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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: Implementation of 

Title I/II Program Initiatives. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 12,321. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,573. 

Abstract: The Implementation of Title 

I/II Program Initiatives study will 

examine the implementation of policies 

promoted through the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act (ESEA) at the 

state, district and school levels, in four 

core areas: state content standards, 

aligned assessments, accountability and 

school turnaround, and development of 

effective teachers and leaders. 

The purpose of this new data 

collection is to provide policy makers 

with detailed information on the 

progress being made on the core policies 

promoted by Title I and Title II, and the 

recent granting of ESEA Flexibility to 

states. Although other research studies 

cover similar topics on recent federal 

education policy, the breadth of 

research questions and the depth of 

responses from all SEAs and three levels 

of nationally representative samples, 

sets the Title I/II study apart from other 

studies. 

This study will rely on information 

collected from existing sources, for 

which there are no respondents or 

burden, and on a new set of surveys in 

order to address the study’s research 

questions. Extant data sources include 

(a) the National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP); (b) 

EDFacts data; (c) information about 

teacher preparation and certification 

programs and policies; and (d) state 

documents. 

The new surveys of states and 

districts will begin in 2013 and the 

surveys of schools (principals) and 

teachers will begin in 2014. All 

respondents will have the opportunity 

to complete an electronic (email or webbased) survey (or paper survey, if 

preferred). The survey respondents are 

described briefly below. 

State Surveys. The state survey will 

be sent to the chief state school officer 

in each of the 50 states and the District 

of Columbia. The state surveys will be 

administered using an electronic 

instrument divided into modules 

corresponding to the four core areas. 

District Surveys. The district survey 

will be sent to school superintendents 

from a nationally representative sample 

of 570 school districts. The district 

survey will be web-based and 

modularized, corresponding to the four 

core areas, to allow for completion by 

one or multiple respondents. 

School Surveys. The school survey 

will be sent to principals from a 

nationally representative sample of 

1,300 schools. The school survey will be 

web-based and address issues in the 

four core areas. 

Teacher Surveys. The teacher survey 

will be sent to a nationally 

representative sample of teachers 

selected from the sampled schools. A 

total of 9,100 teachers will be asked to 

complete a web-based survey that 

addresses issues in the four core areas. 

Teacher Rosters. Principals from 

sampled schools will be asked to 

provide a comprehensive list of teachers 

in their schools, which will be used as 

the sampling frame for the teacher 

sample. Principals will be asked to 

identify their school’s grade span and 

list all teachers along with their email 

address, main grade, subjects taught, 

(e.g., Reading/English/Language Arts, 

Mathematics, Science and Other), and 

whether the teacher teaches a class in 

which students are tested for 

accountability requirements under 

ESEA. 

Dated: September 25, 2013. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23799 Filed 9–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0127] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Special 

Education—Personnel Preparation To 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

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 an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 2, 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–0127 

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: (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. 


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Title of Collection: Special 

Education—Personnel Preparation to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0622. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector, Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,550. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,900. 

Abstract: The data collection under 

this request are governed by 34 CFR 

Section 304.1–304.32 regulations that 

implement section 673(h) of the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act, which requires that individuals 

who receive a scholarship through the 

Personnel Preparation Program funded 

under the Act subsequently provide 

special education and related services to 

children with disabilities for a period of 

two years for every year for which 

assistance was received. Scholarship 

recipients who do not satisfy the 

requirements of the regulations must 

repay all or part of the cost of assistance 

in accordance with regulations issued 

by the Secretary. These regulations 

implement requirements governing 

among other things, the service 

obligation for scholars, oversight by 

grantees, and repayment of scholarship. 

In order for the Federal government to 

ensure the goals of the program are 

achieved, the collection of data, record 

keeping, and documentation are 

necessary. 

Dated: September 26, 2013. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23923 Filed 9–30–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Race to the Top—District 

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice extending the deadline of 

the fiscal year (FY) 2013 Race to the 

Top—District competition for certain 

local educational agencies. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.416. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is extending the 

application deadline in the FY 2013 

Race to the Top—District competition 

for certain local educational agencies 

(LEAs). The Secretary takes this action 

to allow more time for the preparation 

and submission of applications by 

potential applicants adversely affected 

by flooding in certain counties in 

Colorado. The extension is intended to 

help these potential applicants compete 

fairly with other applicants in this 

competition. 

DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: For LEAs located in 

Colorado counties designated for 

Individual Assistance or Public 

Assistance under the Presidential major 

disaster (DR–4145) or emergency (EM– 

3365) declarations resulting from the 

September 2013 severe storms, flooding, 

landslides, and mudslides (the Affected 

Counties), and for consortium 

applicants that include one or more 

LEAs located in those counties, the new 

deadline is 4:30:00 p.m. Washington, 

DC time on Thursday, October 10, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Butler, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 7e214, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–6800 or by email: 

2013.racetothetop.district@ed.gov. 

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: See 

Emergency (EM–3365) available at: 

http://www.fema.gov/disaster/3365/ 

designated-areas and Major Disaster 

(DR–4145) available at: http:// 

www.fema.gov/disaster/4145/ 

designated-areas. 

This extended deadline applies to 

consortium applicants that include one 

or more LEAs located in the Affected 

Counties. 

The original deadline of October 3, 

2013, still applies for individual LEA 

applicants not located in the Affected 

Counties and for consortium applicants 

that consist solely of LEAs not located 

in the Affected Counties. 

All other information in the August 6, 

2013, Notice Inviting Applications (78 

FR 48006) for this competition remains 

the same. 

Information about the Race to the 

Top—District program is available on 

the Department’s Web site at http:// 

www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetopdistrict/index.html. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the program person listed in 

this section. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. Program Authority: 

Sections 14005 and 14006 of the ARRA 

(Pub. L. 111–5), as amended by section 

1832(b) of Division B of the Department 

of Defense and Full-Year Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 112– 

10), and the Department of Education 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (Title III of 

Division F of Pub. L. 112–74, the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012). 

Dated: September 26, 2013. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

[FR Doc. 2013–23908 Filed 9–30–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2388–002] 

City of Holyoke Gas & Electric 

Department; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions to Intervene, and 

Protests 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Application to 

Accelerate License Expiration Date. 

b. Project No: 2388–002. 

c. Date Filed: September 9, 2013; 

Supplemented: September 24, 2013. 

d. Applicant: City of Holyoke Gas & 

Electric Department. 

e. Name of Project: Holyoke No. 3 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

the Holyoke Canal in Hampden County, 

Massachusetts. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r (2012), and 18 

CFR 5.4 (2013). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Paul S. 

Ducheney, Superintendent of Electric 


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