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comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, 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 7, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Application for Grants Under 

the Smaller Learning Communities 

Program. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 300. 

Burden Hours: 18,900. 

Abstract: The Smaller Learning 

Communities Program awards grants to 

local educational agencies. The grant 

application package contains 

information for applicants, including 

priorities, selection criteria, and 

requirements, along with standard ED 

forms. The Department of Education is 

proposing to revise one priority, 

establish simpler selection criteria, 

eliminate the collection of one data 

element, and require each applicant to 

provide a copy of its indirect cost rate 

agreement if it seeks reimbursement of 

its indirect costs. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1890–

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

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 3283. 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., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. 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. E7–4425 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

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 May 11, 

2007. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, 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. 

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: March 6, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: FIPSE Performance Reports. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 725. 

Burden Hours: 12,000. 

Abstract: This collection includes an 

annual and a final performance report 

for use with all of the following FIPSE 

programs: Comprehensive (84.116B), 

EU-U.S. (84.116J), U.S.-Brazil 

(84.116M), North America (84.116N), 

and U.S.-Russia (84.116S) Programs. 

Also included are an annual and a final 

performance report for CongressionallyDirected grants (earmarks) (84.116Z). A 

total of four (4) forms comprise this 

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 3287. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 


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Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. 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. E7–4426 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Waivers Granted under 

Section 9401 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act, as Amended 

Summary: In this notice, we 

announce the waivers that the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

has granted, from the date of enactment 

of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 

through December 31, 2006, under the 

waiver authority in section 9401 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (ESEA). The Department 

considered waiver requests in several 

different categories: (1) Waivers related 

to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; (2) 

growth model pilots; (3) waivers 

allowing local educational agencies 

(LEAs) to provide supplemental 

educational services (SES) rather than 

public school choice to eligible students 

attending schools that receive funding 

under Part A of Title I of the ESEA (Title 

I schools) and are in the first year of 

school improvement; (4) waivers 

allowing LEAs in need of improvement 

to be eligible to apply to their State 

educational agency (SEA) to become 

SES providers; (5) general programmatic 

waivers; (6) extensions of the period in 

which funds are available for obligation; 

and (7) waivers allowing recipients of 

funds under the Indian Education 

program to charge additional 

administrative costs to the program. 

Waiver Data 

I. Waivers Related to Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita 

Through December 31, 2006, the 

Department granted the following 

hurricane-related waivers to States 

under the general waiver authority in 

section 9401 of the ESEA: 

1. Waiver Applicant: Alabama 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: Sections 

1111(b)(2)(C)(v) and 1111(h)(1)(C) of the 

ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: May 18, 2006. 

• Description of waiver: Permitted 

Alabama to create a separate subgroup 

for students displaced by Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita for adequate yearly 

progress (AYP) decisions based on 

assessment data for the 2005–2006 

school year. 

2. Waiver Applicant: Arkansas 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: Sections 

1111(b)(2)(C)(v) and 1111(h)(1)(C) of the 

ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: May 19, 2006. 

• Description of waiver: Permitted 

Arkansas to create a separate subgroup 

for students displaced by Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita for AYP decisions 

based on assessment data for the 2005–

2006 school year. 

3. Waiver Applicant: Georgia 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: Sections 

1111(b)(2)(C)(v) and 1111(h)(1)(C) of the 

ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: April 19, 2006. 

• Description of waiver: Permitted 

Georgia to create a separate subgroup for 

students displaced by Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita for AYP decisions 

based on assessment data for the 2005–

2006 school year. 

4. Waiver Applicant: Georgia 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: Sections 

1116(b)(1)(E) and 1116(b)(5)(B) of the 

ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: May 5, 2006. 

• Description of waiver: For the 2006–

2007 school year, because of the large 

number of students displaced by 

Hurricane Katrina, permits the Dekalb 

County School District to provide SES, 

rather than public school choice, to 

eligible students attending Title I 

schools in the first year of school 

improvement. 

5. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provision waived: Section 

2416(a)(1) of the ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: September 21, 

2005. 

• Description of waiver: Waived, with 

respect to FY 2004 and FY 2005 Title II, 

Part D, ESEA (Educational Technology) 

funds, the requirement that districts 

spend at least 25 percent of those funds 

on professional development. 

6. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA). 

• Date waiver granted: September 21, 

2005. 

• Description of waiver: Extended by 

one year the period of availability for all 

ESEA funds that otherwise would have 

expired on September 30, 2005. 

7. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provision waived: Section 1127 of 

the ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: September 21, 

2005. 

• Description of waiver: Permitted 

Louisiana to waive for its districts, more 

than once every three years, the 15 

percent carryover limitation for FY 2003 

Title I, Part A, ESEA funds. 

8. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: Sections 

1116(b)(1)(E)(i) and 1116(b)(5)(B) of the 

ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: January 13, 

2006. 

• Description of waiver: For the 2005–

2006 school year, permitted the LEAs of 

three parishes—Orleans, Calcasieu, and 

Jefferson—to provide SES, rather than 

public school choice, to eligible 

students attending Title I schools in 

their first year of school improvement. 

9. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA. 

• Date waiver granted: July 27, 2006. 

• Description of waiver: Extended by 

one year the period of availability for all 

ESEA funds that otherwise would have 

expired on September 30, 2006. 

10. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provision waived: Section 1127 of 

the ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: July 27, 2006. 

• Description of waiver: Extended to 

FY 2004 and FY 2005 Title I, Part A, 

ESEA funds a previously granted waiver 

allowing Louisiana to waive for its 

districts, more than once every three 

years, the 15 percent Title I, Part A, 

ESEA carryover limitation. 

11. Waiver Applicant: Louisiana 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: Sections 

1111(b)(2)(C)(v) and 1111(h)(1)(C) of the 

ESEA. 

• Date waiver granted: August 2, 

2006. 


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