Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 14, 2010 / Notices 55783 

Title of Collection: Migrant High 

School Equivalency Program Annual 

Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0684. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies, Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 42. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,344. 

Abstract: The Office of Migrant 

Education is collecting information for 

the High School Equivalency Program 

Annual Performance Report in 

compliance with Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended, Title IV, Sec. 

418A; 20 U.S.C. 1070d–2 (special 

programs for students whose families 

are engaged in migrant and seasonal 

farm work), the Government 

Performance Results Act (GPRA) of 

1993, Section 4 (1115), and the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 

34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that 

recipients of multi-year discretionary 

grants must submit an Annual 

Performance Report demonstrating that 

substantial progress has been made 

towards meeting the approved 

objectives of the project. In addition, 

discretionary grantees are required to 

report on their progress toward meeting 

the performance measures established 

for the Department of Education grant 

program. The Office of Migrant 

Education requests a revision of a 

currently approved collection to 

continue the use of a customized 

Annual Performance Report that goes 

beyond the Department of Education 

generic form number 524B Annual 

Performance Report to facilitate the 

collection of more standardized and 

comprehensive data to inform GPRA, to 

improve the overall quality of data 

collected, and to increase the quality of 

data that can be used to inform policy 

decisions. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or from the 

Department’s Web site at http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4298. 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 and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. 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 

November 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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: September 8, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Federal Direct 

Consolidation Loan Program 

Application Documents (KA). 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0053. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; private sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,992,600. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 717,582. 

Abstract: The Federal Direct 

Consolidation Loan Application and 

Promissory Note serves as the means by 

which a borrower applies for a Direct 

Consolidation Loan and promises to 

repay the loan. Related documents 

included with this collection are (1) 

Additional Loan Listing Sheet (provides 

additional space for a borrower to list 

loans that he or she wishes to 

consolidate, if there is insufficient space 

on the Application and Promissory 

Note), (2) Request to Add Loans (serves 

as the means by which a borrower may 

add other loans to an existing Direct 

Consolidation Loan within a specified 

time period); and (3) Loan Verification 

Certificate (serves as the means by 

which the U.S. Department of Education 

obtains the information needed to pay 

off the holders of the loans that the 

borrower wants to consolidate). 

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 4387. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 


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55784 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 14, 2010 / Notices 

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 and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Final Extension of Project Period and 

Waiver for the State and Federal Policy 

Forum 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs, Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver for the State 

and Federal Policy Forum for Program 

Improvement Center (CFDA No. 

84.326F). 

SUMMARY: The Secretary issues this 

notice to waive the requirements in the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations, in 34 CFR 

75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c), 

respectively, that generally prohibit 

project periods exceeding five years and 

extensions of project periods involving 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds. The extension of project period 

and waiver enable the currently funded 

State and Federal Policy Forum for 

Program Improvement Center to receive 

funding from October 1, 2010 through 

September 30, 2011. 

DATES: The extension of project period 

and waiver are effective September 14, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Egnor, U.S. Department of 

Education, 550 12th St., SW., Room 

4054, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2641. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7334. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department published a notice in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 44231) on July 

28, 2010, proposing an extension of 

project period and a waiver in order 

to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

State and Federal Policy Forum for 

Program Improvement Center for an 

additional 12-month period, from 

October 1, 2010 through September 30, 

2011; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver 

and this notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver. 

Public Comment 

We invited comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver in the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver. 

Seven parties submitted comments in 

agreement with the proposal to extend 

the grant period of the current grantee. 

We did not receive any comments 

opposing the proposed extension of 

project period and waiver. Generally, 

we do not address technical and other 

minor changes, as well as suggested 

changes the law does not authorize us 

to make. Moreover, we do not address 

comments that do not express views on 

the substance of the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). No comments were received 

during the 15-day public comment 

period opposing the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver, 

and we have not made any substantive 

changes to the extension and waiver. 

The Secretary has determined therefore 

that, to ensure a timely continuation 

grant to the entity affected, a delayed 

effective date is not required. 

Background 

On March 3, 2005, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 10374), inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2005 under the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities (TA&D) 

program, authorized under section 663 

of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA), to support a State 

and Federal Policy Forum for Program 

Improvement Center (Project Forum). 

Based on that notice, the Department 

made one award for a period of 60 

months to the National Association of 

State Directors of Special Education to 

carry out Project Forum. 

The purpose of Project Forum is to 

provide States, local educational 

agencies (LEAs), and Federal decision 

makers responsible for the 

implementation of the IDEA with access 

to valid statistics, research findings, 

policy analyses, and current information 

on trends in the provision of special 

education and related services and early 

intervention services. Specifically, 

Project Forum assists States and LEAs 

with the process of planning systemic 

changes that will promote improved 

early intervention, education, and 

transitional results for children with 

disabilities. Project Forum also provides 

the Office of Special Education 

Programs (OSEP) with a mechanism and 

resources for analyzing policies and 

emerging issues that are of significant 

national concern. 

Project Forum’s current project period 

is scheduled to end on September 30, 

2010. We do not believe it would be in 

the public interest to hold new 

competitions under the TA&D program 

until the Department has considered 

changes being made to the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA), during the process 

of reauthorizing that law and the 

Department has developed a 

coordinated strategy for the provision of 

technical assistance that is designed to 

help States, LEAs, and schools 

effectively implement key provisions of 

the ESEA and IDEA and improve 

educational results for all students. We 

also have concluded that it would be 

contrary to the public interest to have a 

lapse in the provision of technical 

assistance provided under the TA&D 

program pending the reauthorization of 

ESEA. For these reasons, the Secretary 

waives the requirements in 34 CFR 

75.250, which prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years, and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and 

(c), which limit the extension of a 

project period if the extension involves 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds, and issues a continuation award 

in the amount of $450,000 to the 

National Association of State Directors 

of Special Education (H326F050001) for 

an additional twelve-month period. 

Waiving these regulations and issuing 

this continuation award ensure that 

continued technical assistance is 

available to assist Federal decision 

makers, States, and LEAs with systemic 

changes that will promote improved 

early intervention, education, and 

transitional results for children with 

disabilities, as the Department works on 

reauthorization of the ESEA and designs 

IDEA technical assistance competitions 


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