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This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4208. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5577 Filed 3–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 14, 

2010. 

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 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes that 

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. 

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. 

Dated: March 10, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: School Improvement Grants. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 3,102. 

Burden Hours: 229, 800. 

Abstract: On December 10, 2009, the 

U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) published final 

requirements and a State educational 

agency (SEA) application for School 

Improvement Grants (SIG) authorized 

under section 1003(g) of Title I of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, and 

funded through the Department of 

Education Appropriations Act, 2009 (FY 

2009) and the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). On 

January 21, 2010, the Department 

published interim final requirements 

and a revised SEA application, which 

amended the final requirements and 

application issued in December. 

Together, these requirements are 

referred to in this document as ‘‘final 

requirements.’’ 

The final requirements define the 

criteria that an SEA must use to award 

ARRA and FY 2009 SIG funds to local 

educational agencies (LEAs). In 

awarding these funds, an SEA must give 

priority to the LEAs with the lowestachieving schools that demonstrate the 

greatest need for the funds and the 

strongest commitment to using the 

funds to provide adequate resources to 

their lowest-achieving schools eligible 

to receive services provided through SIG 

funds in order to raise substantially the 

achievement of the students attending 

those schools. 

The final requirements also include 

information collection activities covered 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA). The activities consist of: (1) A 

new application for an SEA to submit to 

the Department to apply for FY 2009 

and ARRA SIG funds; (2) the reporting 

of specific school-level data on the use 

of SIG funds and specific interventions 

implemented in LEAs receiving SIG 

funds that the Department currently 

does not collect through EDFacts; (3) an 

application for an LEA to submit to its 

SEA to receive SIG funds; and (4) the 

SEA posting its LEAs’ applications. 

The Department received emergency 

approval of the information collection 

activities through June 30, 2010 at the 

same time it issued the final 

requirements. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) also 

approved a change to the collection at 

the time the Department issued the 

interim requirements in January. These 

approvals permitted the SEA 

application process to begin so that 

students in the lowest-achieving schools 

will begin receiving the assistance they 

need as soon as possible. The 

information collection activities in the 

final requirements will continue past 

June 30th, however. Therefore, the 

Department is requesting regular 

approval of the information collection 

activities. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4242. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 


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to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5626 Filed 3–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management 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 April 14, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

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 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes that 

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. 

Dated: March 10, 2010. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: National Title I Study of 

Implementation and Outcomes: Early 

Childhood Language Development 

(ECLD). 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or 

LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 16. 

Burden Hours: 36. 

Abstract: The study is being 

conducted as part of the National 

Assessment of Title I, mandated by Title 

I, Part E, Section 1501 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act. The data 

obtained by this information collection 

will provide a sampling frame of eligible 

schools for the National Title I Study of 

Implementation and Outcomes: Early 

Childhood Language Development 

(ECLD). Once school districts have been 

indentified to participate in the study, 

they will be asked to complete a short 

form providing information about Title 

I schools in their district. This 

information includes the percent of 

students in a selected school that are 

eligible for free-or-reduced-price lunch, 

percent of third graders who are 

classified as reading proficient on state 

assessments in 2009–10, grade levels in 

selected schools, and number of 

students in each grade. Based on the 

information provided, up to ten schools 

per district will be randomly selected to 

participate in the full-scale study. The 

U.S. Department of Education has 

Mathematica Policy Research to conduct 

this study. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4195. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5578 Filed 3–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Foreign Language Assistance 

Program—Local Educational Agencies 

with Institutions of Higher Education 

AGENCY: Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, 

and Academic Achievement for Limited 

English Proficient Students, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice Inviting Applications for 

New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.293A. 

Dates: Applications Available: March 

15, 2010. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: March 26, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 14, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 14, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Foreign 

Language Assistance Program (FLAP) 

provides grants to local educational 

agencies (LEAs) for innovative model 

programs providing for the 

establishment, improvement, or 

expansion of foreign language study for 

elementary and secondary school 

students. Under this competition, as 

provided for in Division D, Title III, of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2010, Public Law 111–117, 5-year grants 

will be awarded to LEAs to work in 

partnership with one or more 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to establish or expand articulated 

programs of study in languages critical 

to United States national security in 

order to enable successful students, as 

they advance from elementary school 

through secondary school and college, 

to achieve a superior level of 


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