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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0168] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; An 

Examination of Trends in Algebra II 

Enrollment and Completion in Texas 

Public High Schools 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a 

new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 3, 

2015. 

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–2014–ICCD–0168 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will only accept comments 

during the comment period in this 

mailbox when the regulations.gov site is 

not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Christopher 

Boccanfuso, (202) 219–1674. 

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: An Examination of 

Trends in Algebra II Enrollment and 

Completion in Texas Public High 

Schools. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 343. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 102. 

Abstract: District administration staff 

from all Texas public school districts 

(one staff member per district) will be 

asked to complete a short, online survey 

regarding changes districts may have 

made in response to the new high 

school graduation requirements 

implemented under Texas House Bill 5. 

Participation in the survey of district 

administration staff is voluntary. Data 

collected by the survey will be used to 

describe changes that districts have 

made with regard to student diploma 

plan placement, mathematics course 

offerings, and information distribution 

to parents in response to Texas House 

Bill 5. This study will also provide the 

Texas Education Agency and the Texas 

Higher Education Coordination Board 

with information on the level of Texas 

students’ college preparation in 

mathematics. The findings will be 

reported in a printed report available to 

the public. 

Dated: December 29, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30729 Filed 12–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer 

Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice of the continuation of the 

computer matching program between 

the Departments of Education (ED) and 

Defense (DoD). The continuation is 

effective on the date described in 

paragraph 5 of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

473(b) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 

1087mm(b)), requires the Secretary of 

Defense to provide the Secretary of 

Education with information to identify 

children whose parent or guardian was 

a member of the Armed Forces of the 

United States and died as a result of 

performing military service in Iraq or 

Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. 

Beginning with the 2009–2010 Award 

Year, these children (referred to as 

qualifying students) may be eligible for 

a greater amount of title IV, HEA 

program assistance. A qualifying 

student must have been age 24 or 

younger at the time of the parent or 

guardian’s death, or, if older than 24, 

enrolled part-time or full-time in an 

institution of higher education at the 

time of the parent or guardian’s death. 

Beginning July 1, 2010, students who 

are otherwise qualified children of 

deceased U.S. military who meet the 

requirements of section 420R of the 

HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070h) may also be 

eligible for higher amounts of title IV, 

HEA program assistance. 

To ensure that eligible students 

receive the maximum allowable amount 

of title IV, HEA program assistance, DoD 

and ED created a computer matching 

program. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

announce the continuation of the 

computer matching program, and to 

provide certain required information 

concerning the computer matching 

program. 

We provide this notice in accordance 

with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Guidance Interpreting the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 (54 FR 25818, June 19, 1989), and 

OMB Circular A–130, the Department of 

Education (ED) is transmitting, in 

duplicate the following: (1) A copy of a 

computer matching agreement (CMA) 

between ED and the Department of 

Defense (DoD); and (2) a copy of the 

Federal Register notice announcing, for 


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