98-24575. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 49100-49101]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-24575]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    
    
    Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
    
    AGENCY: Department of Education.
    
    ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, 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 
    October 14, 1998.
    
    ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
    Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk 
    Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725 
    17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, 
    Washington, DC 20503. Requests for copies of the proposed information 
    collection requests should be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill, 
    Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5624, 
    Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4651, or should be 
    electronically mailed to the internet address Pat__Sherrill@ed.gov, or 
    should be faxed to 202-708-9346.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-8196. 
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
    call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
    between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    
    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 Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, 
    Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes this 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 at the address specified above. Copies of the requests 
    are available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the address specified above.
    
        Dated: September 9, 1998.
    Hazel Fiers,
    Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief 
    Information Officer.
    
    Office of Educational Research and Improvement
    
        Type of Review: New.
        Title: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) First Grade Fall 
    1998 Pilot Study, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000 Full Scale.
        Frequency: Fall 1998, Fall 1999, and Spring 2000.
        Affected Public: Individuals or households; Not-for-profit 
    institutions.
        Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
          Responses: 600
          Burden Hours: 313
    
        Abstract: The ECLS begins in Fall 1998-1999 with a kindergarten 
    cohort. This clearance is for follow up activities with this cohort of 
    students one year later, when they are typically in first grade. There 
    will be a pilot of the first grade fall survey in Fall 1998, and the 
    full scale surveys will take place in Fall of 1999 and Spring of 2000. 
    The ECLS looks at the crucial first years of school from the 
    perspective of the students, teachers, parents, and school 
    administrators. There are assessments of the students. The survey is 
    intended to provide information about early childhood preschool 
    learning experiences, from birth to age 8, preparation for formal 
    schools, first school experiences, and progress made over the first 
    years of school.
    
    Office of Educational Research and Improvement
    
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Standards for the Conduct and Evaluation of Activities 
    Carried Out by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement 
    (OERI)--Phase 1.
        Frequency: Annually.
        Affected Public: Individuals or households; Businesses or other 
    for-profits; Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or Tribal Gov't, 
    SEAs or LEAs.
        Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
          Responses: 1
          Burden Hours: 1
    
        Abstract: OERI was required by its authorizing statute to establish 
    standards for the processes it uses to evaluate applications for grants 
    and cooperative agreements and proposals for contracts. These 
    established standards (34 CFR 700) allow OERI to tailor selection 
    criteria to individual programs by selecting from the menu of selection 
    criteria contained in this regulation. This regulation has also
    
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    eliminated the need for separate programs within OERI to establish 
    individual program regulations to create specific evaluation criteria.
    
    Office of Postsecondary Education.
    
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Title: Guaranty Agency Monthly Claims and Collection Report.
        Frequency: Monthly.
        Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; State, local or 
    Tribal Gov't; SEAs or LEAs. Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: 
    
          Responses: 37 Burden Hours: 2,220
        Abstract: The ED Form 1189 is used by a guaranty agency to request 
    payments of reinsurance for default, bankruptcy, death, disability 
    claims paid to lenders and costs incurred for SPA, closed school, false 
    certification, lender of last resort and lender referral fee payments. 
    Agencies use the form to make payments owed to ED for collections on 
    defaulted loans.
    
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Document Information

Published:
09/14/1998
Department:
Education Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Submission for OMB review; comment request.
Document Number:
98-24575
Dates:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October 14, 1998.
Pages:
49100-49101 (2 pages)
PDF File:
98-24575.pdf