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increased productivity and 

effectiveness. 

This evaluation will focus on 

answering four sets of policy/research 

questions: 

• To what extent did ARRA funds go 

to the intended recipients? 

• Is ARRA associated with the 

implementation of the key reform 

strategies it promoted? 

• What implementation supports and 

challenges are associated with ARRA? 

• Is ARRA associated with improved 

outcomes? 

The integrated evaluation will draw 

on existing data, including the 

Department of Education (ED) data 

collections, ED ARRA program files, 

ARRA required reporting, and databases 

of achievement and other outcomes. The 

evaluation will also collect new 

information through surveys of (1) the 

50 states and the District of Columbia, 

(2) a nationally representative sample of 

school districts, and (3) a nationally 

representative sample of schools within 

the sampled school districts. Surveys 

are planned for spring 2011, spring 

2012, and spring 2013. Subsamples of 

school districts will also be drawn to 

receive a smaller set of questions (polls); 

these polls will be administered twice 

between 2011 and 2013. 

A report will be prepared in the first 

year of the evaluation to describe the 

distribution of funding. A report and 

state tabulations will be prepared after 

each annual survey. The first report, 

based on the 2011 surveys, will focus on 

early ARRA implementation and 

strategies. The second report, based on 

the 2012 surveys, will expand upon 

strategies implemented under ARRA. 

The final report will draw upon existing 

data on outcomes as well as data from 

the 2013 surveys. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or from the 

Department’s Web site at http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4413. 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 and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

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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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), 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 and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. 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: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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. 

Dated: January 26, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Annual Student 

Activities Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0781. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 190. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 570. 

Abstract: This information collection 

provides the U.S. Department of 

Education with information needed to 

determine if Javits fellows have made 

substantial progress toward meeting the 

program’s objectives and allows 

program staff to monitor and evaluate 

time-to-degree completion and the 

graduation rate of fellows. Congress has 

mandated, through the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993, 

that the U.S. Department of Education 

provide documentation regarding the 

progress being made by the program. 

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 4495. 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 and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

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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