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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 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, 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. 

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: American Indian Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities 

Program 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 31. 

Burden Hours: 368. 

Abstract: The information is required 

of institutions of higher education that 

apply for grants under the Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities 

Program authorized under Title III, Part 

A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended. This information will be 

used in making funding 

recommendations. 

This information collection is being 

submitted under the Streamlined 

Clearance Process for Discretionary 

Grant Information Collections (1894– 

0001). Therefore, the 30-day public 

comment period notice will be the only 

public comment notice published for 

this information collection. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4301. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. 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. 2010–12578 Filed 5–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, 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 July 26, 

2010. 

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 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, 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. 

Dated: May 20, 2010. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Protection and Advocacy for 

Assistive Technology (PAAT) Program 

Assurances. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 57. 

Burden Hours: 9. 

Abstract: This information collection 

instrument will be used by grantees to 

request funds to carry out the PAAT 

program. PAAT is mandated by the 

Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as 

amended in 2004 (AT Act), to provide 

protection and advocacy services to 

individuals with disabilities for the 

purposes of assisting in the acquisition, 

utilization, or maintenance of assistive 

technology or assistive technology 

services. 

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 4306. 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., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 


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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. 2010–12577 Filed 5–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; State Personnel 

Development Grants (SPDG) Program 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.323A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: May 25, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 9, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 7, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program, authorized by the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act, as amended (IDEA), is to assist 

State educational agencies (SEAs) in 

reforming and improving their systems 

for personnel preparation and 

professional development in early 

intervention, educational, and transition 

services in order to improve results for 

children with disabilities. 

Priority: This priority is from the 

notice of final priority for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 9, 2006 (71 FR 33578). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2010 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: State Personnel 

Development Grants Program Priority: 

The Assistant Secretary establishes a 

priority to assist SEAs in reforming and 

improving their personnel preparation 

and professional development systems 

for teachers, principals, administrators, 

related services personnel, 

paraprofessionals, and early 

intervention personnel. The intent of 

this priority is to improve educational 

results for children with disabilities 

through the delivery of high quality 

instruction and the recruitment, hiring 

and retention of highly qualified special 

education teachers. 

In order to meet this priority an 

applicant must demonstrate that the 

project for which it seeks funding—(1) 

Provides professional development 

activities that improve the knowledge 

and skills of personnel as defined in 

section 651(b) of IDEA in delivering 

scientifically-based instruction to meet 

the needs of, and improve the 

performance and achievement of 

infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and 

children with disabilities; (2) 

Implements practices to sustain the 

knowledge and skills of personnel who 

have received training in scientificallybased instruction; and (3) Implements 

strategies that are effective in promoting 

the recruitment, hiring, and retention of 

highly qualified special education 

teachers in accordance with section 

602(10) and section 612(a)(14) of IDEA. 

Projects funded under this priority 

must also: 

(a) Budget for a three-day Project 

Directors’ meeting in Washington, DC 

during each year of the project; 

(b) Budget $4,000 annually for 

support of the State Personnel 

Development Grants Program Web site 

currently administered by the 

University of Oregon (http:// 

www.signetwork.org); and 

(c) If a project receiving assistance 

under this program authority maintains 

a Web site, include relevant information 

and documents in a form that meets a 

government or industry-recognized 

standard for accessibility. 

Statutory Requirements. 

State Personnel Development Plan. 

An applicant must submit a State 

Personnel Development Plan that 

identifies and addresses the State and 

local needs for personnel preparation 

and professional development of 

personnel, as well as individuals who 

provide direct supplementary aids and 

services to children with disabilities, 

and that— 

(a) Is designed to enable the State to 

meet the requirements of section 

612(a)(14) and section 635(a)(8) and (9) 

of IDEA; 

(b) Is based on an assessment of State 

and local needs that identifies critical 

aspects and areas in need of 

improvement related to the preparation, 

ongoing training, and professional 

development of personnel who serve 

infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and 

children with disabilities within the 

State, including— 

(i) Current and anticipated personnel 

vacancies and shortages; and 

(ii) The number of preservice and 

inservice programs; 

(c) Is integrated and aligned, to the 

maximum extent possible, with State 

plans and activities under the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA); the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 

and the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (HEA); 

(d) Describes a partnership agreement 

that is in effect for the period of the 

grant, which agreement must specify— 

(i) The nature and extent of the 

partnership described in accordance 

with section 652(b) of IDEA and the 

respective roles of each member of the 

partnership, including, if applicable, an 

individual, entity, or agency other than 

the SEA that has the responsibility 

under State law for teacher preparation 

and certification; and 

(ii) How the SEA will work with other 

persons and organizations involved in, 

and concerned with, the education of 

children with disabilities, including the 

respective roles of each of the persons 

and organizations; 

(e) Describes how the strategies and 

activities the SEA uses to address 

identified professional development and 

personnel needs will be coordinated 

with activities supported with other 

public resources (including funds 

provided under Part B and Part C of 

IDEA and retained for use at the State 

level for personnel and professional 

development purposes) and private 

resources; 

(f) Describes how the SEA will align 

its personnel development plan with the 

plan and application submitted under 

sections 1111 and 2112, respectively, of 

the ESEA; 

(g) Describes strategies the SEA will 

use to address the identified 

professional development and 

personnel needs and how such 

strategies will be implemented, 

including— 

(i) A description of the programs and 

activities that will provide personnel 

with the knowledge and skills to meet 

the needs of, and improve the 

performance and achievement of, 

infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and 

children with disabilities; and 

(ii) How such strategies will be 

integrated, to the maximum extent 

possible, with other activities supported 

by grants funded under section 662 of 

IDEA; 

(h) Provides an assurance that the 

SEA will provide technical assistance to 

local educational agencies (LEAs) to 

improve the quality of professional 

development available to meet the 

needs of personnel who serve children 

with disabilities; 

(i) Provides an assurance that the SEA 

will provide technical assistance to 


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