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implementation at the State level to 

understand: Whether and how States 

and districts are making the necessary 

connections between English language 

proficiency (ELP) and academic 

learning; how the law’s standards, 

assessment, and accountability 

mechanisms are being translated at the 

local level into instructional decisions 

and improvement strategies for limited 

English proficient (LEP) students; 

whether Title III implementation takes 

into account the many layers of 

diversity in the LEP population; and 

how LEP students are faring in both ELP 

and subject matter learning. The mixedmethods data collection and analyses 

will enable the study to answer a series 

of key evaluation questions and to 

deepen understanding of the extent to 

which Title III is achieving its 

underlying goals. The study has four 

interrelated objectives: (1) To describe 

the progress in implementation of Title 

III provisions, and variation in 

implementation across States; (2) To 

examine how localities are 

implementing their programs for LEP 

students and how these relate to State 

policies and contexts; (3) To determine 

how LEP students are faring in the 

development of their ELP and mastery 

of academic content; and (4) To 

maintain a focus, in all project data 

collection and analysis activities, on the 

diversity among LEP students—for 

example, in their concentrations, 

languages, ages, length of residence in 

the U.S.—and the educational 

implications of this diversity. The study 

will produce several policy-relevant 

reports and presentations including: Inperson briefings for ED staff each year 

of the contract (three briefings total); a 

user-friendly policy brief and fact sheet 

in both Years 2 and 3 of the study, 

targeting policymakers, educators, 

media, and the public; dissemination of 

the fact sheet and non technical 

executive summary for each report 

completed to the study participants; 

dissemination of the reports, non 

technical executive summaries, policy 

briefs, and fact sheets to a number of 

audiences through organizations that 

focus on the instructional needs of LEP 

students; and submission of proposals 

for several staff members to conduct 

presentations at two professional and/or 

practitioner conferences during Years 2 

and 3 of the study. The proposed study 

will include: A thorough review of 

standards and assessments; a complete 

set of interviews of State Title III and 

assessment directors; a nationally 

representative survey of districts 

receiving Title III funds; in depth case 

studies in five States, including two 

districts within each State; an analysis 

of longitudinal student achievement 

data; and an analysis of trends in State 

achievement. Respondents will include 

51 State Title III directors, 1,300 District 

Title III administrators, 96 other district 

administrators, 192 Elementary and 

Secondary school principals and 

resource staff, 192 Elementary and 

Secondary teachers, and 96 parent 

liaisons. 

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 3992. 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 

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. E9–6453 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The 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 26, 

2009. 

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. 

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 18, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collections Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: IEPS Learning Resource Center 

(LRC) Customer Surveys. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 416. 

Burden Hours: 194. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

evaluation is to assess the impact of the 

Language Resource Center (LRC) 

program in enhancing the foreign 

language capacity of the United States. 

Three surveys will be conducted: a 

survey of LRC Project Directors; a 

survey of all members of the National 

Association of District Supervisors of 

Foreign Languages; and a survey of LRC 

Summer workshop participants. Results 

from the three surveys will inform the 

writing of a final report determining the 

impact of the LRC program. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

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

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3975. 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 

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. E9–6455 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Overview Information; Business and 

International Education Program 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.153A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 24, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 23, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 22, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Business 

and International Education Program 

provides grants to enhance international 

business education programs and to 

expand the capacity of the business 

community to engage in international 

economic activities. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one competitive preference priority and 

three invitational priorities that are 

explained in the following paragraphs. 

Competitive Preference Priority: In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

this priority is from the regulations for 

this program (34 CFR 661.32). For FY 

2009, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional 

five points to an application that meets 

this priority. 

This priority is: 

The establishment of internships 

overseas to enable foreign language 

students to develop their foreign 

language skills and their knowledge of 

foreign cultures and societies. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2009, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), 

we do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority I: 

Applications that focus on any of the 

following seventy-eight (78) languages 

selected from the U.S. Department of 

Education’s list of Less Commonly 

Taught Languages (LCTLs): 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), 

Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, 

Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, 

Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), 

Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all 

languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, 

Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, 

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), 

Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), 

Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, 

Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew 

(Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, 

Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, 

Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, 

Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish 

(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Invitational Priority II: 

Applications that focus on one or 

more of the following: developing, 

improving and disseminating best 

practices of international business 

training programs, teaching, and 

curriculum development to increase 

American competitiveness. 

Invitational Priority III: 

Applications that focus on increasing 

the numbers of underrepresented 

minorities in foreign languages and area 

and international studies. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130– 

1130b. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations in 34 CFR parts 655 and 661. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

Areas of National Need: 

In accordance with section 601(c) of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1121 (c), the 

Secretary has consulted with and 

received recommendations regarding 

the national need for expertise in 

foreign languages and world regions 

from the head officials of a wide range 

of Federal agencies. These 

recommendations have been taken into 

account in developing the request for 

applications for funding during this 

grant cycle. A list of foreign languages 

and world regions identified as areas of 

national need may be found on the 

following Web sites: http://www.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/ope/policy.html, 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsbie/ 

legislation.html 

Also included on these web sites are 

the specific recommendations the 

Secretary received from Federal 

agencies. 

Program Assurances: Each 

application must include an assurance 

that, where applicable, the activities 

funded by this grant will reflect diverse 

perspectives and a wide range of views 

on world regions and international 

affairs. (20 U.S.C. 1130a(c)). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: We 

propose to allocate $2,223,961 for new 

awards for this program for FY 2009. 

The actual level of funding, if any, 

depends on final congressional action. 

However, we are inviting applications to 

allow enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000- 

$95,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$84,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $95,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 25. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education that have entered into 

agreements with business enterprises, 

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