[Federal Register: December 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 245)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief
Information Officer 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
January 21, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Karen Lee, Desk Officer,
Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC
20503 or should be electronically mailed to the internet address
Karen_F._Lee@omb.eop.gov.
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 Leader, Regulatory Management Group,
Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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: December 17, 2002.
John D. Tressler,
Leader, Regulatory Management Group, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: State-Flex Application.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 21.
Burden Hours: 13.440.
Abstract: Application for State-Flexibility Authority (``State-
Flex''). By statute, the Department can grant State-Flex to up to seven
state educational agencies (SEAs) through a competitive process. State-
Flex SEAs receive (1) the flexibility to consolidate certain Federal
formula funds reserved for State administration and State-level
activities for any educational purpose authorized under the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to assist the SEAs, and the local
educational agencies (LEAs) with which it enters into performance
agreements, in making adequate yearly progress and narrowing
achievement gaps; (2) the authority to
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specify how LEAs in the State use Innovative Program funds under Part A
of Title V; and (3) the authority to, in turn, enter into performance
agreements with four to ten LEAs in the State (half of which must be
high poverty LEAs), permitting those LEAs to consolidate certain
Federal funds and to use those funds for any ESEA purpose consistent
with the SEA's State-Flex plan. The purpose of State-Flex is to assist
SEAs and LEAs in those states to meet the State's definition of
adequate yearly progress (AYP) and narrowing achievement gaps.
Written requests for information should be addressed to Vivian
Reese, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4050,
Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651 or directed to
her e-mail address Vivian.Reese@ed.gov. Requests may also be faxed to
202-708-9346. Please specify the complete title of the information
collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements should be directed to Kathy Axt at
her e-mail address Kathy.Axt@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. 02-32095 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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