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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

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: March 23, 1995.

Kent Hannaman,

Acting Director, Information Resources

Group.

Office of Educational and Research

Improvement

Type of Review: Expedited

Title: Opportunity-to-Learn

Development Grants

Frequency: Annually

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Governments

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 5

Burden Hours: 3,200

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: This information will be used

by the Department of Education,

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement to determine eligibility,

select applicants for funding, and

determine budgetary amounts. The

respondents will be consortia as

described in the statute organized to

compete for this grant program

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is requested

for April 15, 1995. An expedited review

is requested in order to implement the

program before the start of the new year.

[FR Doc. 95–7656 Filed 3–28–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Proposed Information Collection

Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Acting 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) was

requested by March 24, 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, 400

Maryland 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 person

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, violates State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations.

The Acting 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: March 23, 1995.

Kent Hannaman,

Acting Director, Information Resources

Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Expedited

Title: Preliminary State Consolidated

Plan

Frequency: One time

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 57

Burden Hours: 11,172

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0

Burden Hours: 0

Abstract: An alternative method for

applying certain program funds in a

consolidated manner by a state

educational agency.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection was

requested for March 24, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

to implement the program before the

start of the new year.

[FR Doc. 95–7657 Filed 3–28–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Office of Postsecondary Education;

State Student Incentive Grant Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the Closing Date for

Receipt of State Applications for Fiscal

Year 1995.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education

(Secretary) gives notice of the closing

date for receipt of State applications for

fiscal year 1995 funds under the State

Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program.

This program, through matching

formula grants to States for student

awards, provides grants to students with

substantial financial need. The SSIG

Program supports Goals 2000, the

President’s strategy for moving the

Nation toward the National Education

Goals, by enhancing opportunities for

postsecondary education. The National

Education Goals call for increasing the

rate at which students graduate from

high school and pursue high quality

postsecondary education.

A State that desires to receive SSIG

funds for this fiscal year must have an

agreement with the Secretary as

provided under section 1203(a) of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (HEA). The State must submit

an application through the State agency

that administered its SSIG Program as of

July 1, 1985, unless the Governor has

subsequently designated, and the