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Background 

Title V of the Trade and Development 

Act of 2000 (the Act) created two tariff 

rate quotas (TRQs), providing for 

temporary reductions in the import 

duties on limited quantities of two 

categories of worsted wool fabrics 

suitable for use in making suits, suittype jackets, or trousers: (1) For worsted 

wool fabric with average fiber diameters 

greater than 18.5 microns (Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTS) heading 9902.51.11); and (2) for 

worsted wool fabric with average fiber 

diameters of 18.5 microns or less (HTS 

heading 9902.51.12). On August 6, 2002, 

President Bush signed into law the 

Trade Act of 2002, which includes 

several amendments to Title V of the 

Act. On December 3, 2004, the Act was 

further amended pursuant to the 

Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004, Public 

Law 108–429, by increasing the TRQ for 

worsted wool fabric with average fiber 

diameters greater than 18.5 microns, 

HTS 9902.51.11, to an annual total level 

of 5.5 million square meters, and 

extending it through 2007, and 

increasing the TRQ for average fiber 

diameters of 18.5 microns or less, HTS 

9902.51.15 (previously 9902.51.12), to 

an annual total level of 5 million square 

meters and extending it through 2006. 

On August 17, 2006 the Act was further 

amended pursuant to the Pension 

Protection Act of 2006, Public Law 109– 

280, which extended both TRQs, 

9902.51.11 and 9902.51.15, through 

2009. The Emergency Economic 

Stabilization Act of 2008 extended the 

TRQ for both HTS through 2014. 

The Act requires that the TRQs be 

allocated to persons who cut and sew 

men’s and boys’ worsted wool suits, 

suit-type jackets and trousers in the 

United States. On October 24, 2005, the 

Department adopted final regulations 

establishing procedures for allocating 

the TRQ. See 70 FR 61363; 19 CFR 335. 

In order to be eligible for an allocation, 

an applicant must submit an application 

on the form provided at http:// 

web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/wooltrq.nsf/ 

TRQApp to the address listed above by 

5 p.m. on October 2, 2009 in compliance 

with the requirements of 15 CFR 335. 

Any business confidential information 

that is marked business confidential 

will be kept confidential and protected 

from disclosure to the full extent 

permitted by law. 

Dated: August 27, 2009. 

Kim Glas, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and 

Apparel. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. CPSC–2009–0067] 

Third Party Testing for Certain 

Children’s Products; Notice of 

Requirements for Accreditation of 

Third Party Conformity Assessment 

Bodies to Assess Conformity With 

Parts 1203, 1510, 1512, and/or 1513 

and Section 1500.86(a)(7) and/or (a)(8) 

of Title 16, Code of Federal 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of requirements. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

is issuing a notice of requirements that 

provides the criteria and process for 

Commission acceptance of accreditation 

of third party conformity assessment 

bodies for testing pursuant to specific 

CPSC regulations relating to bicycle 

helmets, dive sticks and similar articles, 

rattles, bicycles, and bunk beds. The 

Commission is issuing this notice of 

requirements pursuant to section 

14(a)(3)(B)(vi) of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(3)(B)(vi)). 

DATES: Effective Date: The requirements 

for accreditation of third party 

conformity assessment bodies for testing 

to 16 CFR parts 1203, 1510, 1512, and/ 

or 1513; and/or 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(7) 

and (a)(8) are effective upon publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. 

Comments in response to this notice 

of requirements should be submitted by 

October 2, 2009. Comments on this 

notice should be captioned ‘‘Third Party 

Conformity Assessment Body 

Accreditation Process for 16 CFR parts 

1203, 1510, 1512, and/or 1513; and/or 

16 CFR 1500.86(a)(7) and (a)(8).’’ 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2009– 

0067, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

To ensure timely processing of 

comments, the Commission is no longer 

accepting comments submitted by 

electronic mail (e-mail) except through 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: Mail/Hand delivery/ 

Courier (for paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions), preferably in five copies, 

to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, Room 502, 

4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice of 

requirements. All comments received 

may be posted without change, 

including any personal identifiers, 

contact information, or other personal 

information provided, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information electronically. 

Such information should be submitted 

in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert ‘‘Jay’’ Howell, Assistant 

Executive Director for Hazard 

Identification and Reduction, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20814; e-mail 

rhowell@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The Consumer Product Safety Act 

(‘‘CPSA’’), at section 14(a)(3)(B)(vi), as 

added by section 102(a)(2) of the 

Consumer Product Safety Improvement 

Act of 2008 (‘‘CPSIA’’), Public Law 110– 

314, directs the CPSC to publish a 

notice of requirements for accreditation 

of third party conformity assessment 

bodies (also referred to as ‘‘third party 

laboratories’’) to assess children’s 

products for conformity with ‘‘other 

children’s product safety rules.’’ Section 

14(f)(1) of the CPSA defines ‘‘children’s 

product safety rule’’ as ‘‘a consumer 

product safety rule under [the CPSA] or 

similar rule, regulation, standard, or ban 

under any other Act enforced by the 

Commission, including a rule declaring 

a consumer product to be a banned 

hazardous product or substance.’’ Under 

section 14(a)(3)(A) of the CPSA, each 

manufacturer (including the importer) 

or private labeler of products subject to 

those regulations must have products 

that are manufactured more than 90 

days after the Federal Register 

publication date of this notice tested by 

a third party conformity assessment 

body accredited to do so and must issue 

a certificate of compliance with the 

applicable regulations based on that 

testing. (The Commission notes, 

however, that in the Federal Register of 

February 9, 2009 (74 FR 6396), the 

Commission announced a stay of 


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enforcement of certain provisions of 

section 14(a) of the CPSA; the stay 

applies to the testing that would result 

from this notice of requirements.) 

Section 14(a)(2) of the CPSA, as added 

by section 102(a)(2) of the CPSIA, 

requires that certification be based on 

testing of sufficient samples of the 

product, or samples that are identical in 

all material respects to the product. The 

Commission also emphasizes that, 

irrespective of certification, the product 

in question must comply with 

applicable CPSC requirements (see, e.g., 

section 14(h) of the CPSA, as added by 

section 102(b) of the CPSIA). 

The Commission also is recognizing 

limited circumstances in which it will 

accept certifications if the product was 

tested on or after May 16, 2008 (90 days 

before the CPSIA’s enactment) by a third 

party conformity assessment body that 

the CPSC accepts as being accredited by 

December 31, 2009 or 30 days before the 

Commission terminates the stay of 

enforcement that was originally 

announced in the Federal Register on 

February 9, 2009 (74 FR 6396), 

whichever date is later. This policy will 

apply to prior testing by independent 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies and by government-owned or 

government-controlled conformity 

assessment bodies, but not to 

‘‘firewalled’’ conformity assessment 

bodies. 

This notice provides the criteria and 

process for Commission acceptance of 

accreditation of third party conformity 

assessment bodies for testing pursuant 

to the following regulations: 

• 16 CFR part 1203, Safety Standard 

for Bicycle Helmets (insofar as bicycle 

helmets that are ‘‘children’s products’’ 

are concerned); 

• 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(7) and (a)(8), 

Exemptions from Classification as a 

Banned Toy or other Banned Article for 

use by Children. (The cited provisions 

pertain to dive sticks and ‘‘similar 

articles.’’); 

• 16 CFR part 1510, Requirements for 

Rattles; 

• 16 CFR part 1512, Requirements for 

Bicycles (insofar as bicycles that are 

‘‘children’s products’’ are concerned); 

and/or 

• 16 CFR part 1513, Requirements for 

Bunk Beds. 

Although section 14(a)(3)(B)(vi) of the 

CPSA directs the CPSC to publish a 

notice of requirements for accreditation 

of third party conformity assessment 

bodies to assess conformity with ‘‘all 

other children’s product safety rules,’’ 

this notice of requirements is limited to 

the regulations identified immediately 

above. 

Section 14(a)(3)(B)(vi) of the CPSA is 

captioned as ‘‘All Other Children’s 

Product Safety Rules,’’ but the body of 

the statutory requirement refers only to 

‘‘other children’s product safety rules.’’ 

Nevertheless, section 14(a)(3)(B)(vi) of 

the CPSA could be construed as 

requiring a notice of requirements for 

‘‘all’’ other children’s product safety 

rules, rather than a notice of 

requirements for ‘‘some’’ or ‘‘certain’’ 

children’s product safety rules. 

However, whether a particular rule 

represents a ‘‘children’s product safety 

rule’’ may be subject to interpretation, 

and the Commission staff is continuing 

to evaluate which rules, regulations, 

standards, or bans are ‘‘children’s 

product safety rules.’’ The CPSC intends 

to issue additional notices of 

requirements for other rules which the 

Commission determines to be 

‘‘children’s product safety rules.’’ 

This notice of requirements applies to 

all third party conformity assessment 

bodies as described in section 14(f)(2) of 

the CPSA. Generally speaking, such 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies are: (1) Third party conformity 

assessment bodies that are not owned, 

managed, or controlled by a 

manufacturer or private labeler of a 

children’s product to be tested by the 

third party conformity assessment body 

for certification purposes; (2) 

‘‘firewalled’’ conformity assessment 

bodies (those that are owned, managed, 

or controlled by a manufacturer or 

private labeler of a children’s product to 

be tested by the third party conformity 

assessment body for certification 

purposes and that seek accreditation 

under the additional statutory criteria 

for ‘‘firewalled’’ conformity assessment 

bodies); and (3) third party conformity 

assessment bodies owned or controlled, 

in whole or in part, by a government. 

The Commission requires baseline 

accreditation of each category of third 

party conformity assessment body to the 

International Organization for 

Standardization (‘‘ISO’’) Standard ISO/ 

IEC 17025:2005, ‘‘General Requirements 

for the Competence of Testing and 

Calibration Laboratories.’’ The 

accreditation must be by an 

accreditation body that is a signatory to 

the International Laboratory 

Accreditation Cooperation-Mutual 

Recognition Arrangement (‘‘ILAC– 

MRA’’), and the scope of the 

accreditation must include testing for 

any of the regulations identified earlier 

in part I of this document for which the 

third party conformity assessment body 

seeks to be accredited. 

(A description of the history and 

content of the ILAC–MRA approach and 

of the requirements of the ISO/IEC 

17025:2005 laboratory accreditation 

standard is provided in the CPSC staff 

briefing memorandum ‘‘Third Party 

Conformity Assessment Body 

Accreditation Requirements for Testing 

Compliance with 16 CFR part 1501 

(Small Parts Regulation),’’ dated 

November 2008 and available on the 

CPSC’s Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/ 

library/foia/foia09/brief/smallparts.pdf.) 

The Commission has established an 

electronic accreditation registration and 

listing system that can be accessed via 

its Web site. 

This notice of requirements is 

effective on September 2, 2009. 

However, the CPSC will stay its 

enforcement of this notice of 

requirements at least until February 10, 

2010; the date reflects the stay of 

enforcement that the CPSC published in 

the Federal Register on February 9, 

2009 (74 FR 6396). Nevertheless, the 

Commission invites comments on the 

accreditation procedures as they apply 

to that testing and on the accreditation 

approach in general. 

This notice of requirements is exempt 

from the notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements of the 

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 

553 (see section 14(a)(3)(G) of the CPSA, 

as added by section 102(a)(2) of the 

CPSIA (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(3)(G))). 

II. Accreditation Requirements 

A. Baseline Third Party Conformity 

Assessment Body Accreditation 

Requirements 

For a third party conformity 

assessment body to be accredited to test 

children’s products for conformity with 

the regulations identified earlier in part 

I of this document, it must be accredited 

by an ILAC–MRA signatory accrediting 

body, and the accreditation must be 

registered with, and accepted by, the 

Commission. A listing of ILAC–MRA 

signatory accrediting bodies is available 

on the Internet at http://ilac.org/ 

membersbycategory.html. The 

accreditation must be to ISO Standard 

ISO/IEC 17025:2005, ‘‘General 

Requirements for the Competence of 

Testing and Calibration Laboratories,’’ 

and the scope of the accreditation must 

expressly include testing to 16 CFR 

parts 1203, 1510, 1512, and/or 1513; 

and/or 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(7) and (a)(8). 

A true copy, in English, of the 

accreditation and scope documents 

demonstrating compliance with these 

requirements must be registered with 

the Commission electronically. The 

additional requirements for 

accreditation of firewalled and 

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bodies are described in parts II.B and 

II.C of this document below. 

The Commission will maintain on its 

Web site an up-to-date listing of third 

party conformity assessment bodies 

whose accreditations it has accepted 

and the scope of each accreditation. 

Subject to the limited provisions for 

acceptance of ‘‘retrospective’’ testing 

performed by other than firewalled 

conformity assessment bodies noted in 

part IV below, once the Commission 

adds a third party conformity 

assessment body to that list, the third 

party conformity assessment body may 

commence testing of children’s products 

to support certification by the 

manufacturer or private labeler of 

compliance with the regulations 

identified earlier in part I of this 

document. 

B. Additional Accreditation 

Requirements for Firewalled Conformity 

Assessment Bodies 

In addition to the baseline 

accreditation requirements in part II.A 

of this document above, firewalled 

conformity assessment bodies seeking 

accredited status must submit to the 

Commission copies, in English, of their 

training documents showing how 

employees are trained to notify the 

Commission immediately and 

confidentially of any attempt by the 

manufacturer, private labeler, or other 

interested party to hide or exert undue 

influence over the third party 

conformity assessment body’s test 

results. This additional requirement 

applies to any third party conformity 

assessment body in which a 

manufacturer or private labeler of a 

children’s product to be tested by the 

third party conformity assessment body 

owns an interest of ten percent or more. 

While the Commission is not addressing 

common parentage of a third party 

conformity assessment body and a 

children’s product manufacturer at this 

time, it will be vigilant to see if this 

issue needs to be addressed in the 

future. 

As required by section 14(f)(2)(D) of 

the CPSA, the Commission must 

formally accept, by order, the 

accreditation application of a third party 

conformity assessment body before the 

third party conformity assessment body 

can become an accredited firewalled 

conformity assessment body. 

C. Additional Accreditation 

Requirements for Governmental 

Laboratories 

In addition to the baseline 

accreditation requirements of part II.A 

of this document above, the CPSIA 

permits accreditation of a third party 

conformity assessment body owned or 

controlled, in whole or in part, by a 

government if: 

• To the extent practicable, 

manufacturers or private labelers 

located in any nation are permitted to 

choose conformity assessment bodies 

that are not owned or controlled by the 

government of that nation; 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body’s testing results are not 

subject to undue influence by any other 

person, including another governmental 

entity; 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body is not accorded more 

favorable treatment than other third 

party conformity assessment bodies in 

the same nation who have been 

accredited; 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body’s testing results are 

accorded no greater weight by other 

governmental authorities than those of 

other accredited third party conformity 

assessment bodies; and 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body does not exercise 

undue influence over other 

governmental authorities on matters 

affecting its operations or on decisions 

by other governmental authorities 

controlling distribution of products 

based on outcomes of the third party 

conformity assessment body’s 

conformity assessments. 

The Commission will accept the 

accreditation of a governmental third 

party conformity assessment body if it 

meets the baseline accreditation 

requirements of part II.A of this 

document above and meets the 

additional conditions stated here. To 

obtain this assurance, CPSC staff will 

engage the governmental entities 

relevant to the accreditation request. 

III. How Does a Third Party Conformity 

Assessment Body Apply for Acceptance 

of Its Accreditation? 

The Commission has established an 

electronic accreditation acceptance and 

registration system accessed via the 

Commission’s Internet site at http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/businfo/labaccred.html. 

The applicant provides, in English, 

basic identifying information 

concerning its location, the type of 

accreditation it is seeking, and 

electronic copies of its ILAC–MRA 

accreditation certificate and scope 

statement, and firewalled third party 

conformity assessment body training 

document(s), if relevant. 

Commission staff will review the 

submission for accuracy and 

completeness. In the case of baseline 

third party conformity assessment 

bodies and government-owned or 

government-operated conformity 

assessment bodies, when that review 

and any necessary discussions with the 

applicant are satisfactorily completed, 

the third party conformity assessment 

body in question is added to the CPSC’s 

list of accredited third party conformity 

assessment bodies at http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/businfo/labaccred.html. 

In the case of a firewalled conformity 

assessment body seeking accredited 

status, when the staff’s review is 

complete, the staff transmits its 

recommendation on accreditation to the 

Commission for consideration. (A third 

party conformity assessment body that 

may ultimately seek acceptance as a 

firewalled third party conformity 

assessment body also can initially 

request acceptance as a third party 

conformity assessment body accredited 

for testing of children’s products other 

than those of its owners.) If the 

Commission accepts a staff 

recommendation to accredit a firewalled 

conformity assessment body, the 

firewalled conformity assessment body 

will then be added to the CPSC’s list of 

accredited third party conformity 

assessment bodies. In each case, the 

Commission will notify the third party 

conformity assessment body 

electronically of acceptance of its 

accreditation. All information to 

support an accreditation acceptance 

request must be provided in the English 

language. 

Subject to the limited provisions for 

acceptance of ‘‘retrospective’’ testing 

performed by other than accredited 

firewalled conformity assessment bodies 

noted in part IV of this document below, 

once the Commission adds a third party 

conformity assessment body to the list, 

the third party conformity assessment 

body may then begin testing of 

children’s products to support 

certification of compliance with the 

regulations identified earlier in part I of 

this document for which it has been 

accredited. 

IV. Limited Acceptance of Children’s 

Product Certifications Based on Third 

Party Conformity Assessment Body 

Testing Prior to the Commission’s 

Acceptance of Accreditation 

The Commission will accept a 

certificate of compliance with 16 CFR 

Parts 1203, 1510, 1512, and/or 1513; 

and/or 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(7) and (a)(8) 

based on testing performed by an 

accredited third party or governmental 

third party conformity assessment body: 

• On or after May 16, 2008 (90 days 

before the CPSIA’s enactment) and 

through the expiration of the stay of 

enforcement announced in the Federal 


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Register on February 9, 2009 (74 FR 

6396), and 

• Before the Commission’s 

acceptance of the third party conformity 

assessment body’s preexisting 

accreditation, 

provided that accreditation is accepted 

by December 31, 2009 or 30 days before 

the Commission terminates the stay of 

enforcement that was originally 

announced in the Federal Register on 

February 9, 2009 (74 FR 6396), 

whichever date is later, if: 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body was ISO/IEC 17025 

accredited by an ILAC–MRA member at 

the time of the test; 

• The accreditation scope in effect for 

the third party conformity assessment 

body at that time expressly included 

testing to the regulations identified 

earlier in part I of this document; 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body’s accreditation 

application is received by the 

Commission under the procedures of 

this notice by November 2, 2009; and 

• The third party conformity 

assessment body’s accreditation and 

inclusion of the regulations identified 

earlier in part I of this document in its 

scope remains in effect through the 

effective date for mandatory third party 

testing and manufacturer/private labeler 

certification for the relevant rule 

identified in this document. 

Testing performed by a firewalled 

conformity assessment body before the 

Commission’s acceptance of its 

accreditation cannot be used as the basis 

for certification by a manufacturer or 

private labeler having a ten percent or 

greater ownership interest in the third 

party conformity assessment body. 

Dated: August 27, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection requests. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: An emergency review has been 

requested in accordance with the Act 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), due to an 

unanticipated event. Approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has been requested by September 

30, 2009. A regular clearance process is 

also beginning. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

November 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the emergency review 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 or e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that the Director of OMB provide 

interested Federal agencies and the 

public an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(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 Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Service, Office of Management, 

publishes this notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests at the beginning of the 

Departmental review of the information 

collection. 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. ED invites 

public comment. 

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 respondents, including the 

use of information technology. 

Dated: August 28, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and 

Policy Development 

Type of Review: Emergency. 

Title: Study of School-Level 

Expenditures. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: SEAs and Local 

governments. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 13,158. 

Burden Hours: 562,136. 

Abstract: The purpose of this data 

collection is to meet the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

requirement for States and school 

districts to submit a school-by-school 

listing of school-level expenditures from 

State and local funds for the 2008–09 

school year. These data will be used to 

examine the extent to which schoollevel education resources are distributed 

equitably within and across school 

districts. 

Additional Information: The 

Department is requesting approval on an 

emergency basis for this data collection 

by September 30, 2009. Approval is 

needed by September 30, 2009 so that 

States can inform LEAs of this reporting 

requirement, collect the required data 

from all LEAs that receive Title I funds, 

and compile and submit the data to the 

U.S. Department of Education by March 

31, 2010. 

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 4119. 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 


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