FR Doc E8-13195[Federal Register: June 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 114)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed
information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 11, 2008.
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.
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: June 6, 2008.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Consolidated State Performance Report (Part I and Part II).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 53.
Burden Hours: 29,707.
Abstract: The Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) is the
required annual reporting tool for each State, Bureau of Indian
Education, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as authorized under
Section 9303 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as
amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).
Additional Information:
Focused Question for Public Comment: EDFacts Data Linkages for
Prepopulation of CSPR.
The SY 2006-07 CSPR contained questions that were ``Initially Pre-
populated from EDFacts.'' The ``Initial Prepopulation'' strategy
allowed CSPR coordinators the flexibility to use either the data
submitted through EDFacts or an alternative data source to respond to
questions on the CSPR. An unintended consequence of this strategy was
that states could provide the Department two different answers to the
same question, one answer provided through EDFacts and a different
response submitted by the state's CSPR coordinator.
It is ED's intention and desire to move as many of those questions,
which were ``Initially prepopulated'' in 2006-07 to full utilization of
EDFacts Submissions for 2007-08. As a result, CSPR coordinators will
only be able to amend responses to their state's CSPR by working with
their EDFacts coordinator to resubmit a file through EDFacts. The
Department plans to move cautiously towards this new strategy by
carefully reviewing each state's EdFacts transition agreement to ensure
that all states will continue to have the capacity to submit their CSPR
to the Department in a timely manner and with complete and accurate
information.
Since the Transition Agreements covering data on the 2007-08 school
year have not been finalized, the Department has not had the
opportunity to determine which questions on the 2007-08 CSPR will be
exclusively pre-populated by data submitted through EDFacts.
In order to not delay the publication of the SY 2007-08 CSPR for
public comment, we have set questions, which were initially
prepopulated in 2006-07 back to ``Manual Entry'' for this 2007-08 CSPR
package.
The Department is soliciting public comment from the states on the
viability of moving any or all of the following questions, which were
initially pre-populated in 2006-07 to exclusive pre-population for
2007-08 or 2008-09.
Questions on the 2007-08 CSPR which were ``Initially Prepopulated
from EDFacts'' in 2006-07 are listed below:
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Question No. Descriptor
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1.3.1....................... Student Achievement in Mathematics.
1.3.2....................... Student Achievement in Reading Language
Arts.
1.4.3....................... Accountability of Districts That Received
Title I Funds.
1.4.9.1.2................... Public School Choice--Students.
1.4.9.1.3................... Funds Spent on Public School Choice.
1.4.9.2.2................... Supplemental Educational Services--
Students.
1.4.9.2.3................... Funds Spent on Supplemental Educational
Services.
1.6.5.1..................... Immigrant Students.
1.8.1....................... Graduation Rates.
1.9.2.1..................... Homeless Children and Youths Served by
McKinney-Vento Subgrants.
1.9.2.2..................... Subpopulations of Homeless Students
Served.
1.9.2.5.1................... Reading Assessment.
1.9.2.5.2................... Mathematics Assessment.
1.10.1...................... Category 1 Child Count.
1.10.2...................... Category 2 Child Count.
2.3.1.1..................... Eligible Migrant Children.
2.3.1.2..................... Priority for Services.
2.3.1.3..................... Limited English Proficient.
2.3.1.4..................... Children with Disabilities (IDEA).
2.3.2.1..................... Dropouts.
2.3.2.3.1................... Reading/Language Arts Participation.
2.3.3.1.1................... MEP Students Served During the Regular
School Year.
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2.3.3.1.2................... Priority for Services--During the Regular
School Year.
2.3.3.3..................... MEP Participation--Program Year.
2.3.4.1..................... Schools and Enrollment.
2.3.4.2..................... Schools Where MEP Funds Were Consolidated
in Schoolwide Programs.
2.3.6.1.2................... MEP Staff.
2.4.1.2..................... Students Served--Subpart 1.
2.4.1.6.1................... Academic Performance in Reading--Subpart
1.
2.4.1.6.2................... Academic Performance in Mathematics--
Subpart 1.
2.4.2.6.1................... Academic Performance in Reading--Subpart
2.
2.4.2.6.2................... Academic Performance in Mathematics--
Subpart 2.
2.7.2.1..................... State Definitions.
2.7.2.2.1................... Out-of-School Suspensions for Violent
Incident Without Physical Injury.
2.7.2.2.2................... Out-of-School Expulsions for Violent
Incident Without Physical Injury.
2.7.2.3.1................... Out-of-School Suspensions for Violent
Incident with Physical Injury.
2.7.2.3.2................... Out-of-School Expulsions for Violent
Incident with Physical Injury.
2.7.2.4.1................... Out-of-School Suspensions for Weapons
Possession.
2.7.2.4.2................... Out-of-School Expulsions for Weapons
Possession.
2.7.2.5.1................... Out-of-School Suspensions for Alcohol-
Related Incidents.
2.7.2.5.2................... Out-of-School Expulsions for Alcohol-
Related Incidents.
2.7.2.6.1................... Out-of-School Suspensions for Illicit Drug-
Related Incidents.
2.7.2.6.2................... Out-of-School Expulsions for Illicit Drug-
Related Incidents.
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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 3718. 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.
[FR Doc. E8-13195 Filed 6-11-08; 8:45 am]
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