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[FR Doc No: 94-14858]
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[Federal Register: June 17, 1994]
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Part IX
Department of Education
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Training Personnel for the Education of Individuals With Disabilities
Program Administered by the Office of Special Education Programs,
Office of Education and Rehabilitative Services; Notice
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Training Personnel for the Education of Individuals With
Disabilities Program Administered by the Office of Special Education
Programs, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Collect Data.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary provides notice that the Department
intends to revise the forms it requires grantees under Part D of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to use in submitting
their Annual Performance Reports under Section 634 of Pub. L. 101-476,
as amended. These forms are the Personnel Data Form and the Parent Data
Form.
The Department is publishing this notice of intent to collect data
to solicit public comment from State education agencies, institutions
of higher education, parent organizations, professionals in the field
of special education, individuals with disabilities, professional
organizations and advocacy groups for persons with disabilities,
researchers, other Federal agencies, and other appropriate parties
regarding the utility and burden of collecting and reporting data in
addition to that specified in IDEA. The new data would be (1) Outcomes
and placement information from grantees training personnel to serve
children with disabilities and their families; and (2) the names of
organizations networked or consulted with by parent information and
training center grantees.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 16, 1994.
ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this notice should be addressed to
Norman D. Howe, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
room 3072, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2643.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice S. Ancarrow, U.S. Department of
Education, Maryland Avenue SW., room 3515, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2643. Telephone: (202) 205-8274. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-9999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Provisions and Legislative History
Part D of the Act (IDEA) provides support for programs to increase
the quantity and improve the quality of personnel trained to provide
early intervention, education, and related services to infants,
toddlers, children, youth, and their families. The Division of
Personnel Preparation (DPP) in the Office of Special Education Programs
(OSEP), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), administers this program.
As amended in 1990 through 1992, section 634(a) (1) and (2) of IDEA
requires personnel training grantees funded under 631(a) to report the
number of personnel enrolled under each grant by category of training
and level of training; and the number of individuals trained receiving
degrees and certification, by category and level of training. The law
further requires that applicants for training grants must provide a
description of detailed strategies to recruit and train members of
minority groups and persons with disabilities, as well as to give them
priority consideration for stipend support when selecting among
qualified trainees. See section 631(a)(2)(B) and (3) of IDEA.
Therefore, trainees' race or ethnicity, and their disability status
were added to the Personnel Data Form, as well as the information
required by Section 634.
Under section 631(e)(11), as amended in 1990 through 1992, grantees
who are parent training and information centers must report detailed
information on their clients served. OSEP developed a separate Parent
Data Form to capture these data.
Both forms were provisionally approved for one year by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on November 12, 1992.
Proposed Data Elements
To assist the Department of Education in monitoring the efficacy of
this training program in meeting the educational and related needs of
infants, children, youth, and their families, and to examine how
grantees are implementing statutory requirements, the Department
intends to add further data elements to the Personnel Data Form, as
well as to the Parent Data Form.
The planned revision of the Personnel Data Form would add a Part
III, which would include individual counts for student trainee outcomes
data on: (1) Completers (such as length of time to the degree) and (2)
noncompleters (such as reasons for not completing); and aggregate
counts for placement outcomes (such as type of employment and
geographic location).
The revised Parent Data Form would include data on the names of
organizations networked or consulted with under IDEA section 631(e)(11)
(E) and (F).
Invitation To Comment
The Assistant Secretary is interested in receiving public comment
on the utility and burden of obtaining from personnel training grantees
various outcomes data, including placement data by aggregated counts or
by individual trainee; and from parent training and information
centers, the names of organizations they networked or consulted with.
The DPP data collection package previously approved by OMB, and all
comments submitted in response to this notice will be available for
public inspection, during and after the comment period, in Room 3072,
Switzer Building, 330 ``C'' Street SW., Washington, DC, between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week
except Federal holidays.
To familiarize the public with the format of the proposed changes,
copies of the draft proposed Part III of the Personnel Data Form (Form
1) and the draft revised Parent Form (Form 2) are available by calling
(202) 205-9554.
Please note that the Department has not yet submitted the proposed
revised forms to OMB for its formal review and approval. Public
comments received under this Notice will be considered prior to
finalizing the forms for submission to OMB.
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1409(g).
Dated: June 13, 1994.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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