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Title: Quick Response Information 

System (QRIS). 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; not-for-profit institutions; 

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

LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 3,655. 

Burden Hours: 7,889. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) Quick 

Response Information System (QRIS) 

consists of the Fast Response Survey 

System (FRSS) and the Postsecondary 

Education Quick Information System 

(PEQIS). The QRIS currently conducts 

surveys under OMB generic clearance 

1850–0733, which expires in October 

2009. This clearance request represents 

a request for a continuation of the 

current clearance conditions through 

October 2012. FRSS primarily conducts 

surveys of the elementary/secondary 

sector (districts, schools) and public 

libraries. PEQIS conducts surveys of the 

postsecondary education sector. FRSS 

and PEQIS surveys are cleared under 

the QRIS generic clearance. The QRIS 

clearance goes through the regular 

clearance process at OMB with a 60-day 

notice and a 30-day notice as part of the 

120-day review period. The QRIS 

package describes the general scope of 

the surveys, their quick turnaround 

time, their length, size of sample, 

sample design, and some typical topics. 

Each individual FRSS or PEQIS survey 

goes into the clearance process with an 

abbreviated clearance package, 

justifying the particular content of the 

survey, describing the sample design, 

the timeline for the survey activities, 

and the questionnaire. The review 

period for each individual survey is 

approximately 45 days, including a 30- 

day Federal Register notice period. 

OMB will provide comments as soon 

after the end of the 30-day notice period 

as possible. This generic clearance 

request is for surveys of state education 

agencies, school districts, schools, 

postsecondary institutions, and 

libraries. Surveys of teachers, students, 

commercial establishments, and 

households are not included in this 

request. 

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 3965. 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. E9–9655 Filed 4–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Small, Rural School Achievement 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice announcing application 

deadline. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number 84.358A. 

SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural 

School Achievement (SRSA) Program, 

the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) awards grants on a 

formula basis to eligible local 

educational agencies (LEAs) to address 

the unique needs of rural school 

districts. In this notice, we establish the 

deadline for submission of fiscal year 

(FY) 2009 SRSA grant applications. 

Application Deadline: June 30, 2009, 

4:30:00 p.m. Washington, DC time. 

An eligible LEA that is required to 

submit an application must do so 

electronically by the application 

deadline specified in this notice. If it 

submits its application after this 

deadline, the LEA will receive a grant 

award only to the extent that funds are 

available after the Department awards 

grants to other eligible LEAs under the 

program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Which LEAs Are Eligible for an Award 

Under the SRSA program? 

An LEA (which includes public 

charter schools that are considered 

LEAs under State law) is eligible for an 

award under the SRSA program if— 

(a) The total number of students in 

average daily attendance at all of the 

schools served by the LEA is fewer than 

600, or each county in which a school 

served by the LEA is located has a total 

population density of fewer than 10 

persons per square mile; and 

(b) All of the schools served by the 

LEA are designated with a school locale 

code of 7 or 8 by the Department’s 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES), or the Secretary has 

determined, based on a demonstration 

by the LEA and concurrence of the State 

educational agency (SEA), that the LEA 

is located in an area defined as rural by 

a governmental agency of the State. 

The school locale codes are the locale 

codes determined on the basis of the 

NCES school code methodology in place 

on the date of enactment of section 

6211(b) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended. 

Which Eligible LEAs Must Submit an 

Application To Receive a FY 2009 

SRSA Grant Award? 

An eligible LEA must submit an 

application to receive a FY 2009 SRSA 

grant award if it falls under any of the 

following categories: 

1. The LEA never submitted an 

application for SRSA funds in any prior 

year; 

2. The LEA received an SRSA grant 

award for FY 2006 and, as of December 

31, 2008, had not drawn down from the 

Department’s Grant Administration and 

Payment System any of its FY 2006 

SRSA funds; 

3. The LEA was identified in a prior 

year as needing to re-apply for SRSA 

funds because of the absence of 

drawdown activity, but did not do so. 

Under the regulations in 34 CFR 

75.104(a), the Secretary makes grants 

only to an eligible party that submits an 

application. Given the limited purpose 

served by the application under the 

SRSA program, the Secretary considers 

the application requirement to be met if 

the LEA submitted an SRSA application 

for any prior year and does not fall 

under any of the categories listed above 

requiring the submission of a new 

application. In this circumstance, unless 

the LEA advises the Secretary by the 

application deadline that it is 

withdrawing its application, the 

Secretary deems the application that the 

LEA previously submitted to remain in 

effect for FY 2009 funding, and the LEA 

does not have to submit an additional 

application. 

The Department intends to provide, 

by April 30, 2009, a list of LEAs eligible 

for FY 2009 funds on the SRSA Web site 

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

reapsrsa/index.html under the 

‘‘Eligibility’’ hyperlink. The Web site 

will indicate which eligible LEAs must 

submit a new application to the 

Department to receive an FY 2009 SRSA 


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grant award, and which eligible LEAs 

are considered already to have met the 

application requirement. 

Eligible LEAs that must submit a new 

application in order to receive FY 2009 

SRSA funds must do so electronically 

by the deadline established in this 

notice. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: 

An eligible LEA that is required to 

submit an application to receive FY 

2009 SRSA funds must submit an 

electronic application by June 30, 2009, 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time. 

Submission of an electronic application 

involves the use of the Department’s 

Electronic Grant Application System 

(e-Application) available through the 

Department’s e-Grants system. 

You can access the electronic 

application for the SRSA Program at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

Once you access this site, you will 

receive specific instructions regarding 

the information to include in your 

application. 

The hours of operation of the e-Grants 

Web site are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. 

Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until 

8 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. 

Please note that, because of 

maintenance, the system is unavailable 

between 8 p.m. on Sundays and 6 a.m. 

on Mondays, and between 7 p.m. on 

Wednesdays and 6 a.m. on Thursdays, 

Washington, DC time. Any 

modifications to these hours are posted 

on the e-Grants Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Eric Schulz, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3W107, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0039 or by e-mail: 

reap@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this notice in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

version of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345– 

7345b. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated to Joseph C. 

Conaty, Director, Academic 

Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education, the authority 

to perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

Dated: April 23, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–9668 Filed 4–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

National Assessment Governing Board. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

partially closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board. 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. This 

document is intended to notify members 

of the general public of their 

opportunity to attend. Individuals who 

will need special accommodations in 

order to attend the meeting (i.e.; 

interpreting services, assistive listening 

devices, materials in alternative format) 

should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202– 

357–6938 or at 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than 

April 30, 2009. We will attempt to meet 

requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: May 14–16, 2009. 

Times: 

May 14 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Closed Session—8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; 

Open Session—10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Testing 

and Reporting on Students with 

Disabilities and English Language 

Learners 

Open Session—2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session— 

4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed Session—5 

p.m. to 6 p.m. 

May 15 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 9:30 a.m.; Closed Session—12:30 p.m. 

to 2:45 p.m.; Open Session—3 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology: Open Session—9:45 a.m. 

to 12:15 p.m. 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 

12:15 p.m. 

May 16 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session—7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 10 a.m. 

Location: Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th 

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer, 

National Assessment Governing Board, 

800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 

825, Washington, DC 20002–4233, 

Telephone: (202) 357–6938. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Assessment Governing Board 

is established under section 412 of the 

National Education Statistics Act of 

1994, as amended. 

The Board is established to formulate 

policy guidelines for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). The Board’s responsibilities 

include selecting subject areas to be 

assessed, developing assessment 

specifications and frameworks, 

developing appropriate student 

achievement levels for each grade and 

subject tested, developing standards and 

procedures for interstate and national 

comparisons, developing guidelines for 

reporting and disseminating results, and 

releasing initial NAEP results to the 

public. 

On May 14, 2009, the Assessment 

Development Committee will meet in 

closed session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m. to review secure grades 8 and 12 

test items for the 2010 National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) Writing Pilot. The meeting must 

be conducted in closed session as 


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