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States’ performance and other 

information related to the reporting 

requirements of the Adult Education 

and Family Literacy Act, and (2) to be 

in compliance with the OMB and 

Department requirement on race/ 

ethnicity reporting. 

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 3943. 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. 

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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 June 9, 

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, 

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: April 6, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collections Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Fast Response Survey System 

(FRSS) 100–103—Arts Education in 

Public Elementary and Secondary 

Schools (KA). 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 9,286. 

Burden Hours: 3,939. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. 

Department of Education, proposes to 

employ the Fast Response Survey 

System (FRSS) to conduct a set of seven 

surveys on arts education, as requested 

by Congress—Senate Report 110–107/ 

House Bill report H16251. FRSS was 

used to conduct previous national 

surveys on arts education in 1999–2000 

and 1994. The seven new FRSS surveys 

will be administered during the 2009– 

10 school year and will address topics 

in K–12 arts education at the elementary 

and secondary school- and teacherlevels. A different survey will be 

conducted for each of the following 

populations: Elementary school 

principals; Secondary school principals; 

Elementary general classroom teachers; 

Elementary visual arts specialists; 

Elementary music specialists; 

Secondary visual arts specialists; and 

Secondary music specialists. The 

surveys will allow for an examination of 

change in arts education from a decade 

ago, including topics such as the 

availability and characteristics of 

instructional programs in visual arts, 

music, dance, and drama/theatre; 

program staffing; funding sources; 

teachers’ educational backgrounds (e.g., 

degrees, certification, years of 

experience), participation in 

professional development activities; 

teaching load and practices; 

collaboration and integration of the arts 

into other areas of the curriculum; and 

involvement in arts-related activities 

outside of school. New in the 2009–10 

data collection are two teacher surveys 

at the secondary school level, which 

will provide baseline data for secondary 

school music and visual arts specialists 

and will report on topics similar to the 

elementary music and visual arts 

specialist surveys, with some additional 

topics specific to the secondary level, 

such as Advanced Placement and 

International Baccalaureate classes, and 

visual arts classes taught outside regular 

school hours. 

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 4006. 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. 

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