Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 17, 1995 / Notices 26415

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: An expedited review has been

requested in accordance with the Act,

since allowing for the normal review

period would adversely affect the public

interest. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by May 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street NW., Room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection request

should be addressed to Patrick J.

Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue SW., Room 5624,

Regional Office Building 3, Washington,

D.C. 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill, (202) 708–9915.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires

that the Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and persons

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 Resources

Group, publishes this notice with the

attached proposed information

collection request prior to submission of

this request to OMB. This notice

contains the following information: (1)

Type of review requested, e.g.,

expedited; (2) Title; (3) Abstract; (4)

Additional Information; (5) Frequency

of collection; (6) Affected public; and (7)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. Because an expedited review

has been requested, a description of the

information to be collected is also

included as an attachment to this notice.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Bilingual and Minority

Languages Affairs

Type of Review: Expedited

Title: Application for Cooperative

Agreement Under the Bilingual

Education Program: Benchmark

Evaluation Study

Frequency: One Time

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Governments

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 15

Burden Hours: 1,800

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeeprs: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: The Department needs and

uses this information to make

cooperative agreements. The

respondents are institutions of higher

education (IHEs), nonprofit

organizations (NPOs), and State and

local educational agencies (SEAs and

LEAs). The respondents are required

to provide this information in

applying for this cooperative

agreement award.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is

requested for May 19, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

to make grant awards before the end

of the fiscal year.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Expedited

Title: LEAs’ and SEAs’ Collection,

Review, and Reporting on Title I

Assessments and School

Improvement Under Title I, Part A,

Section 1116 of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994 (IASA)

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 14,111

Burden Hours: 564,440

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: Under IASA, Title I, Part A,

Section 1116(a) LEAs are required,

and under Section 1116(a)(1) (A) and

(B) SEAs are required, to collect,

disaggregate and report specific data

on the performance of schools and

individual students and on the formal

process of school improvement.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is

requested for May 19, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

for the SEAs to implement the

requirement before the start of the

new year.

Office of Elementary and Second

Education

Type of Review: Expedited

Title: Information Collection and

Reporting Required for Local School

District Plans and Applications to

State Education Agencies for

Subgrants Under Title I, Part A of the

Improving America’s Schools Act of

1994 (IASA)

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 14,199

Burden Hours: 289,816

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: LEAs, as a condition for

receiving funds under IASA, Title I,

Part A, must prepare and submit to

their SEA, for approval, the plan

required by Section 1112 describing

their student assessments, plans for

staff development, their poverty

criteria for selecting school

attendance areas, identification of

participating children, school

programs and other information

needed to determine their adherence

to the statute.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is

requested for May 19, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

for the SEAs to implement the

requirement before the start of the

new year.

[FR Doc. 95–12065 Filed 5–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

[CFDA No.: 84.246J]

Rehabilitation Short-Term Training—

Training Impartial Hearing Officers on

Provisions of the Rehabilitation Act;

Notice Inviting Applications for New

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

the Rehabilitation Short-Term Training

program is to provide Federal support

for developing and conducting special

seminars, institutes, workshops, and

technical instruction in areas of special

significance to the delivery of

vocational, medical, social, and

psychological rehabilitation services.

Eligible Applicants: Public and

private nonprofit agencies and