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- 0600: State and Local Educational Agency Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements under Part B of the

Individual with Disabilities Education Act

Page 1 of 3 **Public Burden Statem ent** 

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of informat ion is estimated to average

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Consultation LEA: 12 hours SEA: 24 hours Hearing Officers and Mediators List LEA: 3 hours SEA: 3 hours Consultation Complaints Private School: 2 hours LEA: 4 hours SEA: 20 hours State Complaint Procedures SEA: 30 hours

Num ber of Parentally

placed Private School Students LEA: 10 hours SEA: 20 hours LEA Part B Application LEA: 2 hours

High Cost Fund SEA: 40 hours Procedural Safeguards LEA: 3 hours Legal Services List LEA: 0.5 hours

per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to this collection is required to demonstrate compliance with the requirem ents of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden through www.regulations.gov

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**Instrument**

Collection Respondents, Frequency, Burden Total Annual Burden Hours Cost Burden

Estimate Total Cost

LEA consultation with private school representatives. It is estimated that approximately 2,849 LEA recordkee pers will be required to provide w

ritten explanations to private school officials and obtain a written affirmation signed by the representatives of participating private schools and forward the documentation of the consultation process to the State educati onal agency (SEA). It is estimated that it will take, on average, each LEA approximately 12 hours per year to obtain a w

ritten affirmation and forward documentation to the SEA. There are 57 SEA recordkeepers who receive the documentation from each LEA. It is estimated that, on the average for all SEAs, it takes recordkeepers 24 hours per year to maintain the records. (2,849 LEAs x 12 hrs) + (57 SEA x 24 hrs) 35,556 35,556 x $25 $888,900

Private school complaint of noncompliance with consultation
process. Approximately 200 private Private school burden: (200 private school respondents x 2hrs) + 5,320 5,320 x $25 $133,0001820

- 0600: State and Local Educational Agency Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements under Part B of the

Individual with Disabilities Education Act

Page 2 of 3 Collection Respondents, Frequency, Burden Total Annual Burden Hours Cost Burden

Estimate Total Cost

school officials are estimated to annually choose to file a complaint with SEAs that LEAs did not engage in consultation that was meaningful and timely, or did not give due consideration to the views of the private school offi cials and 30 private school officials will choose to file a complaint with the Secretary. It is estimated that on average each of 40 SEAs will render a decision for 5 complaints and will be required to submit documentation to the Secretary for 1 complaint

. Approximately 200 LEAs across 40 States will be required to forward documentation to SEAs regarding complaints. (30 private school respondents x 2hrs) = 460 SEA burden: (40 SEA respondents x 5 complaints x 20 hrs) + (40 SEA respondents x 2hrs) = 4,080 LEA burden: 200 LEA respondents x 4hrs = 800

Number of children with disabilities enrolled in private schools by their parents. There are 14,229 LEA respondents who are required to maintain a record of the number of children evaluated, the number of children determined to be children with disabilities, and the number of children served under 20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(10)(A). There are 57 SEA respondents who receive th e records from each LEA. LEA burden: 14,229 LEA respondents x 10 (hrs) = 142,290 SEA burden: 57 SEA respondents x 20 (hrs) = 1,140 143,430 143,430 x $25 $3,585,750

State plan for high cost fund . It is anticipated that approximately 40 States will cho ose to maintain a high cost fund necessitating a State plan for the high cost fund. It is estimated that it will take each State an average of 40 hours to annually revie w and

am end 40 State plans which equals an estimated total of 1,600 total burden hours

. 40 SEA respondents x 40 (hrs) 1,600 1,600 x $25 $40,000

Free and low

- cost legal services

. There are approximately 13,000 due process hearings requested annually through LEAs. The data burden is expected to require an average of 30 minutes per heari ng request to inform parents of the availability of low

- cost legal services. 13,000 LEA respondents x .5 (hrs.) 6,500 6,500 x $25 $162,500

List of hearing officers and mediators (previous OMB 1820

- 0509)

. There are 57 State level record keepers who

mus t maintain a list of mediators and 14,286 SEA/LEA respondents x 3 (hrs) 42,858 42,858 x $25 $1,071,45 01820

- 0600: State and Local Educational Agency Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements under Part B of the

Individual with Disabilities Education Act

Page 3 of 3 Collection Respondents, Frequency, Burden Total Annual Burden Hours Cost Burden

Estimate Total Cost

approximately 14,229 public agencies. It is estimated to take approximately three hours annually for record keepers to update and maintain the lists. State complaint procedures (previous OMB 1820

- 0599) . Each of 57 SEAs process, on average, 30 complaints annually. It takes an average of about 24 hours for a State educational agency to issue a written decision to a complaint. 57 SEA respondents x 30 = 1,710 x 24 hrs. 41,040 41,040 x $25 $1,026,000

LEA application under Part B (previous OMB 1820

- 0600) . It is estimated that each of 14,229 respondents will expend a total of 2 hours annually processing

mo difications to an LEA plan for Part B funds and reporting. 14,229 LEA respondents x 2 (hrs) 28,458 28,458 x $25 $711,450

Procedural Safeguard Notice. It is estimated that each of 14,229 respondents will expend a total of 3 hours annually generating and providing procedural safeguard notices to parents of children with disabilities. 14,229 LEA respondents x 3 (hrs) 42,687 42,687 x $25 $1,067,175

TO TAL BURDEN 73,503 347,449 8,686,225