OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.11(c), OMB files this comment on this information collection request (ICR). In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the NPRM and will describe in the preamble of the final rule how the agency has maximized the practical utility of the collection and minimized the burden. The next submission to OMB must include the draft final rule.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
03/31/2012
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2012
360,010
0
360,010
181,110
0
181,110
0
0
0
The proposed regulations will revise Subsection J of the General Provisions Regulations otherwise known as the ability to benefit (ATB) rules. Among the proposed changes included are a requirement that test publishers and States describe its process to determine how a test administrator would have the necessary training, knowledge, skills, and integrity to test ATB students. The proposed changes would require a test publisher and a State to describe how it would determine that a test administrator has the ability and facilities to keep its ATB tests secure against disclosure or improper release. The proposed changes would require a test administrator or State to describe how it would identify test irregularities, describe proposed corrective actions, and its decertification process. The proposed regulations would require that the Agreement between the Department and the test publisher or State, as applicable, would be updated with the proposed changes in this Subpart.
The burden estimate from the previously approved collection activity was 1,165 respondents and 181,110 burden hours. The implementation of the proposed regulations as a result of the Negotiated Rulemaking process created additional information collection burden of 59,050 hours.
$0
No
No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Dan Klock 202 377-4026
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;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Att_SUPPORTING STATEMENT OMB[1].1845.0049.V.6.06.17.10.docx
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