15668 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 63 / Wednesday, April 2, 1997 / Notices

Title: Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Peer

Reviewer Qualifications Statement.

Frequency: Biennially.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden: Responses: 3,500; Burden

Hours: 875.

Abstract: In order for OSERS to

conduct a peer review of their

discretionary grant applications, it must

be able to select qualified reviewers.

This selection is based on the

information from the OSERS Peer

Reviewer Qualifications Statement that

is entered into the OSERS Peer Review

System. The potential peer reviewers

come from the rehabilitation and special

educational fields.

[FR Doc. 97–8328 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Management Group, invites

comments on the proposed information

collection request as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before May 2,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Director of the

Information Resources Management

Group publishes this notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g., new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment at the address specified

above. Copies of the requests are

available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the

address specified above.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Management

Group.

Office of the Under Secretary

Type of Review: New.

Title: Followup Study of the Student

Support Services Program.

Frequency: One time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden: Responses: 9,286; Burden

Hours: 2,205.

Abstract: The Planning and

Evaluation Service needs to survey

participants in the National Study of

Student Support Services now, six years

after they began postsecondary

education, to evaluate the effect of

receipt of Student Support Services.

Principal outcome measures are

persistence, GPA, and graduation.

Effects on employment and career plans

will also be examined.

[FR Doc. 97–8329 Filed 4–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

[CFDA No.: 84.194Q]

Bilingual Education: State Grant

Program; Notice Inviting Applications

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

1997

Purpose of Program: This program

provides grants to State educational

agencies to: (1) assist local educational

agencies in the State with program

design, capacity building, assessment of

student performance, and program

evaluation; and (2) collect data on the

State’s limited English proficient (LEP)

population and the educational

programs and services available to that

population. However, a State is exempt

from the requirements to collect data if

it did not, as of October 20, 1994, have

a system in place for collecting that

data.

Eligible Applicants: State educational

agencies.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 16, 1997.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 17, 1997.

Applications Available: April 1, 1997.

Available Funds: $300,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: Up to

$100,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 3.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85,

and 86.

SELECTION CRITERIA: In evaluating

applications for grants under this

program, the Secretary uses the

selection criteria included in the

application package for new grants

under the State Grant Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis

A. Catarineau, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., Room 5090, Switzer Building,

Washington DC. 20202–6510.

Telephone: (202) 205–9907. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260–

9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server

at Gopher.ED.Gov (under

Announcements, Bulletins and Press

Releases). However, the official

application notice for a discretionary

grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7454.