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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 115 (Thursday, June 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32338-32339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14952]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the 
submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, 
Acting Desk Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or should be electronically mailed to 
the internet address [email protected].

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 Acting Leader, Regulatory Information 
Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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.

    Dated: June 8, 2001.
Bill Burrow,
Acting Leader, Regulatory Information Management, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.

Office of the Undersecretary

    Type of Review: New Collection.
    Title: National Study of Title I Schools (JM).
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs 
(primary).
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 3280; Burden Hours: 11920.
    Abstract: This National Study of Title I Schools will be the main 
source of nationally-representative school-level information on the 
implementation of Title I provisions and standards-based reform 
generally, over a three-year period from the 2001-02 through 2003-04 
school years. The study will examine and describe how Title I schools 
are using standards-based reforms to assist in improving learning, with 
a particular focus on implementation of provisions in the Title I 
program that are designed to support such improvements. The study will 
also examine more specifically the quality of instruction and 
instructional support in Title I schools, with a focus on 
implementation of Title I provisions designed to support more effective 
instruction and instructional support.

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    Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request 
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or should be addressed to 
Vivian Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 
4050, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651. Requests 
may also be electronically mailed to the internet address 
[email protected] or faxed to 202-708-9346. Please specify the 
complete title of the information collection when making your request. 
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements 
should be directed to MONTAGUE at (202) 708-5359. 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. 01-14952 Filed 6-13-01; 8:45 am]
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