Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 82 / Friday, April 26, 1996 / Notices 18579

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, 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 June 25,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

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

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 Director of the

Information Resources Group publishes

this 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 at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

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: April 22, 1996.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: New

Title: Condition of Education Readers

Survey

Frequency: One-Time.

Affected Public: Individual or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Burden:

Responses: 4,000

Burden Hours: 400.

Abstract: This reply card/user survey

will be used to 1) allow readers to

request additional information and (2)

gather information about reader reaction

to the 1996 edition of the Condition of

Education, a Congressionally-mandated

report. The card will be inserted into the

report. The National Center for

Education Statistics will use the survey

to improve the report.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Financial Report for the

Endowment Challenge Grant Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

Hour Burden:

Responses: 325

Burden Hours: 975.

Abstract: The financial report requires

investment data from institutions for the

purpose of assessing their progress in

increasing their endowment fund

resources. The data is also used to

monitor compliance with regulatory

provisions.

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[CFDA No.: 84.023]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; Research in

Education of Individuals With

Disabilities Program

ACTION: Cancellation Notice.

PURPOSE: On August 10, 1995, the

Secretary published in the Federal

Register (60 FR 40956) a combined

application notice (CAN) inviting

applications for new awards for fiscal

year 1996 under a number of the

Department’s direct grant and

fellowship programs. Included in the

CAN was a competition under the

Research in Education of Individuals

with Disabilities Program (research

program) for Field-Initiated Research

Projects (CFDA No. 84.023C). In

addition, on March 5, 1996, the

Secretary published in the Federal

Register (61 FR 8811) a notice inviting

applications for new awards under the

research program consisting of one

competition, Initial Career Awards

(CFDA 84.023N). The purpose of this

notice is to cancel these two

competitions. This action is taken in

consideration of the current proposals

in the Congress that eliminate or

substantially reduce funding for the

research program. In view of the

tentative conference agreement that

would provide $14,000,000 for the

research program, a decrease of more

than 30 percent from the fiscal year

1995 appropriation of $20,635,000, the

Secretary does not expect to have

sufficient funds to support new awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Claudette Carey, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Room 3525, Switzer Building,

Washington, D.C. 20202–2641.

Telephone: (202) 205–9864. FAX: (202)

205–8105. Internet:

ClaudettelCarey@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the TDD number: (202)

205–8953.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1441–1442,

34 CFR 324.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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