8934 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 39 / Thursday, February 27, 1997 / Notices

Commander Adam S. Levitt, U.S. Navy,

Secretary to the Board of Visitors, Office

of the Superintendent, United States

Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402–

5000, telephone number (410) 293–

1503.

Dated: February 24, 1997.

Donald E. Koenig, Jr.,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–4935 Filed 2–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, 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 April 28,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

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 Director,

Information Resources Management

Group publishes this 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 at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

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: February 21, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Directory of Teacher Shortage

Subject Areas for the Federal Perkins

Loan Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government; State, local or

Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 57.

Burden Hours: 2,127.

Abstract: The Higher Education Act

(HEA) of 1992 (Pub. L. 201–325) enacted

provisions for Federal Perkins Loan

borrowers to have their loans canceled

when they teach in any field of

expertise that is determined by the State

education agency to have a shortage in

certain subject areas.

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Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, 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 March

31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

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 Director of the

Information Resources Management

Group publishes this 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 at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.
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Dated: February 21, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Fiscal Operations Report and

Application to Participate in Federal

Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant, and

Federal Work-Study Programs.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 4,800.

Burden Hours: 80,298.

Abstract: This application data will be

used to compute the amount of funds

needed by each institution during the

1998–99 Award Year. The Fiscal

Operations Report data will be used to

assess program effectiveness, account

for funds expended during the 1996–97

Award Year, and as part of the

institutional funding process.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Congressionally Mandated

Study of Migrant Student Participation

in Title I Schoolwide Programs.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Government, SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 1,315.

Burden Hours: 1,498.

Abstract: Congress required a study of

services to migrant children in

schoolwide projects. This study uses

school surveys, case studies, and

document reviews to meet that

requirement. A final report will be

submitted to Congress in December

1997.

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National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; ED.

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed

Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming meeting of the National

Assessment Governing Board. This

notice also describes the functions of

the Board. Notice of this meeting is

required under Section 10(a) (2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This

document is intended to notify the

general public of their opportunity to

attend the open portions of the meeting.

DATE: March 6–8, 1997.

TIME: March 6—Achievement Levels

Committee, 3:00 P.M.—5:00 P.M.,

(closed); Nominations Committee, 3:00

P.M.—5:00 P.M. (closed) and 7:00

P.M.—9:00 P.M., (closed); Executive

Committee, 5:00 P.M.—6:00 P.M.

(open); 6:00 P.M.—7:00 P.M., (closed).

March 7—full Board, 8:30 A.M.—10:00

A.M., (open); Subject Area Committees

#1 and #2 in joint session, 10:00 A.M.—

12:30 P.M., (open); Design and

Methodology Committee and Reporting

and Dissemination Committee, 10:00

A.M.—11:00 A.M., (open); Design and

Methodology Committee and Reporting

and Dissemination Committee in joint

session, 11:00 A.M.—12:30 P.M. (open);

Full Board 12:30 P.M.—2:45 P.M.

(closed), 2:45 P.M.—4:00 P.M. (open).

March 8—Full Board, 9:00 A.M.—11:45

A.M., (open), 11:45 A.M.—12:00 Noon,

(closed).

LOCATION: The Francis Marion Hotel;

387 King Street; Charleston, South

Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994) (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Board is responsible for selecting

subject areas to be assessed, developing

assessment objectives, identifying

appropriate achievement goals for each

grade and subject tested, and

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

On March 6, from 3:00—5:00 P.M.,

there will be a closed meeting of the

Achievement Levels Committee. The

Committee will discuss results of the

current 1996 science level-setting

activities and review the current

analysis of data and proposed exemplar

items. This meeting must be conducted

in closed session because references

will be made to specific items from the

assessment and premature disclosure of

the information presented for review

would be likely to significantly frustrate

implementation of a proposed agency

action. Such matters are protected by

exemption (9)(B) of Section 552b(c) of

Title 5 U.S.C. The Nominations

Committee will meet in closed session

from 3:00 P.M.–5:00 P.M. and 7:00

P.M.–9:00 P.M. These sessions must be

closed because the committee will be

considering qualifications of nominees

for appointment to Board membership.

The review and subsequent discussion

of this information will touch upon

matters that relate solely to the internal

rules and practices of an agency and

would disclose information of a

personal nature where disclosure would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy if

conducted in open session. Such

matters are protected by exemptions (2)

and (6) of Section 552b(c) of Title 5

U.S.C.

Also on March 6, the Executive

Committee will meet in a partially

closed session. During the open portion

of the meeting, 5:00 P.M.—6:00 P.M.,

the Committee will hear an update on

the NAEP redesign policies and review

the proposed schedule of assessments.

The Committee will then meet in closed

session from 6:00 P.M.—7:00 P.M. to

discuss the development of cost

estimates for NAEP and future contract

initiatives. This portion of the meeting

must be closed because public

disclosure of this information would

likely have an adverse financial affect

on the NAEP program. The discussion

of this information would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

a proposed agency action if conducted

in open session. Such matters are

protected by exemption (9)(B) of Section

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C.

On March 7, the full Board will

convene in open session at 8:30 A.M.

The agenda for this session of the full

Board meeting includes approval of the

agenda, the Executive Director’s Report,

a presentation on assessment in South

Carolina, and an update on NAEP.

Between 10:00 A.M. and 12:30 P.M.

there will be a joint meeting (open) of

Subject Area committees #1 and #2. In

this joint meeting, the Committees will

discuss the status of the 1997

assessments, upcoming item reviews for

1998, and various assigned issues

related to NAEP redesign.

The Design and Methodology

Committee and the Reporting and

Dissemination Committee will each

meet in open session from 10:00 A.M.–

11:00 A.M. The Design and

Methodology Committee will formally

approve technical design changes to be

implemented in the 1998 assessment

and discuss issues pertaining to the

redesign of NAEP.

The Reporting and Dissemination

Committee will discuss the plan for the