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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the roundtable meeting is for 

the federal government to present 

further details on the partnership 

between the DoN, DoE, and USDA to 

construct or retrofit multiple 

commercial scale advanced 

biorefineries. Additional general 

information will be provided regarding 

the DPA Title III, the Commodity Credit 

Corporation, and DoN’s requirements 

for fuels. 

There is no cost; however, all 

attendees must register before May 11, 

2012, for this Industry Roundtable via 

email reg.adibir@Gmail.com with all of 

the following required information: 

Name and Title: 

Corporate Affiliation: 

Address: 

Phone number: 

Email: 

Web site: 

Position on the Biofuels Production 

Value Chain: (feedstock provider, biorefiner, finished products distributor, 

integrated effort, subject matter 

expert, financier, etc.) 

Information and details concerning 

this Industry Roundtable (including 

maps and draft agenda) will be 

forwarded to those registered later. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

J.M. Beal, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9571 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Proposed Information Collection 

Requests: Measures and Methods for 

the National Reporting System for 

Adult Education 

SUMMARY: The Office of Vocational and 

Adult Education (OVAE) requests a 

revision to its data collection to assist 

states with the implementation of the 

currently approved automatic cohort 

designations that go into effect on July 

1, 2012, for the follow-up measures 

related to student employment status, 

obtaining a secondary credential, and 

post-secondary transition. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 19, 

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 04841. 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 

Acting 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: Measures and 

Methods for the National Reporting 

System for Adult Education. 

OMB Control Number: 1830–0027. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 57. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 18,050. 

Abstract: In the course of providing 

technical assistance to states for the 

implementation of the new cohorts, 

OVAE has determined that some 

revisions and clarifications need to be 

added to the data collection guidelines 

in order to assist states with 

implementation. These revisions and 

clarifications are highlighted in Chapter 

1 on pages 2 through 4 of the National 

Reporting System Implementation 

Guidelines. 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9515 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comments Request: Consolidated 

State Performance Report (Part I and 

Part II) 

SUMMARY: The Consolidated State 

Performance Report (CSPR) is the 

required annual reporting tool for each 

State, Bureau of Indian Education, 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as 

authorized under Section 9303 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act, as amended by the No Child Left 

Behind Act of 2001. 

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 04804. 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 


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1Westat and Policy Studies Associates. The 

longitudinal evaluation of school change and 

performance (LESCP) in title I schools. Prepared for 

the U.S. Department of Education. Available online 

at http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/esed/ 

lescp_vol1.pdf. 

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

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Acting 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: Consolidated State 

Performance Report (Part I and Part II). 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0614. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 14,653. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 11,838. 

Abstract: This submission requests a 

revision to the currently-approved CSPR 

collection. This submission includes 

technical amendments such as removing 

tables that are unnecessary and 

updating racial and ethnic subgroups to 

comply with the Office of Management 

and Budget directive on reporting racial 

and ethnic data. It also includes 

substantive changes such as adding one 

new question for the school year (SY) 

2011–2012 collection and adding one 

new question and new subgroups for 

particular questions to the SY 2012– 

2013 collection. 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9514 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Promise 

Neighborhoods Program— 

Implementation Grant Competition 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information; Promise 

Neighborhoods Program— 

Implementation Grant Competition; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215N 

(Implementation grants). 

Dates: Applications Available: April 

20, 2012. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: June 8, 2012. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinars: 

May 17, 2012, and June 14, 2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 27, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 25, 2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Promise 

Neighborhoods program is carried out 

under the legislative authority of the 

Fund for the Improvement of Education 

(FIE), title V, part D, subpart 1, sections 

5411 through 5413 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7243– 

7243b). FIE supports nationally 

significant programs to improve the 

quality of elementary and secondary 

education at the State and local levels 

and to help all children meet 

challenging State academic content and 

student academic achievement 

standards. 

The purpose of the Promise 

Neighborhoods program is to 

significantly improve the educational 

and developmental outcomes of 

children and youth in our most 

distressed communities and to 

transform those communities by— 

(1) Identifying and increasing the 

capacity of eligible organizations (as 

defined in this notice) that are focused 

on achieving results for children and 

youth throughout an entire 

neighborhood; 

(2) Building a complete continuum of 

cradle-through- college-to-career 

solutions (continuum of solutions) (as 

defined in this notice) of both education 

programs and family and community 

supports (both as defined in this notice), 

with great schools at the center. All 

solutions in the continuum of solutions 

must be accessible to children with 

disabilities (CWD) (as defined in this 

notice) and English learners (ELs) (as 

defined in this notice); 

(3) Integrating programs and breaking 

down agency ‘‘silos’’ so that solutions 

are implemented effectively and 

efficiently across agencies; 

(4) Developing the local infrastructure 

of systems and resources needed to 

sustain and scale up proven, effective 

solutions across the broader region 

beyond the initial neighborhood; and 

(5) Learning about the overall impact 

of the Promise Neighborhoods program 

and about the relationship between 

particular strategies in Promise 

Neighborhoods and student outcomes, 

including through a rigorous evaluation 

of the program. 

Background: The vision of this 

program is that all children and youth 

growing up in Promise Neighborhoods 

have access to great schools and strong 

systems of family and community 

support that will prepare them to attain 

an excellent education and successfully 

transition to college and a career. 

A Promise Neighborhood is both a 

place and a strategy. A place eligible to 

become a Promise Neighborhood is a 

geographic area that is distressed, often 

facing inadequate access to high-quality 

early learning programs and services, 

with struggling schools, low high-school 

and college graduation rates, high rates 

of unemployment, high rates of crime, 

and indicators of poor health. These 

conditions contribute to and intensify 

the negative outcomes associated with 

children and youth living in poverty. 

Children and youth who are from lowincome families and grow up in 

neighborhoods of concentrated poverty 

face educational and life challenges 

above and beyond the challenges faced 

by children who are from low-income 

families who grow up in neighborhoods 

without a high concentration of poverty. 

A Federal evaluation of the reading and 

mathematics outcomes of elementary 

students in 71 schools in 18 districts 

and 7 States found that even when 

controlling for individual student 

poverty, there is a significant negative 

association between school-level 

poverty and student achievement.1 The 

evaluation found that students have 

lower academic outcomes when a 

higher percentage of their same-school 

peers qualify for free and reducedpriced lunch (FRPL) compared to when 

a lower percentage of their same-school 


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