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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection requests. 

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: An emergency review has been 

requested in accordance with the Act 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public 

harm is reasonably likely to result if 

normal clearance procedures are 

followed. Approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

been requested by September 1, 2009. A 

regular clearance process is also 

beginning. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

September 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the emergency review should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget; 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, or by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that the Director of OMB provide 

interested Federal agencies and the 

public an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(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 this notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. 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. ED 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 respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Regulations for Equity in 

Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA). 

Abstract: The EADA amended the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), to require 

coeducational institutions of higher 

education that participate in any 

program under Title IV of the HEA and 

have an intercollegiate athletic program, 

annually to make available upon request 

a report on institutional financing and 

student and staff participation in men’s 

and women’s intercollegiate athletics. 

The HEA of 1993 amended the EADA to 

require additional disclosures, to 

require that an institution submit its 

report to the Department of Education, 

and to require the Department to make 

the institutions’ EADA reports publicly 

available. 

Additional Information: 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 2,000. 

Burden Hours: 11,000. 

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 4071. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The 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 

September 8, 2009. 

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, 

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) 


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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: July 6, 2009. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Strengthening America’s 

Competitiveness through Math 

Instruction—Teacher Training Field 

Test. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 67. 

Burden Hours: 67. 

Abstract: This initiative involves 

three Adult Numeracy Instruction (ANI) 

Professional Development Institutes. 

Twenty teachers and ten program 

administrators from ten adult education 

programs from each of two states will 

participate in a field test of the 

Professional Development Institutes. 

The goals of the Institutes are to: • Enhance teacher knowledge and use 

of research-based adult education 

mathematics standards. • Increase and deepen mathematics 

content knowledge among teacher 

participants. • Increase the repertoire of 

instructional skills among teachers 

working with adults in ABE, pre-GED, 

and GED classes. • Increase state capacity to support 

teachers in the area of mathematics 

instruction. 

The study will involve the 

administration of the following 

instruments: • Pre/Post surveys of participants. • Pre/Post administration of a 

cognitive assessment to participating 

teachers. • Post-professional development 

interviews with participating teachers 

and program administrators. 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 4022. 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. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Board for Education Sciences 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

Institute of Education Sciences. 

ACTION: Notice of an Open Meeting and 

Partially Closed Session. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National Board 

for Education Sciences. The notice also 

describes the functions of the 

Committee. Notice of this meeting is 

required by Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend the open portion 

of the meeting. 

DATES: July 27, 2009. 

Time: Open meeting, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m.; closed session, 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 80 F Street, NW., Room 100, 

Washington, DC 20208 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norma Garza, Executive Director, 

National Board for Education Sciences, 

555 New Jersey Ave., NW., Room 627H, 

Washington, DC 20208; phone: (202) 

219–2195; fax: (202) 219–1466; e-mail: 

Norma.Garza@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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 

(ESRA). The Board advises the Director 

of the Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES) on the establishment of activities 

to be supported by the Institute, on the 

funding for applications for grants, 

contracts, and cooperative agreements 

for research after the completion of peer 

review, and reviews and evaluates the 

work of the Institute. At this time, the 

Board consists of only six of fifteen 

appointed members due to the 

expirations of the terms of nine 

members. The Board shall meet and can 

carry out official business because the 

ESRA states that a majority of the voting 

members serving at the time of a 

meeting constitutes a quorum. 

On July 27 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 

p.m., the Board will receive a briefing 

on the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA), conduct an 

overview of its interactions with IES, 

and discuss its annual report. At 4:30 

p.m., the meeting will be closed to the 

public to discuss possible candidates to 

serve as Commissioners for the IES 

Centers. Because this discussion 

involves a discussion of individuals’ 

qualifications to serve, it will be closed 

under exemptions (2) and (6) of Section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. This portion of 

the meeting must be held in closed 

session because the meeting concerns 

the internal personnel practices of an 

agency and would disclose information 

of a personal nature where disclosure 

would constitute an invasion of 

personal privacy if it were to be held in 

open session. 

A final agenda will be available from 

Norma Garza (see contact information 

above) on July 20. Individuals who will 

need accommodations for a disability in 

order to attend the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting services, assistance 

listening devices, or materials in 

alternative format) should notify Norma 

Garza no later than July 20. We will 

attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date but 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. 

Records are kept of all Committee 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at 555 New Jersey Ave., NW., 

Room 627H, Washington, DC 20208, 

from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time Monday through 

Friday. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fed-register/index.html. 


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