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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 72066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28787]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2013-OS-0223]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 
Readiness), DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Personnel and Readiness) announces a proposed public information 
collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments 
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the information collection on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January 
31, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management Systems Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Department of 
Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Office of the Director, ATTN: 
Martha Brown, Alexandria, VA 22350, or call DoDEA, Office of the 
Director, at 571-432-9069.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Control Number: Assessing Options 
for CONUS Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS); 
OMB Control Number 0704-TBD.
    Needs and Uses: The objective of this project is to recommend 
options that most effectively balance cost and quality considerations 
for primary and secondary schooling of military dependents on each of 
the 15 continental United States (CONUS) installations where the 
Department of Defense currently operates Domestic Dependents Elementary 
and Secondary Schools (DDESS) or contracts with local educational 
agencies (LEAs) to operate schools on the installation. As part of the 
study, we will interview superintendents of LEAs that are in close 
proximity to installations that have DDESS schools (excluding those 
installations that only have special arrangement schools). The 
interviews will capture information on the approach the LEAs will adopt 
if they were given the responsibility to educate DDESS students, as 
well as identify factors that might facilitate or hinder LEAs taking 
the responsibility of educating DDESS students. This information is 
critical as it will identify whether transferring DDESS schools to LEAs 
is even a feasible option that could be plausibly considered for the 
governance of the current CONUS DDESS schools.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Annual Burden Hours: 56.
    Number of Respondents: 28.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 120 minutes.
    Frequency: Once.
    Superintendents of local education agencies (LEAs) that are in the 
vicinity of the installations where the Department of Defense (DoD) 
currently operates Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools 
(DDESS), as well as superintendents of LEAs that have contracts with 
DoD to operate schools at the installations will be interviewed. The 
interviews will address the type and quality of programs and services 
they provide to their students, their capacity to expand their student 
enrollment to include DDESS students, challenges they would face, and 
considerations they need to take into account. Participation in these 
interviews is completely voluntary. Information from the interviews 
will be used by policymakers at the Department of Defense to determine 
ways to best operate DDESS and contracted schools.

    Dated: November 26, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2013-28787 Filed 11-29-13; 8:45 am]
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