894 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2009 / Notices 

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. E9–132 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 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 faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, 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: January 5, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Rural Education Achievement 

Program (REAP). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 5,052. 

Burden Hours: 4,830. 

Abstract: This data collection is 

pursuant to the Secretary’s authority 

under Part B of Title VI of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA), to award funds under two 

grant programs designed to address the 

unique needs of rural school districts— 

the Small, Rural School Achievement 

Program (ESEA Section 6212) and the 

Rural and Low-Income School Program 

(ESEA Section 6221). 

Under the Small, Rural School 

Achievement Program, the Secretary 

awards grants directly to eligible local 

educational agencies (LEAs) on a 

formula basis. Under the Rural and 

Low-income School Program, eligible 

school districts are sub-recipients of 

funds the Department awards to SEAs 

on a formula basis. For both grant 

programs, the Department awards funds 

based a determination of the eligibility 

of individual school districts and 

calculating formula allocations each 

eligible district should receive. 

The Department has devised a twotier strategy to accomplish the funding 

process for the REAP program: (1) the 

Department collects from SEAs the 

information the Department needs to 

make eligibility and funds allocation 

determinations, and (2) LEAs submit 

applications for grant funding. 

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 3904. 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. E9–179 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Homeless Education Disaster 

Assistance Program (CFDA No. 

84.383A) 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice inviting applications. 

SUMMARY: The Homeless Education 

Disaster Assistance program is a new, 

one-year program authorized under the 

Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009. This program 

provides assistance to local educational 

agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs 

located within the same State whose 

enrollment of homeless students has 

increased as a result of a natural disaster 

that occurred in calendar year 2008 

(2008). 

DATES: Application Deadline: February 

9, 2009, 4:30:00 p.m. Eastern time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this 

program, the Department will award 

funds directly to eligible LEAs based on 

demonstrated need. (Except where 

specifically noted, the term LEA as used 

in this notice refers to a single LEA or 

a consortium of LEAs located in the 

same State.) In determining an LEA’s 

need for assistance, the Department will 

consider the number of students 

enrolled in the LEA in kindergarten 

through grade twelve who became 

homeless as a result of a natural disaster 

(as defined elsewhere in this notice) that 

occurred in 2008. To be eligible for 

funding under this program, an LEA 

(individually or in consortium) must 

have at least fifty of these homeless 

students enrolled. 

The LEA must use program funds to 

support activities that are allowable 

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