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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: June 1, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Annual Performance Report for

the Smaller Learning Communities

(SLC) Grant Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 161; Burden Hours:

1,288.

Abstract: This Annual Performance

Report will allow the Department of

Education to collect data required by the

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) and by House

Appropriations language that

established the Smaller Learning

Communities grant program [H.R. 3424,

106th Congress (Appropriations 2000)].

The Department will use the

information for GPRA report and the

national evaluation of the SLC program.

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, D.C.

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 Kathy Axt at (703)

426–9692 or via her internet address

Kathy_Axt@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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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information

Management Group, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, 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 August 7,

2000.

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

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.

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: June 1, 2000.

William Burrow,

Leader, Information Management Group,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Comprehensive School Reform

Demonstration Field Focused Studies.

Frequency: Semi-Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 198. Burden Hours:

324.

Abstract: This study is being

conducted as part of the national

evaluation of the Comprehensive School

Reform Demonstration Program. The

study will examine the link among three

components—school reform processes,

instruction and other educational

activities, and student achievement.

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 Jacqueline Montague at

(202) 708–5359 or via her internet

address Jackie_Montague@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.1

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos. 84.184H, 84.184K, 84.184M,

84.184N]

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education—Safe and Drug-Free

Schools and Communities—National

Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice reopening the

application deadline date for Safe and

Drug-Free Schools and Communities

Act—National Programs grant

competitions.

SUMMARY: On April 6, 2000, the

Department published a combined

notice inviting applications for new