division A, Title 

XV, section 1552 of the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 

Public Law 111–5; 20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

seq. (Title I, part A); 20 U.S.C. 1400 et 

seq. (IDEA section 611). 

Background 

Section 1552 of the ARRA authorizes 

the Secretary, after following the notice 

and comment rulemaking requirements 

under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 500), to ‘‘reasonably adjust 

applicable limits on administrative 

expenditures for Federal awards to help 

[States] defray the costs of data 

collection requirements initiated 

pursuant to [the ARRA].’’ Both Title I, 

part A and section 611 of IDEA, 

programs that received significant 

funding increases through the ARRA, 

have caps on the amount of funds for 

State administration that an SEA may 

reserve from its allocations for these 

programs. 

Specifically, section 1004(b) of the 

ESEA restricts the amount of funds an 

SEA may reserve for State 

administration from its Title I, part A 

allocation to no more than one percent 

of the amount the SEA would receive 

under Title I, part A, if $14 billion were 

appropriated for parts A, C, and D of 

Title I (with any SEA whose amount 

under section 1004(b) would be less 

than $400,000 permitted to reserve up to 

$400,000). The total amount 

appropriated in FY 2009 exceeds $14 

billion, triggering this cap. Similarly, 

section 611(e)(1) of IDEA restricts the 

amount of funds an SEA may reserve for 

administration of the program to not 

more than the maximum amount the 

SEA was eligible to reserve for FY 2004 

or $800,000 (adjusted annually for 

inflation), whichever is greater. (The 

Secretary is not proposing an 

adjustment to the cap on State 

administration under section 619 of 

IDEA because, under section 619(e) of 

IDEA, the Department has concluded 

that the ARRA appropriation for section 

619 results in a sufficient increase in the 

amount an SEA may reserve for State 

administration under that program.) 

The ARRA imposes a number of 

specific data collection and reporting 

requirements on an SEA that 

substantially increase its data burden in 

administering Title I, part A and IDEA 

section 611. Specifically, the ARRA data 

collection requirements affecting Title I, 

part A include, but are not limited to, 

the following: 

• Each LEA that receives Title I, part 

A ARRA funds must provide to its SEA, 

by December 1, 2009, a school-by-school 

listing of per-pupil education 

expenditures from State and local 

sources during school year 2008–09. 

The SEA, in turn, must submit this 

information to the Department by March 

31, 2010. This is a new data collection, 

as most SEAs do not currently collect 

this school-level information from their 

LEAs. 

• Under section 1512 of the ARRA, an 

SEA must report, on a quarterly basis, 

specific information regarding its 

obligation and use of Title I, part A 

ARRA funds. 

• Under 2 CFR 176.210, an SEA and 

its LEAs must track Title I, part A ARRA 

funds separately from their regular FY 

2009 allocations, which will necessitate 

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1The U.S. Department of Education’s budget page 

[available at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/ 

budget/statetables/10stbyprogram.pdf] shows the 

amount each State received in Title I, Part A ARRA 

funds. 

2The guidance provides comprehensive 

information on how to request a waiver of specific 

statutory and regulatory provisions of Title I, part 

A and is available at [http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

titleiparta/title-i-waiver.doc]. 

increased data management and 

collection. 

• An SEA will likely assume 

increased administrative responsibilities 

in a number of other areas related to 

ARRA data collection activities, 

including the following: 

Æ Providing guidance to LEAs 

regarding ARRA data quality, and 

monitoring the quality of the ARRA data 

that LEAs must provide. 

Æ Data collection related to 

monitoring and auditing LEAs’ use of 

Title I, part A ARRA funds. 

Æ Submitting requests for waivers of 

Title I, part A requirements related to 

ARRA funds. 

Æ Collecting data to address the 

criteria involving Title I, part A for 

‘‘Race to the Top’’ submissions and 

other activities. 

Æ Supporting data collection 

activities affecting Title I, part A ARRA 

funds and ARRA School Improvement 

Grants under section 1003(g) of the 

ESEA. 

Æ Addressing additional data 

collection requirements that could affect 

Title I, part A ARRA funds. 

Similarly, the ARRA data collection 

requirements affecting the programs 

funded through section 611 of IDEA 

include, but are not limited to, the 

following: 

• Under section 1512 of the ARRA, an 

SEA must report, on a quarterly basis, 

specific information regarding its 

obligation and use of IDEA section 611 

ARRA funds. 

• Under 2 CFR 176.210, an SEA and 

its LEAs must track IDEA, section 611 

ARRA funds separately from their 

regular FY 2009 allocations, which will 

necessitate increased data management 

and collection. 

• An SEA will likely assume 

increased administrative responsibilities 

in a number of other areas related to 

ARRA data collection activities, 

including the following: 

Æ Providing guidance to LEAs 

regarding ARRA data quality and 

monitoring the quality of the ARRA data 

that LEAs must provide. 

Æ Data collection related to 

monitoring and auditing LEAs’ use of 

IDEA section 611 ARRA funds. 

Æ Addressing additional data 

collection requirements that could affect 

the programs funded under section 611 

of IDEA. 

The ARRA includes additional data 

requirements that an SEA must 

implement under Title I, part A and 

IDEA section 611 that Congress could 

not have contemplated when initially 

establishing the administrative caps for 

both of these programs. In the absence 

of the ARRA, an SEA already has many 

responsibilities for ensuring that its 

LEAs carry out their Title I, part A and 

IDEA section 611 programs properly in 

order to achieve program goals and 

follow program requirements that 

require expending administrative funds 

in order to ensure that programs are 

carried out effectively. Similarly, the 

new ARRA responsibilities related to 

data collection also will require an SEA 

to expend administrative resources. 

In recognition of these additional 

ARRA administrative responsibilities 

that an SEA will assume, pursuant to 

his authority in section 1552 of the 

ARRA, the Secretary is proposing in this 

notice to adjust the caps on State 

administration under Title I, part A and 

section 611 of IDEA to help an SEA 

defray the costs of implementing the 

data collection requirements that are 

associated with the ARRA. 

We note that the proposed 

adjustments reflect the Department’s 

intention to provide SEAs with 

additional administrative funds to help 

them meet ARRA data collection 

requirements without substantially 

diminishing Title I, part A and IDEA 

section 611 resources at the LEA level. 

The Department’s proposal for Title I, 

part A and IDEA section 611 is based on 

a percentage of the amount each SEA 

receives under each of these programs 

through the ARRA. We arrived at the 

proposed percentages, floors and 

ceilings following consultations with 

staff in several SEAs, our own 

experience with data collections, a 

review of the ARRA data collection 

requirements, and consideration of the 

amounts SEAs can currently reserve for 

administration under both programs. 

The proposal includes (1) A floor to 

the amount that could be adjusted that 

would enable SEAs, on average, to add 

at least the equivalent of one additional 

full-time-equivalent (FTE) employee for 

each program, and (2) a ceiling that, 

although limiting the amount that could 

be adjusted, would enable SEAs, on 

average, to add ten FTEs for Title I, part 

A and five FTEs for IDEA section 611. 

The Department is proposing a higher 

percentage for Title I, part A than IDEA 

section 611 because there are more 

ARRA-related data collection activities 

associated with Title I, part A. 

Proposed Adjustments 

Title I, Part A: 

Notwithstanding section 1004(b) of 

the ESEA and 34 CFR 200.100(b)(3), the 

Secretary proposes under Title I, part A 

to: 

1. Provide administrative funds to 

support ARRA data collection excluding 

data collection for obtaining and 

implementing Title I, part A waivers 

related to the ARRA and maintenance 

of effort. The Secretary proposes to 

adjust the statutory cap on State 

administration under section 1004(b) of 

the ESEA to permit an SEA to reserve, 

from its FY 2009 Title I, part A 

allocation, an amount equal to or less 

than the figure shown for the SEA in 

Column 2 in Table 1 to help defray the 

costs associated with Title I, part A 

ARRA data collection. The amount 

shown in Column 2 for each State is 

equal to .3 percent of the portion of the 

State’s FY 2009 Title I, part A allocation 

attributable to the ARRA, or $600,000, 

whichever is less.1 A State’s amount in 

Column 2 is $100,000 if .3 percent of the 

State’s Title I, part A ARRA allocation 

is less than $100,000. 

2. Provide administrative funds to 

support ARRA data collection including 

data collection for obtaining and 

implementing Title I, part A waivers 

related to the ARRA and maintenance 

of effort. The Secretary proposes to 

allow an SEA that requests and receives 

a waiver under section C (Waivers 

related to Title I, part A ARRA Funds) 

or section E (Waivers of Maintenance of 

Effort for LEAs) of the Department’s 

Non-Regulatory Guidance on Title I, 

part A Waivers 2 (Title I, part A Waiver 

Guidance) to reserve a larger amount of 

additional administrative funds than it 

would otherwise be permitted to 

reserve. Specifically, in this case, the 

Secretary proposes to permit an SEA to 

reserve, from its FY 2009 Title I, part A 

allocation, an amount equal to or less 

than the figure shown for the State in 

Column 3 in Table 1. These funds can 

help defray the costs associated with 

Title I, part A ARRA data collection, 

including additional data collection 

costs that an SEA may incur in 

processing requests from its LEAs that 

wish to benefit from the SEA’s waiver. 

These additional resources also should 

provide the SEA with an incentive to 

use the process for obtaining waivers 

outlined in the Title I, part A Waiver 

Guidance. 

The amount shown in Column 3 for 

each State is equal to .5 percent of the 

portion of the State’s FY 2009 Title I, 

part A allocation attributable to the 

ARRA, or $1,000,000, whichever is less. 

A State’s amount in Column 3 is 

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$200,000 if .5 percent of the State’s Title 

I, part A ARRA allocation is less than 

$200,000. 

The amount in Column 2 or 3 that 

each SEA may reserve, as proposed in 

this notice, is in addition to the amount 

the SEA is able to reserve for State 

administration under section 1004(b) of 

the ESEA. 

Note: An SEA may only reserve additional 

funds for administration up to the amount 

shown in Column 3 if it has received a 

waiver from the Department under section C 

or E of the Title I, part A Waiver Guidance. 

An SEA that has not received such a waiver 

may only reserve additional funds for 

administration up to the amount shown in 

Column 2. (Each column represents a total; 

the amounts are not cumulative.) 

TABLE 1—(TITLE I, PART A) 

Column 1 

Column 2 

(Administrative 

funds for ARRA 

data collection 

excluding data 

collection for 

waivers)* 

Column 3 

(Administrative 

funds for ARRA 

data collection 

including data 

collection for 

waivers* 

Alabama ........................................................................................................................................................... $488,908 $814,846 

Alaska .............................................................................................................................................................. 100,000 200,000 

Arizona ............................................................................................................................................................. 585,262 975,437 

Arkansas .......................................................................................................................................................... 333,276 555,461 

California .......................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

Colorado .......................................................................................................................................................... 333,408 555,680 

Connecticut ...................................................................................................................................................... 212,143 353,571 

Delaware .......................................................................................................................................................... 100,000 200,000 

District Of Columbia ......................................................................................................................................... 112,807 200,000 

Florida .............................................................................................................................................................. 600,000 1,000,000 

Georgia ............................................................................................................................................................ 600,000 1,000,000 

Hawaii .............................................................................................................................................................. 100,000 200,000 

Idaho ................................................................................................................................................................ 104,867 200,000 

Illinois ............................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

Indiana ............................................................................................................................................................. 506,031 843,385 

Iowa ................................................................................................................................................................. 154,491 257,485 

Kansas ............................................................................................................................................................. 212,604 354,340 

Kentucky .......................................................................................................................................................... 466,044 776,739 

Louisiana .......................................................................................................................................................... 531,470 885,784 

Maine ............................................................................................................................................................... 111,553 200,000 

Maryland .......................................................................................................................................................... 407,875 679,792 

Massachusetts ................................................................................................................................................. 491,041 818,401 

Michigan ........................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

Minnesota ........................................................................................................................................................ 284,133 473,555 

Mississippi ........................................................................................................................................................ 398,665 664,442 

Missouri ............................................................................................................................................................ 443,185 738,642 

Montana ........................................................................................................................................................... 103,950 200,000 

Nebraska .......................................................................................................................................................... 143,427 239,045 

Nevada ............................................................................................................................................................. 210,378 350,631 

New Hampshire ............................................................................................................................................... 100,000 200,000 

New Jersey ...................................................................................................................................................... 548,914 914,856 

New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................... 242,410 404,017 

New York ......................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

North Carolina .................................................................................................................................................. 600,000 1,000,000 

North Dakota .................................................................................................................................................... 100,000 200,000 

Ohio ................................................................................................................................................................. 600,000 1,000,000 

Oklahoma ......................................................................................................................................................... 328,328 547,213 

Oregon ............................................................................................................................................................. 281,207 468,678 

Pennsylvania .................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

Puerto Rico ...................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

Rhode Island .................................................................................................................................................... 107,503 200,000 

South Carolina ................................................................................................................................................. 428,517 714,195 

South Dakota ................................................................................................................................................... 103,950 200,000 

Tennessee ....................................................................................................................................................... 582,225 970,374 

Texas ............................................................................................................................................................... 600,000 1,000,000 

Utah ................................................................................................................................................................. 148,609 247,681 

Vermont ........................................................................................................................................................... 100,000 200,000 

Virginia ............................................................................................................................................................. 496,056 826,760 

Washington ...................................................................................................................................................... 405,369 675,615 

West Virginia .................................................................................................................................................... 182,944 304,906 

Wisconsin ......................................................................................................................................................... 443,188 738,647 

Wyoming .......................................................................................................................................................... 100,000 200,000 

* For the purposes of this table, ‘‘waivers’’ refer to waivers described in section C or E of the Title I, part A Waiver Guidance that have been 

obtained by an SEA from the Department. 

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3The U.S. Department of Education’s budget page 

[available at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/ 

budget/statetables/10stbyprogram.pdf] shows the 

amount each State received in IDEA section 611 

ARRA funds. 

IDEA section 611: 

Notwithstanding section 611(c)(1) of 

IDEA and 34 CFR 300.704(a), the 

Secretary proposes to adjust the 

statutory cap on State administration to 

permit an SEA to reserve an amount 

from its FY 2009 IDEA section 611 

ARRA allocation equal to or less than 

the figure shown for such State in 

Column 2 in Table 2 to help defray the 

costs associated with ARRA data 

collection under IDEA section 611. The 

amount for each State shown in Column 

2 is equal to .1 percent of the portion of 

the State’s FY 2009 IDEA section 611 

allocation attributable to the ARRA, or 

$500,000, whichever is less.3 A State’s 

amount in Column 2 is $100,000 if .1 

percent of the State’s IDEA section 611 

ARRA allocation is less than $100,000. 

The amount each SEA may reserve, as 

proposed in this notice, is in addition to 

the amount the SEA is able to reserve 

for State administration under section 

611(e)(1) of the IDEA. 

TABLE 2—IDEA SECTION 611 

Column 1 Column 2 

Alabama ................................ $181,865 

Alaska ................................... 100,000 

Arizona .................................. 178,476 

Arkansas ............................... 112,178 

California ............................... 500,000 

Colorado ............................... 148,731 

Connecticut ........................... 132,971 

Delaware ............................... 100,000 

District Of Columbia ............. 100,000 

Florida ................................... 500,000 

Georgia ................................. 313,758 

Hawaii ................................... 100,000 

Idaho ..................................... 100,000 

Illinois .................................... 500,000 

Indiana .................................. 253,535 

Iowa ...................................... 122,095 

Kansas .................................. 106,872 

Kentucky ............................... 157,570 

Louisiana .............................. 188,750 

Maine .................................... 100,000 

Maryland ............................... 200,242 

Massachusetts ...................... 280,552 

Michigan ............................... 400,608 

Minnesota ............................. 189,839 

Mississippi ............................ 117,836 

Missouri ................................ 227,175 

Montana ................................ 100,000 

Nebraska .............................. 100,000 

Nevada ................................. 100,000 

New Hampshire .................... 100,000 

New Jersey ........................... 360,691 

New Mexico .......................... 100,000 

New York .............................. 500,000 

North Carolina ...................... 314,410 

North Dakota ........................ 100,000 

Ohio ...................................... 437,736 

Oklahoma ............................. 147,925 

TABLE 2—IDEA SECTION 611— 

Continued 

Column 1 Column 2 

Oregon .................................. 128,979 

Pennsylvania ........................ 427,178 

Puerto Rico ........................... 109,098 

Rhode Island ........................ 100,000 

South Carolina ...................... 173,240 

South Dakota ........................ 100,000 

Tennessee ............................ 229,613 

Texas .................................... 500,000 

Utah ...................................... 105,541 

Vermont ................................ 100,000 

Virginia .................................. 281,415 

Washington ........................... 221,357 

West Virginia ........................ 100,000 

Wisconsin ............................. 208,200 

Wyoming ............................... 100,000 

Note: The proposed adjustments in this 

notice are based on funds available to each 

State under the ARRA and do not permit an 

SEA to increase the amount available for 

State administration from its regular FY 2009 

Title I, part A allocation or its regular FY 

2009 IDEA section 611 allocation in excess 

of the respective statutory cap. Also, the 

adjustments in this notice to the amounts an 

SEA may reserve for administration under 

Title I, part A and IDEA section 611 do not 

apply to the reservation of funds for 

administration in subsequent years (i.e., Title 

I, part A and IDEA section 611 allocations for 

Federal Fiscal Year 2010 and beyond). 

Executive Order 12866: 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and 

therefore subject to the requirements of 

the Executive Order and subject to 

review by OMB. Section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866 defines a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ as an 

action likely to result in a rule that may 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local or tribal governments, or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); (2) create serious 

inconsistency or otherwise interfere 

with an action taken or planned by 

another agency; (3) materially alter the 

budgetary impacts of entitlement grants, 

user fees, or loan programs or the rights 

and obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

set forth in the Executive order. 

Pursuant to the Executive order, the 

Secretary has determined that this 

regulatory action is significant under 

section 3(f)(4) of the Executive order. 

This notice has been reviewed in 

accordance with Executive Order 12866. 

Under the terms of the order, we have 

assessed the potential costs and benefits 

of this proposed regulatory action and 

we have determined that the benefits of 

the proposed adjustments justify the 

costs. 

We have determined, also, that this 

proposed regulatory action does not 

unduly interfere with State, local, and 

tribal governments in the exercise of 

their governmental functions. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Certification: The Secretary certifies that 

this proposed regulatory action will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

The only entities affected by this 

proposed regulatory action are States, 

which are not considered small entities. 

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Dated: August 12, 2009. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

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