10244 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 10, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–5026 Filed 3–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The 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 April 9, 2009. 

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 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

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, 

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 5, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Summer Reading Program 

Study. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t, 

SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 3,033. 

Burden Hours: 177. 

Abstract: The current OMB package 

requests clearance for the instruments to 

be used in the Summer Reading 

Program Study (SRP). The SRP study is 

a project designed to test a summer 

reading program’s impact of reducing 

summer reading loss, especially for 

struggling readers. The data collection 

instruments will measure the 

background characteristics of the 

sample, the level of implementation and 

outcomes of the summer reading 

program. 

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 3925. 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 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. E9–5080 Filed 3–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

Enhanced Assessment Instruments 

Grants Program—Enhanced 

Assessment Instruments; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

Using Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Funds 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.368A. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

10, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 11, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to enhance the quality 

of assessment instruments and systems 

used by States for measuring the 

achievement of all students. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four absolute priorities and three 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the absolute priorities 

are from section 6112 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7301a). 

The competitive preference priorities 

are from Appendix E to the notice of 

final requirements for optional State 

consolidated applications submitted 

under section 9302 of the ESEA, 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 22, 2002 (67 FR 35967). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2008 

funds, these priorities are absolute 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we 

consider only applications that meet 

one or more of these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1. Collaborate with 

institutions of higher education, other 

research institutions, or other 

organizations to improve the quality, 

validity, and reliability of State 

academic assessments beyond the 

requirements for these assessments 

described in section 1111(b)(3) of the 

ESEA. 

Absolute Priority 2. Measure student 

academic achievement using multiple 

measures of student academic 

achievement from multiple sources. 

Absolute Priority 3. Chart student 

progress over time. 

Absolute Priority 4. Evaluate student 

academic achievement through the 

development of comprehensive 

academic assessment instruments, such 

as performance- and technology-based 

academic assessments. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award