Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 122 / Wednesday, June 25, 2014 / Notices 36027 

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–2014–ICCD–0095 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Andrew 

Abrams, 202–401–1232. 

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: (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: Studies of Rural 

Education Achievement Program 

Grantees. 

OMB Control Number: 1875—NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 310. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 168. 

Abstract: This request for OMB 

review asks for clearance to collect data 

through surveys and individual 

interviews that will inform a descriptive 

report on how grantees and subgrantees 

of the U.S. Department of Educations 

(the Department) Rural Education 

Achievement Program (REAP) 

experience various aspects of the 

program, including eligibility, planning, 

and use of funds, as well as any 

technical assistance needs regarding 

both administrative and programmatic 

issues. Pending clearance, the research 

team will administer a survey of a 

nationally representative sample of the 

approximately 6,000 total Small, Rural 

School Achievement (SRSA) grantees 

and Rural and Low-Income Schools 

(RLIS) subgrantees, telephone 

interviews of a purposively selected 

sample of 30 district administrators in 

SRSA grantee districts and RLIS 

subgrantee districts, and telephone 

interviews of REAP coordinators in all 

states receiving REAP funds. 

Dated: June 20, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14825 Filed 6–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0054] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Study of Enhanced College Advising in 

Upward Bound 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 25, 

2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0054 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Marsha 

Silverberg, 202–208–7178. 

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: (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 

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response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Study of Enhanced 

College Advising in Upward Bound. 

OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,400. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 468. 

Abstract: The Study of Enhanced 

College Advising in Upward Bound will 

test the effectiveness of providing 

Upward Bound projects with a 

professional development package and 

tools to provide semi-customized 

college advising to students 

participating in Upward Bound. 

Upward Bound projects will be invited 

to volunteer for the demonstration, and 

the first 200 projects to volunteer for the 

demonstration will be included. 

Volunteer projects will be randomly 

assigned so that half receive the staff 

training, materials, tools, and resources 

in the first wave (spring, summer, fall 

2015), and the other half will receive the 

staff training, materials, tools, and 

resources in the second wave (summer 

and fall 2016). The study will follow 

students who participate in both groups 

of projects as 11th graders in the 2014– 

2015 school year. The study will 

examine the impact of the 

demonstration on key outcomes 

including college application behavior, 

college acceptance and matriculation, 

and receipt of financial aid. This first of 

two ICRs for the study requests approval 

for the overall evaluation design, to 

collect 11th grade student rosters at 

each participating project in order to 

define the evaluation sample, and to 

administer the student baseline survey. 

A later ICR will request approval for 

other data collection, including a Project 

Director survey and a follow-up student 

survey. 

Dated: June 19, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14749 Filed 6–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0051] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

SURVEY ON THE USE OF FUNDS 

UNDER TITLE II, PART A (‘‘IMPROVING 

TEACHER QUALITY STATE GRANTS 

SUBGRANTS TO LEAS’’) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 25, 

2014. 

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–2014–ICCD–0051 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Daphne 

Kaplan, 202–401–7949. 

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: (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: SURVEY ON THE 

USE OF FUNDS UNDER TITLE II, PART 

A (‘‘IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY 

STATE GRANTS SUBGRANTS TO 

LEAS’’). 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0618. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 850. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,850. 

Abstract: The Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended, provides funds to districts to 

improve the quality of their teaching 

and principal force and raise student 

achievement. These funds are provided 

to districts through Title II, Part A 

(Improving Teacher Quality State Grants 

Sub grants to Local Educational 

Agencies (LEA)). The purpose of this 

survey is for the U.S. Department of 

Education to have a better 

understanding of how districts use these 

funds. The survey also collects 

information on high-quality professional 

development in LEAs. In addition to the 

LEA survey, the package also includes 

a short survey for State Educational 

Agencies (SEA) that provides 

information on fiscal year allocations of 

Title II, Part A funds made to the LEAs 

selected for participation in the LEA 

survey. 

This OMB clearance request is to 

continue these analyses using a similar 

data collection instrument and sampling 

plan for the 2014–2015 school year and 

subsequent years. Minor changes to the 

LEA survey are requested. No changes 

to the State Educational Agency (SEA) 

survey are required. 

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