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Outcomes and Progress. The first two 

reform areas, (A) and (B) are ‘‘Core 

Areas of Focus’’ for this program and all 

applicants addressed selection criteria 

based on these core areas. Reform areas 

(C), (D), and (E) are ‘‘Focused 

Investment Areas’’ where State’s choose 

which specific areas to target based on 

their State’s early childhood reform 

areas and policies. Research 

demonstrates that high-quality early 

learning and development programs and 

services can improve young children’s 

health, social-emotional, and cognitive 

outcomes; enhance school readiness; 

and help close the school readiness gap 

that exists between children with High 

Needs and their more abled peers at the 

time they enter kindergarten. The 

Annual Performance Report for this 

program will collect data on the 

performance measures and the selection 

criteria described in the application 

(note OMB approval in 2011). Program 

staff has reviewed this report carefully 

to minimize burden. The APR will be 

collected electronically which will 

enable program staff to pre-populate 

information on baseline data, approved 

performance targets, and approved 

annual budgets. This report will be used 

to provide necessary information to 

program staff and to the public on the 

implementation of these grants. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21510 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0114] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; State 

Educational Agency, Local Educational 

Agency, and School Data Collection 

and Reporting under ESEA, Title I, 

Part A 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), ED. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 3507(j)), ED is requesting the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct an emergency review 

of a revision to an existing information 

collection. 

DATES: Approval by the OMB has been 

requested by October 1, 2013. A regular 

clearance process is also hereby being 

initiated. Interested persons are invited 

to submit comments on or before 

November 4, 2013. 

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–2013–ICCD–0014 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. 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, Room 

2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Tomakie 

Washington, 202–401–1097 or 

electronically mail ICDocketMgr@

ed.gov. Please do not send comments 

here. 

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 as they relate to ESEA 

flexibility renewal: (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: State Educational 

Agency, Local Educational Agency, and 

School Data Collection and Reporting 

under ESEA, Title I, Part A. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0581. 

Type of Review: a revision to an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 53,198. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,707,785. 

Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the 

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and 

its regulations contain several existing 

provisions that require State educational 

agencies (SEAs), local educational 

agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect 

and disseminate information. The 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) covers 

these activities, which are currently 

approved by OMB under control 

number 1810–0581 through July 2015. 

In addition, in 2011, ED invited each 

SEA to request flexibility on behalf of 

itself, its LEAs, and schools, in order to 

better focus on improving student 

academic achievement and increasing 

the quality of instruction (ESEA 

flexibility). The opportunity for SEAs to 

request ESEA flexibility also included 

activities covered by the PRA. Those 

information collection activities 

consisted of the information an SEA 

must develop and submit to ED to 

request this flexibility, information that 

an SEA provided in an Accountability 

Addendum, and the information an SEA 

that receives ESEA flexibility must 

annually report to ED. Approvals of 

ESEA flexibility requests have occurred 

in several iterations: Window 1, for 

which SEAs submitted requests in 

November 2011; Window 2, for which 

SEAs submitted requests in February 

2012; Window 3, for which SEAs 

submitted requests in September 2012; 

and Window 4, for which SEAs 

submitted requests in spring 2013. 

Generally, ED approved the requests of 

SEAs that requested ESEA flexibility in 

Windows 1 and 2 through the end of the 

2013–2014 school year. ED is now 

inviting the 35 Window 1 and Window 

2 SEAs to request a two-year extension 

of the waivers granted through ESEA 

flexibility, through the end of the 2015– 

2016 school year. An SEA that requests 

renewal of ESEA flexibility must submit 

an updated ESEA flexibility request 

describing how it will continue to meet 

the requirements of ESEA flexibility. 

The purpose of this submission is to 

obtain approval for the resubmission 

activities covered by the PRA. These 

activities include an SEA’s addressing 

each of the required items described in 

the ESEA flexibility renewal guidance, 


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providing narrative responses within its 

currently approved ESEA flexibility 

request and attaching any new 

documentation or evidence where 

appropriate, and submitting the 

amended request to ED. In addition, an 

SEA must submit a completed ESEA 

flexibility renewal request form 

indicating where changes have been 

made in its ESEA flexibility request. 

The SEA may also choose, but is not 

required, to amend its request to make 

changes necessary to improve 

implementation going forward or to 

reflect more accurately implementation 

activities that have already occurred. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Service, Office of 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID: ED–2013–OELA–0107] 

Request for Information To Inform the 

Title III Technical Assistance Agenda 

and the Future Activities and Services 

of the National Clearinghouse for 

English Language Acquisition 

(NCELA) 

AGENCY: Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, 

and Academic Achievement for Limited 

English Proficient Students, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Education (the Department) requests 

information in two intertwining areas in 

support of the English learner 

community. First, the Department seeks 

information on the technical assistance 

needs of State educational agencies 

(SEAs), local educational agencies 

(LEAs), administrators, and teachers 

who provide services to English learners 

(ELs). Second, the Department seeks 

information on how we can best 

disseminate technical assistance, 

including materials through the 

National Clearinghouse for English 

Language Acquisition and Language 

Instruction Educational programs 

(NCELA) in support of the EL 

community and those who provide 

services to ELs. 

DATES: Written submissions must be 

received by the Department by 

September 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments by fax or by email. To ensure 

that we do not receive duplicate copies, 

please submit your comments only 

once. In addition, please include the 

Docket ID and the term ‘‘Technical 

Assistance-NCELA’’ at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘Are you new to this site?’’ 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments, address them to 

Melissa Escalante, Office of English 

Language Acquisition, Attention: 

Technical Assistance-NCELA RFI, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 5C148, Washington, 

DC 20202–6132. 

• Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy for comments received from 

members of the public (including 

comments submitted by mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery) 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing in their entirety on 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available on the Internet. 

Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the subject matter, 

some comments may include 

proprietary information as it relates to 

confidential commercial information. 

The Freedom of Information Act defines 

‘‘confidential commercial information’’ 

as information the disclosure of which 

could reasonably be expected to cause 

substantial competitive harm. You may 

wish to request that we not disclose 

what you regard as confidential 

commercial information. 

To assist us in making a 

determination on your request, we 

encourage you to identify any specific 

information in your comments that you 

consider confidential commercial 

information. Please list the information 

by page and paragraph numbers. 

This Request for Information (RFI) is 

issued solely for information and 

planning purposes and is not a request 

for proposals (RFP), a promise to issue 

an RFP, or a notice inviting applications 

(NIA), nor does it serve as a 

modification to the current NCELA 

contract. This RFI does not commit the 

Department to contract for any supply 

or service whatsoever. Further, the 

Department is not now seeking 

proposals and will not accept 

unsolicited proposals. The Department 

will not pay for any information or 

administrative costs that you may incur 

in responding to this RFI. 

If you do not respond to this RFI, you 

may still apply for future contracts and 

grants. The Department posts RFPs on 

the Federal Business Opportunities Web 

site (www.fbo.gov). The Department 

announces grant competitions in the 

Federal Register (www.gpo.gov/fdsys). It 

is your responsibility to monitor these 

sites to determine whether the 

Department issues an RFP or NIA after 

considering the information received in 

response to this RFI. 

The documents and information 

submitted in response to this RFI 

become the property of the U.S. 

Government and will not be returned. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Escalante, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5C148, Washington, DC 20202– 

6132 by phone at 202–401–1407. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–(800) 877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction 

The Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA) holds States accountable for 

closing achievement gaps and ensuring 

that all children, including children 

with limited English proficiency, meet 

the same challenging academic and 

achievement standards all students are 

expected to meet. To this end, Title III 

of ESEA requires States to develop 

English language proficiency (ELP) 

standards that are aligned with 

challenging State academic content and 

student academic achievement 

standards. States must also develop and 

administer ELP assessments that are 

aligned with those standards, and must 

develop annual measurable 

achievement objectives (AMAOs) for 

English language proficiency. Under 

Section 3303 of the ESEA, the Secretary 

of Education is authorized to establish 

and support the operation of a National 

Clearinghouse for English Language 

Acquisition and Language Instruction 

Educational Programs (NCELA). NCELA 

is administered by the Office of English 

Language Acquisition, Language 

Enhancement and Academic 

Achievement for Limited English 

Proficient Students (OELA). 

Under Section 3303 of the ESEA, 

NCELA’s basic function is to collect, 


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