Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 3, 2000 / Notices 58987

Description

The Enrollment Form is the official

document used to document that an

AmeriCorps member is enrolled in an

approved national service position and

has begun to earn an education award.

The form also provides the Corporation

with demographic information for

evaluative purposes, and allows the

Corporation to project future liabilities

for the National Service Trust.

The Enrollment form serves two

purposes essential to the function of the

AmeriCorps programs. First, it is the

means by which AmeriCorps programs

certify that a member is eligible to serve

in AmeriCorps and has begun his or her

term of service. Second, it provides the

Corporation, grantees, and program

managers with valuable demographic

information with which the Corporation

can assess and report on member

placement.

The change proposed for this form is:

Three multiple-choice statements are

being added above the AmeriCorps

member’s signature line. The statements

pertain to high school graduationrelated requirements in 42 U.S.C. 12501

et seq. Adding this item to the form will

require member self-certification.

Exit Form

Type of Review: Renewal/Revision.

Agency: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

Title: Exit Form (formerly called ‘‘End

of Term/Exit Form’’)

OMB Number: 3045–0015.

Agency Number: None.

Affected Public: AmeriCorps members

and their host programs.

Total Respondents: 48,000 annually.

Frequency: Average of once per year.

(One time for each term of service).

Average Time Per Response: 7

minutes total—3 minutes for the

member to complete his or her portion

and 4 for the program staff to complete

the Certifying Official portion.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,600

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

N/A.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): N/A.

Description

The Corporation’s Exit Form is the

means by which AmeriCorps programs

certify that a member has, or has not,

successfully satisfied conditions which

must be met in order to receive an

education award. When an AmeriCorps

member successfully completes a term

of national service, a designated

program official certifies that the service

was completed and the individual is

eligible for an education award.

Submission of the Exit Form provides

legal certification for the disbursement

of an education award to an AmeriCorps

member. It is the document by which an

authorized program official at an

AmeriCorps program site indicates

whether an AmeriCorps member is

eligible for an education award.

Additional information requested on

the form includes the member’s service

completion date, the current address

where the education award

documentation should be mailed, and

two questions regarding the member’s

desire for post service information.

The Corporation proposes the

following changes to the form:

• Eliminate the ten evaluation

questions that are on the form currently

being used. The Corporation’s

Evaluation Division has decided that

relevant evaluation data will be

collected through surveys.

• Revise question 11 on the current

form to incorporate two other postservice opportunities for former

AmeriCorps members. Reorganize the

question/response options to make the

item clearer and to eliminate repetitive

language.

• Eliminate the Permanent Address.

A Permanent Address is collected from

the Enrollment form. It does not change

nearly as frequently as does the

member’s Current Mailing Address,

which is the address where the

member’s education award is mailed.

The Permanent Address is used if mail

is returned to the Corporation because

of an incorrect Current Address. By not

asking for an update of the Permanent

Address, the entire Exit Form can be

included on two sides of one page, a

definite advantage.

Future Data Collection for Americorps

Programs

In 1999, the Corporation began using

an electronic system to both enroll and

exit AmeriCorps members. Many local

programs can enter into a database

information about their members’

enrollment and completion of service.

They can use the two forms to obtain

the information from their participants

and enter it into their databases. This

data is periodically transferred to the

Corporation’s database where it

becomes the official record. This

transfer is currently being done on a

weekly basis.

As of the time of this submission,

more than fifty percent of the nation’s

AmeriCorps programs use this system.

The Corporation would like to have all

programs use it, since it ultimately

speeds up both collecting information

and issuing education awards to

members who have successfully

completed their terms of service.

However, many AmeriCorps programs,

especially smaller ones, do not have the

technological resources to afford the

computer hardware and software.

The Corporation does not want to

exclude any competent, otherwise

qualified organizations from

participating as a sponsor, so it is

possible that there may always be a

small number of organizations that will

use forms.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Charlene Dunn,

Director, National Service Trust.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Meeting of the Board of Visitors of

Marine Corps University

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors of the

Marine Corps University (BOV MCU)

will meet to review, develop and

provide recommendations on all aspects

of the academic and administrative

policies of the University; examine all

aspects of professional military

education operations; and provide such

oversight and advice as is necessary to

facilitate high educational standards

and cost effective operations. The Board

will be reviewing the fiscal plan for next

year, the University’s Facilities Master

Plan, Board presiding officer restrictions

contained in the regional accrediting

guidelines, and the status of the review

and update of the Board By-laws. All

sessions of the meeting will be open to

the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday and Tuesday November 13–14,

2000 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Marine Corps University Research

Center, 2040 Broadway Street, Room

164, Quantico, VA 22134.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garry Smith, Executive Secretary,

Marine Corps University Board of

Visitors, 2076 South Street, Quantico,

VA 22134, (703) 784–4037.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

J.L. Roth,

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate

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

Liaison Officer.

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