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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.

Dated: May 28, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Vocational and Adult

Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Secretary’s Awards for

Outstanding Adult Education and

Literacy Programs.

Frequency: Every other year.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal

Gov’t; SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 40.

Burden Hours: 1,600.

Abstract: The Secretary’s Awards

identifies programs featuring promising

practices in family literacy, workplace

literacy, welfare to further education or

work, services to out-of-school youth, or

corrections.

[FR Doc. 98–14626 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 6,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, 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, SW, 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 Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, 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: May 28, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New.

Title: Study of Charter School

Accountability.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov’t,

SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden:

Responses: 60.

Burden Hours: 30.

Abstract: This two-year study will

look at accountability relationships

between charter schools and their

sponsoring state/agencies and whether

these relationships are defined by law or

developed in practice. One part of the

study is a survey of a sample of

authorizing agencies in six states.

[FR Doc. 98–14627 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

President’s Board of Advisors on

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities Meeting

AGENCY: President’s Board of Advisors

on Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, U.S. Department of

Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and agenda of the meeting of

the President’s Board of Advisors on

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities. This notice also describes

the functions of the Board. Notice of this

meeting is required under Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act.

DATE AND TIME: June 16, 1998 from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Capitol Hotel located at

550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC

20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Treopia Washington, White House

Initiative on Historically Black Colleges

and Universities, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., the Portals Building, Suite 605,

Washington, DC 20202–5120.

Telephone: (202) 708–8667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .The

President’s Board of Advisors on

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities was established under

Executive Order 12876 of November 1,

1993. The Board was established to

advise on federal policies that impact

upon Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, to advise on strategies to

increase participation of Historically

Black Colleges and Universities in

federally sponsored programs and

funding opportunities, and to advise on

strategies to increase private sector

support for those colleges.

The meeting of the Board is open to

the public. The meeting will focus on

federal agency program activity with

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities.

Records are kept of all Board

procedures and are available for public