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Summary is completed by principals to 

evaluate the effectiveness of individual 

MCJROTC instructors. 

The form is further used as a 

performance related counseling tool and 

as a record of service performance to 

document performance and growth of 

individual MCJROTC instructors. 

Evaluating the performance of 

instructors is essential in ensuring that 

they provide quality training. 

Dated: November 30, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E7–25229 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[USN–2007–0058] 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Headquarters, U.S. Marine 

Corps, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 

Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Headquarters, 

U.S. Marine Corps, announces a 

proposed extension of an approved 

public information collection and seeks 

public comment on the provisions 

thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 26, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, write 

to Commanding General, Marine Corps 

Recruiting Command, (Code OP), 3280 

Russell Road, Quantico, VA 22134–

5130, or contact Head, Officer Programs 

or Deputy, Officer Programs at (703) 

784–9449/50/51. 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Academic Certification for 

Marine Corps Officer Candidate 

Program; NAVMC Form 10469; OMB 

Control Number 0703–0011. 

Needs and Uses: Used by Marine 

Corps officer procurement personnel, 

this form provides a standardized 

method for determining the academic 

eligibility of applicants for all reserve 

officer candidate programs. Use of this 

form is the only accurate and specific 

method to determine a reserve officer 

applicant’s academic qualifications. 

Each applicant interested in enrolling in 

an undergraduate or graduate reserve 

officer commission program completes 

and returns the form. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 875. 

Number of Respondents: 3,500. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

Used by Marine Corps officer 

procurement personnel, this form 

provides a standardized method for 

determining the academic eligibility of 

applicants for all reserve officer 

candidate programs. Use of this form is 

the only accurate and specific method to 

determine a reserve officer applicant’s 

academic qualifications. Each applicant 

interested in enrolling in an 

undergraduate or graduate reserve 

officer commission program completes 

and returns the form. 

Dated: December 19, 2007. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E7–25253 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 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 February 

26, 2008. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, 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. 

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Dated: December 20, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Planning, Evaluation, and 

Policy Development 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Department of Education 

Guidance on the Collection and 

Reporting of Racial and Ethnic Data 

About Students, Teachers, and 

Education Staff. 

Frequency: One Time. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 76,758,319. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7,851,257. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Education has published final guidance 

that provides for the collection and 

reporting of racial and ethnic data on 

students, teachers, and education staff. 

These changes are necessary in order to 

implement the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) 1997 Standards for 

Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting 

Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. The 

final guidance applies to the collection 

of individual-level data and to the 

reporting of aggregate racial and ethnic 

data to the Department by educational 

institutions and other recipients of 

grants and contracts. 

Additional Information: The 

Department of Education (ED) is 

specifically requesting the data 

providers in each the State Education 

Agency (SEA) to review the estimation 

of paperwork burden on those who will 

collect, maintain, and report this data. 

This is not a review of the substance of 

the final guidance. That public 

discussion took place between the 

publication of the proposed guidance on 

August 7, 2006 and the publication of 

the final guidance on October 17, 2007. 

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 3559. 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 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. 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. 07–6223 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4001–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information: 

Early Reading First Program; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.359A 

and B. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

December 28, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications: February 1, 2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Full 

Applications: April 18, 2008 (for 

applicants invited to submit full 

applications only). 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 16, 2008. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

supports local efforts to enhance the 

oral language, cognitive, and early 

reading skills of preschool-aged 

children, especially those from lowincome families, through strategies, 

materials, and professional development 

that are grounded in scientifically based 

reading research. 

The specific activities for which 

recipients must use grant funds are 

identified in section 1222(d) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). This 

and other relevant provisions of the 

ESEA are included in the application 

package. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one competitive preference priority and 

three invitational priorities. 

Competitive Preference Priority: In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

this priority is from § 75.225 of the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 

which apply to this program (34 CFR 

75.225). 

Competitive Preference Priority—Novice 

Applicant 

For FY 2008 and any subsequent year 

in which we make awards from the list 

of unfunded applicants from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an 

additional five (5) points to a preapplication and an additional five (5) 

points to a full application that meets 

this competitive preference priority. 

This priority is: 

Novice Applicant 

The applicant must be a ‘‘novice 

applicant’’ as defined in 34 CFR 75.225. 

Under this competition we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following invitational 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2008 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are invitational priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets these 

invitational priorities a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1—Intensity 

The Secretary is especially interested 

in preschool programs that operate fulltime, full-year early childhood 

educational programs, at a minimum of 

6.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, 46 

weeks per year, and that serve children 

for the two consecutive years prior to 

their entry into kindergarten. 

Scientifically based research on 

increasing the effectiveness of early 

childhood education programs serving 

children from low-income families tells 

us that children attending such 

programs that have a greater intensity of 

service make higher and more persistent 

gains in the language and cognitive 

domains than children who attend early 

childhood programs that have lesser 

intensity of service. In other words, 

children who spend more time in highquality early childhood education 

programs learn more than children who 

spend less time in those programs. The 

purpose of this invitational priority is to 

encourage preschool programs 

supported with Early Reading First 

funds to provide services that are of a 

sufficient duration and intensity to 

maximize language and early literacy 

gains for children enrolled in those 

programs. 

Invitational Priority 2—English 

Language Acquisition Plan 

For applicants serving children with 

limited English proficiency, the 

Secretary is especially interested in 

applications that include a specific plan 

for the development of English language 

proficiency for these children from the 

start of their preschool experience. The 

Early Reading First program is designed 

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