28478 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 97 / Monday, May 21, 2007 / Notices 

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: May 14, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

National Institute for Literacy 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: LINCS Professional 

Development Mapping Survey. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 100. 

Burden Hours: 63. 

Abstract: The LINCS Professional 

Development Mapping Survey will 

gather information about existing 

practices, approaches and delivery 

systems for the professional 

development of adult education 

practitioners and volunteers in the 

states. The LINCS Professional 

Development Mapping process includes 

surveying state-level staff to gather 

information about what professional 

development opportunities are provided 

for practitioners; this information will 

be useful in order to improve the 

services of the Institute. 

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 3344. 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. E7–9655 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; List of 

Correspondence 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: List of Correspondence from 

July 1, 2006 through September 30, 

2006. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing 

the following list pursuant to section 

607(f) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act, as amended 

by the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Improvement Act of 2004 

(IDEA). Under section 607(f) of IDEA, 

the Secretary is required, on a quarterly 

basis, to publish in the Federal Register 

a list of correspondence from the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

received by individuals during the 

previous quarter that describes the 

interpretations of the Department of 

IDEA or the regulations that implement 

IDEA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7468. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of this notice in an 

alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following list identifies correspondence 

from the Department issued from July 1, 

2006 through September 30, 2006. 

Included on the list are those letters that 

contain interpretations of the 

requirements of IDEA and its 

implementing regulations, as well as 

letters and other documents that the 

Department believes will assist the 

public in understanding the 

requirements of the law and its 

regulations. The date of and topic 

addressed by a letter are identified, and 

summary information is also provided, 

as appropriate. To protect the privacy 

interests of the individual or individuals 

involved, personally identifiable 

information has been deleted, as 

appropriate. 

Part A—General Provisions 

Section 602—Definitions 

Topic Addressed: Child With a 

Disability 

Æ Letter dated July 11, 2006 to 

individuals (personally identifiable 

information redacted), regarding 

whether a State must use the term 

‘‘mental retardation’’ or any other terms 

contained in the definition of ‘‘child 

with a disability’’ from Part B of IDEA 

when describing children eligible for 

services under IDEA and State law. 

Topic Addressed: Special Education 

and Related Services 

Æ Letter dated September 19, 2006 to 

U.S. Senator Judd Gregg, regarding the 

maintenance and programming of 

surgically implanted medical devices, 

including cochlear implants. 

Part B—Assistance for Education of All 

Children with Disabilities 

Section 612—State Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Maintenance of Effort 

Æ Letter dated July 26, 2006 to 

Maryland State Department of 

Education Assistant Superintendent 

Carol Ann Baglin, regarding the 

maintenance of effort requirements in 

Part B of IDEA that apply to local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and a State 

educational agency’s responsibilities to 

ensure that its LEAs comply with these 

requirements. OTHER LETTERS NOT 

DIRECTLY RELATED TO IDEA OR THE 

IDEA REGULATIONS BUT THAT MAY 

BE OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC 

Topic Addressed: Highly Qualified 

Teachers 

Æ Letter dated September 5, 2006 to 

Chief State School Officers, regarding 

efforts to ensure that all core academic 

subjects are taught by highly qualified 

and effective teachers and asking States 

to restrict the use of High Objective 

Uniform State Standard of Evaluation 

(HOUSSE) procedures to certain 

situations. 


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Topic Addressed: Confidentiality of 

Education Records 

Æ Letter dated February 2, 2006 to 

Pennsylvania Department of Education 

Assistant Counsel Karen S. 

Feuchtenberger, from Family Policy 

Compliance Office Director LeRoy S. 

Rooker, regarding whether, under the 

Family Educational Rights and Privacy 

Act, a charter school may disclose 

certain personally identifiable 

information from the education records 

of a child with a disability, in the 

absence of parent consent, to the child’s 

school district of residence in order to 

obtain an additional State subsidy for 

children with disabilities receiving 

special education and related services at 

the charter school. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents 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/index.html. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

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. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.027, Assistance to States for 

Education of Children with Disabilities) 

Dated: May 15, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–9749 Filed 5–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; List of 

Correspondence 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: List of Correspondence from 

October 1, 2006 through December 31, 

2006. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing 

the following list pursuant to section 

607(f) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act, as amended 

by the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Improvement Act of 2004 

(IDEA). Under section 607(f) of IDEA, 

the Secretary is required, on a quarterly 

basis, to publish in the Federal Register 

a list of correspondence from the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

received by individuals during the 

previous quarter that describes the 

interpretations of the Department of 

IDEA or the regulations that implement 

IDEA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7468. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of this notice in an 

alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following list identifies correspondence 

from the Department issued from 

October 1, 2006 through December 31, 

2006. Included on the list are those 

letters that contain interpretations of the 

requirements of IDEA and its 

implementing regulations, as well as 

letters and other documents that the 

Department believes will assist the 

public in understanding the 

requirements of the law and its 

regulations. The date of and topic 

addressed by a letter are identified, and 

summary information is also provided, 

as appropriate. To protect the privacy 

interests of the individual or individuals 

involved, personally identifiable 

information has been deleted, as 

appropriate. 

Part B—Assistance for Education of All 

Children With Disabilities 

Section 611—Authorization; Allotment; 

Use of Funds; Authorization of 

Appropriations 

Topic Addressed: Allotment 

Æ Letter dated November 20, 2006 to 

Washington, DC attorney Leigh 

Manasevit, regarding the reallocation of 

high cost funds that were not expended 

before the last year of availability. 

Section 612—State Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Free Appropriate 

Public Education 

Æ Letter dated December 22, 2006 to 

National Association of Public Health 

Systems Executive Director Mark 

Covall, regarding the obligation to 

ensure that a free appropriate public 

education is available to children with 

disabilities who are placed by a noneducational public agency in a public or 

private residential program and 

clarifying that determining the specific 

school district or local educational 

agency responsible for the cost of that 

residential placement is a matter of 

State law, policy or practice. 

Topic Addressed: Confidentiality of 

Education Records. 

cir; Letter dated October 13, 2006 to 

Texas Education Agency General 

Counsel David A. Anderson, regarding 

confidentiality issues raised by IDEA 

and the Family Educational Rights and 

Privacy Act related to the public 

dissemination of special education due 

process hearing decisions. 

Topic Addressed: Children With 

Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in 

Private Schools. 

Æ Letter dated December 1, 2006 to 

U.S. Representative Christopher Smith, 

regarding the applicability of equitable 

participation requirements to children 

with disabilities ages three through five 

enrolled by their parents in private 

schools or facilities. 

Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility 

Determinations, Individualized 

Education Programs, and Educational 

Placements 

Topic Addressed: Evaluations and 

Reevaluations 

Æ Letter dated October 19, 2006 to 

National Association of School 

Psychologists Executive Director Susan 

Gorin, regarding the role of school 

psychologists in administering 

assessments and the regulatory changes 

in procedures for evaluating children 

suspected of having learning disabilities 

Topic Addressed: Individualized 

Education Programs 

Æ Letter dated October 19, 2006 to 

TASH Executive Director Barbara 

Trader, clarifying that the IDEA, while 

requiring the individualized education 

program team (IEP Team) to consider 

the use of positive behavioral 

interventions and supports, does not 

include a prohibition on the use of 

aversive behavioral interventions and 

that the decision whether to allow IEP 

Teams to consider the use of such 

interventions is a decision left to each 

State. 

Topic Addressed: Educational 

Placements 

Æ Letter dated November 3, 2006 to 

Iowa Bureau of Children, Family, and 

Community Services Chief Lana 

Michelson, regarding the educational 

placement of students, including 


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