Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 68 / Wednesday, April 9, 2014 / Notices 19595 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Financial Status and Program 

Performance Final Report for State and 

Partnership for the Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 9, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0009 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Sariane Leigh, 

202–502–7806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. 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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Financial Status 

and Program Performance Final Report 

for State and Partnership for the Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0782. 

Type of Review: A revisions of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 125. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,625. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to determine 

whether recipients of Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

have made substantial progress towards 

meeting the objectives of their 

respective projects, as outlined in their 

grant applications and/or subsequent 

work plans. In addition, the final report 

will enable the Department to evaluate 

each grant project’s fiscal operations for 

the entire grant performance period, and 

compare total expenditures relative to 

federal funds awarded, and actual costshare/matching relative to the total 

amount in the approved grant 

application. This report is a means for 

grantees to share the overall experience 

of their projects and document 

achievements and concerns, and 

describe effects of their projects on 

participants being served; project 

barriers and major accomplishments; 

and evidence of sustainability. The 

report will be GEAR UP’s primary 

method to collect/analyze data on 

students’ high school graduation and 

immediate college enrollment rates. 

Summary of Changes 

If grantees choose to serve students 

for 7 years, they must report on the 7th 

year of activities which include 

following GEAR UP students into the 

first year of postsecondary education 

and any students still in high school. 

The 5 hour burden increase is due to the 

additional time required to collect data 

on GEAR UP students enrolled in 

postsecondary education. 

Dated: April 3, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07857 Filed 4–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Training 

and Information for Parents of Children 

With Disabilities—Parent Training and 

Information Centers 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Training and Information for Parents of 

Children With Disabilities—Parent 

Training and Information Centers 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.328M. 

DATES:

Applications Available: April 9, 2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 27, 2014. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 23, 2014. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to ensure that parents of 

children with disabilities receive 

training and information to help 

improve results for their children. 

Priority: This competition has one 

absolute priority. In accordance with 34 

CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), this 

priority is from allowable activities 

specified in the statute, or otherwise 

authorized in the statute (see sections 

671 and 681(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2014 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 


TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES