Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 227 / Monday, November 28, 2005 / Notices 71269 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, 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 January 

27, 2006. 

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 Leader, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, 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. 

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: November 22, 2005. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Federal PLUS Loan Application 

and Master Promissory Note, Endorser 

Addendum, and School Certification. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household (primary). 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 922,500. 

Burden Hours: 922,500. 

Abstract: The Federal PLUS Loan 

Application and Master Promissory 

Note is the means by which an eligible 

parent borrower applies for and agrees 

to repay a Federal PLUS Loan. 

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 02941. 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., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–245–6621. 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 Joe Schubart at 

Joe.Schubart@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. 05–23330 Filed 11–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; List of 

Correspondence 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: List of Correspondence from 

July 1, 2005 through September 30, 

2005. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing 

the following list pursuant to section 

607(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act, as amended 

by the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Improvement Act of 2004 

(IDEA). Under section 607(d) of IDEA, 

the Secretary is required, on a quarterly 

basis, to publish in the Federal Register 

a list of correspondence from the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

received by individuals during the 

previous quarter that describes the 

interpretations of the Department of 

IDEA or the regulations that implement 

IDEA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7468. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of this notice in an 

alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following list identifies correspondence 

from the Department issued from July 1, 

2005 through September 30, 2005. 

Included on the list are those letters 

that contain interpretations of the 

requirements of IDEA and its 

implementing regulations, as well as 

letters and other documents that the 

Department believes will assist the 

public in understanding the 

requirements of the law and its 

regulations. The date of and topic 

addressed by a letter are identified, and 

summary information is also provided, 

as appropriate. To protect the privacy 

interests of the individual or individuals 

involved, personally identifiable 

information has been deleted, as 

appropriate. 

Part B—Assistance for Education of all 

Children With Disabilities 

Section 611—Authorization; Allotment; 

Use of Funds; Authorization of 

Appropriations 

Topic Addressed: State Administration 

Æ Dear Colleague letter dated July 25, 

2005, advising States that the 

Department is invoking its transition 

authority under section 303 of IDEA, 

which terminates on December 3, 2005, 

to give States more time to ensure that 

their interagency agreements are current 

before the new restriction added to 

section 611(e)(1) of IDEA on use of Part 

B funds for State administration takes 

effect.