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collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: March 18, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of the Secretary 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Streamlined Clearance Process 

for Discretionary Grant Information 

Collections. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Gov’t. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 1. 

Burden Hours: 1. 

Abstract: Section 3505(a)(2) of the 

PRA of 1995 provides the OMB Director 

authority to approve the streamlined 

clearance process proposed in this 

information collection request. This 

information collection request was 

originally approved by OMB in January 

of 1997. This information collection 

streamlines the clearance process for all 

discretionary grant information 

collections which do not fit the generic 

application process. The streamlined 

clearance process continues to reduce 

the clearance time for the U.S. 

Department of Education’s (ED’s) 

discretionary grant information 

collections by two months or 60 days. 

This is desirable for two major reasons: 

it would allow ED to provide better 

customer service to grant applicants and 

help meet ED’s goal for timely awards 

of discretionary grants. This is a request 

to extend the clearance process for 

discretionary grant information 

collections, and continue to be 

streamlined in the following manner: 

the clearance process begins when ED 

submits the collection to OMB and, 

simultaneously, publishes a 30-day 

public comment period notice in the 

Federal Register. OMB has 60 days, 

following the beginning of the public 

comment period, to reach a decision on 

the collection. 

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 4250. 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. 2010–6358 Filed 3–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting 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 April 22, 

2010. 

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 

e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.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 Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, 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: March 18, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Communications and 

Outreach 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Generic Clearance for Outreach 

Contests. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; Individuals or household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden 

Responses: 3,000. 

Burden Hours: 18,000. 

Abstract: The Department is 

requesting OMB approval for a generic 

clearance for ED’s outreach contests. 

ED’s Office of Communications and 

Outreach plans to host approximately 

four outreach contests each year as part 

of an ongoing effort to reach out to the 

general public on priority issues in the 

Department’s national education 

agenda. Each contest will aim to capture 

and promote improving public 

education from works (i.e. videos, 

essays, etc.) made by individuals in a 

specific sub-group (i.e. teachers, 

principals, etc) or from the general 

public. The individual contests will be 

submitted under this generic clearance 

for approval as they occur throughout 

the year. 

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 4201. 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. 


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Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed 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. 2010–6357 Filed 3–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Fund for the Improvement of 

Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)— 

Special Focus Competition: Program 

for North American Mobility in Higher 

Education 

ACTION: Extension; Notice extending 

deadline dates. 

SUMMARY: On January 27, 2010, we 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 4356) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2010 for the Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education (FIPSE)—Special Focus 

Competition: Program for North 

American Mobility in Higher Education 

(Application Notice). Through this 

notice, we extend the Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications and the 

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review 

dates announced in the Application 

Notice. 

DATES: The Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications date, as published on 

pages 4356 and 4357 of the Application 

Notice, has been extended to April 16, 

2010. 

The Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review date, as published on pages 4356 

and 4357 of the Application Notice, has 

been extended to June 15, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Frankfort, Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, Program for North American 

Mobility in Higher Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., room 6152, Washington, 

DC 20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502– 

7513. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF), on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: March 18, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6365 Filed 3–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; Charter Schools 

Program (CSP): State Educational 

Agencies; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.282A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 23, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 7, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 30, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the CSP is to increase national 

understanding of the charter school 

model and to expand the number of 

high-quality charter schools available to 

students across the Nation by providing 

financial assistance for the planning, 

program design, and initial 

implementation of charter schools, and 

to evaluate the effects of charter schools, 

including their effects on students, 

student academic achievement, staff, 

and parents. The Secretary awards 

grants to State educational agencies 

(SEAs) to enable them to conduct 

charter school programs in their States. 

SEAs use their CSP funds to award 

subgrants to non-SEA eligible applicants 

for planning, program design, and initial 

implementation of a charter school, and 

to support the dissemination of 

information about charter schools, 

including successful practices in charter 

schools. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four competitive preference priorities 

and one invitational priority. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(1) 

and 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), competitive 

preference priorities 1 through 4 are 

from section 5202(e) of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 7221a(e). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2010 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional forty (40) points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets one or more of these 

priorities. 

Note: In order to receive preference under 

these priorities, an applicant must identify 

the priority or priorities that it believes it 

meets and provide documentation, including 

citations and examples from their State’s 

charter school law, supporting its claims. In 

order to receive points for priority 1 or to 

receive points for priorities 2 through 4, an 

application must meet priority 1 and must 

meet one or more of priorities 2 through 4. 

An SEA that meets priority 1 but does 

not meet one or more of priorities 2 

through 4 will not receive any points for 

priorities 1 through 4. 

An SEA that does not meet priority 1 

but meets one or more of priorities 2 

through 4 will not receive any points for 

priorities 2 through 4. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—Periodic Review and 

Evaluation (10 points). The State 

provides for periodic review and 

evaluation by the authorized public 

chartering agency of each charter school 

at least once every five years, unless 

required more frequently by State law, 

to determine whether the charter school 

is meeting the terms of the school’s 

charter, and is meeting or exceeding the 

student academic achievement 

requirements and goals for charter 

schools as set forth under State law or 

the school’s charter. 

Priority 2—Number of High-Quality 

Charter Schools (10 points). The State 

has demonstrated progress in increasing 

the number of high-quality charter 

schools that are held accountable in the 

terms of the schools’ charters for 

meeting clear and measurable objectives 

for the educational progress of the 

students attending the schools, in the 

period prior to the period for which an 

SEA applies for a grant under this 

competition. 


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