These proposed eligibility and selection criteria would address the National Education Goal that the Nation's teaching force will have the content knowledge and teaching skills needed to instruct all American students for the next century. This notice and the proposed application packet contain information collection requirements. Schools and school districts that operate programs for children in the pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade levels are eligible to apply for national recognition of the quality of their professional development activities. Applications also would be limited in page number and have to meet basic formatting requirements. The Department would use this information to select the highest-quality applicants through a review of responses to the criteria and site visits that can confirm the accuracy of information contained in the application.
All information is to be collected once only from each applicant.
Annual reporting and record keeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 hours for each response for 200 respondents, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. For the 20 applicants selected for site reviews, there will be an additional annual reporting and record keeping burden that is estimated to average 20 hours for each response. Thus, the total annual reporting and record keeping burden for this collection is estimated to be 6,400 hours. OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of information contained in this notice of proposed eligibility and selection criteria between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, to ensure that OMB gives your comments full consideration, it is important that OMB receives the comments within 30 days of publication.