66958 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 217 / Thursday, November 8, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0048] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education (OVAE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a 

new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0048 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Perkins 

Discretionary Grant Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: New collection; 

request for a new OMB Control Number. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 88. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,556. 

Abstract: The Perkins Discretionary 

Grant Performance Report form and 

instructions will be used by grantees to 

meet Department of Education deadline 

dates for submission of performance and 

financial reports for the Office of 

Vocational Adult Education (OVAE) 

Division of Academic and Technical 

Education (DATE) discretionary grant 

programs, as required by the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations (EDGAR 34 CFR 74.51, 

74.52, 75.118, 75.253, 75.590, and 

80.40). The Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report will be used by 

OVAE discretionary grant recipients in 

lieu of the ED 524B Grant Performance 

Report and instructions because the ED 

524B is not compatible with OVAE– 

DATE’s new Perkins Information 

Management System. Recipients of 

multi-year discretionary grants must 

submit interim performance reports, 

usually annually, for each year funding 

has been approved in order to receive a 

continuation award. The annual 

performance report should demonstrate 

whether substantial progress has been 

made toward meeting the approved 

goals and objectives of the project. 

OVAE also requires recipients of 

‘forward funded’ grants that are 

awarded funds for their entire multiyear project up-front in a single grant 

award to submit an annual performance 

report. The Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report will be used for 

interim and final performance reporting. 

In both the annual and final 

performance reports, grantees are 

required to provide data on established 

performance measures for the grant 

program (e.g., Government Performance 

and Results Act measures) and on 

project performance measures that were 

included in the grantee’s approved grant 

application, in order to demonstrate 

project success, impact and outcomes. 

The Perkins Discretionary Grant 

Performance Report form will also be 

used by grant recipients for other 

interim reporting such as quarterly or 

semi-annual performance and/or 

financial reporting. 

Dated: November 2, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–27239 Filed 11–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0049] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Form for 

Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests 

Under the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, As Amended 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education (OESE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0049 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room 

2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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, 


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