Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act discretionary grants are authorized to support technology, State personnel development, personnel preparation, parent training and information, and technical assistance activities. This grant application provides the forms and information necessary for applicants to submit an application for funding, and information for use by technical reviewers to determine the quality of the application. Note the following changes: (1) Modified OMB approved selection criteria for the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program with EDGAR 75.210 selection criteria; (2) Modified OMB approved selection criteria for the Training and Information for Parents of Children with Disabilities program with EDGAR 75.210 selection criteria and redesignated/redisdtributed the [100] point value of the EDGAR selection criteria; and (3) Pages A-20, B-5, C-2, and E-31 of the application includes track-changes to the application package.
OSEP has reduced the annual reporting and recordkeeping hour burden by 10,000 from the previously approved collection. Over the past five years, OSEP has experienced a reduction in the number of applications submitted across the Part D programs. And, in the past 3 years we have received between 400-800 applications across programs. That is substantially less than the 1,200 applications received under the previously approved collection. We believe this is in part due to the transfer of the Part D, research and studies and evaluation discretionary grants to the authority of IES (as mandated by Statute). We typically received 200-300 applications for research grants under Part D. In addition, OSEP has combined grants where appropriate under several of the Part D programs thereby reducing the number of competitions announced. Over the last few years, OSEP has also combined data collection systems. The State Personnel Development Grants program (previously known as the State Improvement Grants program under the 1820-0620 collection) has been added to this Part D umbrella collection. The 1820-0620 collection included a Q & A document that is no longer relevant to the program and has not been used for several years. Other than the Q & A, there was no difference in the 1820-0620 collection and the 1820-0028 Part D umbrella collection.
$1,869,000
No
No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Debra Sturdivant 2022457539
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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