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collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: School Leadership 

Program (SLP) Annual Performance 

Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1855–0019. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 22. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 880. 

Abstract: There are two GPRA 

performance objectives and six 

performance measures for SLP grantees. 

The two GPRA performance objectives 

are: To recruit, prepare, and support 

individuals from education or other 

fields to become principals or assistant 

principals of schools in high-need local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and to train 

and support principals and assistant 

principals from schools in high-need 

LEAs in order to improve their skills 

and increase retention. Most grantees 

will report on the GPRA measures for 

only one of the objectives because most 

grantees focus on either recruiting and 

training new principals and assistant 

principals or providing training to 

currently practicing principals and 

assistant principals. The SLP APR is a 

customized APR that goes beyond the 

ED 524B APR; this data collection is 

requested to facilitate the collection of 

more standardized and comprehensive 

data to address the program’s GPRA 

measures, to improve the overall quality 

of data collected, and to increase the 

quality of data that can be used to 

inform policy decisions. 

Dated: March 16, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6790 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests; Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development; Case Studies of Current 

and Former Grantees of the Title III 

National Professional Development 

Program (NPDP) 

SUMMARY: The purpose of the National 

Professional Development Program, 

which is administered by the Office of 

English Language Acquisition, is to 

support pre-service education and 

professional development activities 

intended to improve instruction for 

English Learners (ELs). Grants are made 

to Institutions of Higher Education that 

have entered into consortium 

arrangements with states or school 

districts. Funded projects are designed 

to increase the pool of highly-qualified 

teachers prepared to serve EL students 

and increase the skills of teachers 

already serving them. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 21, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding burden and/or the collection 

activity requirements should be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. 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 04823. 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., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: Case Studies of 

Current and Former Grantees of the 

Title III National Professional 

Development Program (NPDP) 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: New. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 438. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 450. 

Abstract: The purpose of this study is 

to examine how a sample of grantees is 

implementing their grants with respect 

to four areas: (1) The content and 

structure of the education they provide 

to current and prospective teachers of 

English Learners; (2) the nature of 

changes they attempt to make to the full 

teacher education program at their 

institutions; (3) the efforts grantees 

make to institutionalize their projects so 

that they can be sustained after the grant 

ends; and (4) their efforts to track former 

program participants. Information 

gathered on these four topics will be 

used to identify issues that could be 

investigated in a larger, more 

representative study. 

This study will consist of 15 

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and nine purposively-selected former 

grantees. The case study sites will be 

selected from among the grantees in the 

2007 cohort (‘‘current grantees’’) and 

those in the 2002 and 2004 cohorts 

(‘‘former grantees’’), and will provide 

information on some of the pre-service 

and in-service teacher training models 

and approaches that current grantees are 

using, as well as strategies that former 

grantees have used to track newlyminted teachers after program 

completion and to plan for continuing 

program services after the federal grant 

period. 

The study will collect data from the 

current grantees through site visits and 

from the former grantees through 

telephone interviews. 

Dated: March 15, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6793 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Educational Excellence for Hispanics 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the fourth 

meeting of the President’s Advisory 

Commission on Educational Excellence 

for Hispanics. The notice also describes 

the functions of the Commission. Notice 

of the meeting is required by section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and intended to notify 

the public of its opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 3, 2012. 

Time: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Pacific Daylight 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: Loker Student Union 

Ballroom, California State University, 

Dominguez Hills, 1000 E. Victoria St., 

Carson, CA 90747, Tel: 310–243–3303. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Glorimar Maldonado, Chief of Staff, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW., Room 4W110, Washington, 

DC 20202; telephone: 202–401–1411, 

202–401–0078, or 202–870–1227. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Educational Excellence for Hispanics 

(the Commission) is established by 

Executive Order 13555 (Oct. 19, 2010). 

The Commission is governed by the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92–463; 

as amended, 5 U.S.C.A., Appendix 2) 

which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory 

committees. The purpose of the 

Commission is to advise the President 

and the Secretary of Education 

(Secretary) on all matters pertaining to 

the education attainment of the 

Hispanic community. 

The Commission shall advise the 

President and the Secretary in the 

following areas: (i) Developing, 

implementing, and coordinating 

educational programs and initiatives at 

the Department and other agencies to 

improve educational opportunities and 

outcomes for Hispanics of all ages; (ii) 

increasing the participation of the 

Hispanic community and HispanicServing Institutions in the Department’s 

programs and in education programs at 

other agencies; (iii) engaging the 

philanthropic, business, nonprofit, and 

education communities in a national 

dialogue regarding the mission and 

objectives of this order; (iv) establishing 

partnerships with public, private, 

philanthropic, and nonprofit 

stakeholders to meet the mission and 

policy objectives of this order. 

Agenda 

The Commission will discuss and 

finalize its 2012 strategic work plan 

drafted during its Feb. 8, 2012 

conference call meeting and have 

breakout sessions with the established 

subcommittees. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations in order to attend the 

meeting (e.g., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, or material in 

alternative format) should notify 

Glorimar Maldonado, Chief of Staff, 

White House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics at 202–401– 

1411 or 202–401–0078, no later than 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012. We will 

attempt to meet requests for such 

accommodations after this date, but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Individuals who wish to attend the 

Commission meetings must RSVP by 

noon EDT, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 

to WhiteHouseforHispanicEducation@

ed.gov. Members of the public must 

RSVP by the due date. 

An opportunity for public comment is 

available throughout the day on 

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m., PDT. Individuals who wish to 

provide comments will be allowed three 

minutes to speak. Those members of the 

public interested in submitting written 

comments may do so by submitting 

written comments to the attention of 

Glorimar Maldonado, White House 

Initiative on Educational Excellence for 

Hispanics, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., 

Room 4W110, Washington, DC 20202, 

by Wednesday, March 28, 2012. The 

meeting proceedings will be webcast at 

http://ustream.tv/channel/csudhtv. 

Records are kept of all Commission 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Educational 

Excellence for Hispanics, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW., Room 4W108, Washington, 

DC, 20202, Monday through Friday 

(excluding federal holidays) during the 

hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Electronic Access to the Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at: 

www.ed.gov/fedregister/index.html. To 

use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat 

Reader, which is available free at this 

site. For questions about using PDF, call 

the U.S. Government Printing Office 

(GPO), toll free at 1–866–512–1830; or 

in the Washington, DC, area at 202–512– 

0000. 

Martha Kanter, 

Under Secretary, Department of Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Friday, April 13, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–3 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hotel, 1101 North 

Columbia Center Boulevard., 

Kennewick, WA 99336. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tifany Nguyen, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Richland 

Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue, 

P.O. Box 550, A7–75, Richland, WA 


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