25468 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 2, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer invites comments

on the submission for OMB review by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 3,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, N.W., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

DWERFEL@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 Leader,

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer,

publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

aspects 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: April 26, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Projects with Industry.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 350—Burden Hours:

14,000.

Abstract: The Rehabilitation Services

Administration (RSA) requests OMB

approval to extend currently approved

data collection form for use through

December 31, 2000.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

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

or should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO__IMG__Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Sheila Carey at (202) 708–

6287 or via her internet address

Sheila__Carey@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–M

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of waivers granted by the U.S.

Secretary of Education under the

waiver authority in Title XIV of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act and of deadlines for the

submission of future requests

SUMMARY: The Elementary and

Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as

reauthorized by the Improving

America’s Schools Act (Pub. L. 103–

382), permits the Secretary of Education

to grant waivers of certain Federal

program requirements in order to

further effective innovation and

improvements in teaching and learning

in accordance with specific local needs.

As of December 31, 1999, the U.S.

Department of Education had approved

471 requests for waivers. This notice

identifies the 104 waivers approved by

the Department of Education from

January 1, 1999 through December

31,1999 under the waiver authority in

section 14401 of the ESEA.

Waivers Approved Under the General

Waiver Authority in Section 14401 of

the ESEA

(1) Applicant: California Department

of Education, Sacramento, CA.

Requirement Waived: Section

307(c)(2)(C) of the Department of

Education Appropriations Act of 1999,

as enacted by section 101(f) of Division

A of P.L. 105–277 (hereinafter referred

to as the Class-Size legislation).

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: April 5, 1999.

(2) Applicant: Utah State Office of

Education, Salt Lake City, UT.

Requirement Waived: Section

307(b)(2) of the Class-Size legislation.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: April 15, 1999.

(3) Applicant: California Department

of Education, Sacramento, CA.

Requirement Waived: Section

14201(a) of the ESEA.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: May 13, 1999.

(4) Applicant: Pasco County School

District on behalf of Schrader

Elementary School, Hudson Elementary

School, M.P. Locke Elementary School,

and Anclote Elementary School, Land

O’ Lakes, FL.

Requirement Waived: Section

1113(a)(3)(B) of the ESEA.

Duration of Waiver: Two years.

Date Granted: May 19, 1999.

(5) Applicant: Lincoln County School

District on behalf of Love Elementary

School, Lincolnton, NC.

Requirement Waived: Section

1114(a)(1)(B) of the ESEA.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: May 19, 1999.

(6) Applicant: South Carolina

Department of Education, Columbia, SC.

Requirement Waived: Section

307(b)(2) of the Class-Size legislation.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: June 1, 1999.

(7) Applicant: School District of

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

Requirement Waived: Section

307(c)(2)(C) of the Class-Size legislation.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: June 2, 1999.

(8) Applicant: Minnesota Department

of Education, Roseville, MN.

Requirement Waived: Section

307(b)(2) of the Class-Size legislation.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: June 2, 1999.

(9) Applicant: Missouri Department of

Elementary and Secondary Education,

Jefferson City, MI.

Requirement Waived: Section

307(b)(2) of the Class-Size legislation.

Duration of Waiver: Three years.

Date Granted: June 2, 1999.

(10) Applicant: North Dakota

Department of Public Instruction,

Bismarck, ND.