Pre-approval
contingent upon no substantive changes to this collection after
adoption of the final rule. Otherwise this collection should be
re-submitted to OMB for review.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2014
36 Months From Approved
19,685
0
0
1,310,483
0
0
0
0
0
As part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the State Fiscal Stabilization
Fund (Stabilization) provides $53,600,000,000 to States in exchange
for a commitment to advance education reforms, such as launching
strategies that address inequities in the distribution of highly
qualified teachers, building robust data systems that allow
districts to better track student achievement, raising standards
and strengthening student assessments, and turning around failing
schools. For each area of reform, the ARRA prescribes specific
action(s) that the State must assure that it will implement. In
addition, section 14005(a) of the ARRA requires a State that
receives funds under the Stabilization program to submit an
application to the U.S. Department of Education (the Department)
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably
require. The Stabilization program is a formula grant program with
two distinct portions the Education Fund and the Government
Services Fund. By statute, 81.8 percent, or $39,743,348,000, of
each State's total Stabilization allocation is awarded under the
Education Fund (CFDA No. 84.394) and the remaining 18.2 percent, or
$8,842,652,000, is awarded under the Government Services Fund (CFDA
No. 84.397). The US Department of Education (Department) has
already awarded the Stabilization funds to Governors. States
received a portion of their funds under the Phase I allocation and
the remaining funds under that Phase II allocation. In order to
receive the Phase II allocation, States agreed to collect and
publicly report on certain Indicators and Descriptors included in
the Phase II application by September 30, 2011. The information
clearance associated with SFSF Phase II expired and the Deparment
is requesting a reinstatment of the information collection. The
Department is also proposing to extend the deadline for the
Indicators and Descriptors to December 15, 2011. The Department
recognizes that there are three Indicators, (b)(1), (c)(11), and
(c)(12), for which some States require additional time to collect
and report the required information. The Department is requesting
clearance to collect requests for extensions, amended timelines,
and require States to publicly report information from those States
that will not be able to fulfill the Phase II requirements
associated with Indicators listed above by September 30,
2011.
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 5 14005 Name of Law: Title XIV of Division A of
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 14005 Name of Law: Title
XIV of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009
The program change of 1,310,483
hours results from reinstating an expired information collection
for Phase II of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)program
as well as the inclusion of the estimated burden that will be
incurred by the information collection requirements contained in
the SFSF Phase II "Notice of proposed revisions to certain data
collection and reporting requirements, proposed priority, and
proposed sanctions". The Department is requesting an extension of
the deadline for fulfilling the requirements of the Phase II
Indicators and Descriptors until December 15, 2011 and requesting
that the burden associated with these requirements be reinstated.
The total burden is 1,077,084 hours. After this date, the remaining
burden will apply only to States that requested an extension for
meeting the requirements of (b)(1), (c)(11), and (c)(12) and those
that requested use of the alternative standard for (c)(11). The
burden for requesting an extension or use of the alternative
standard, providing a plan to meet the requirements of the
Indicators, and collecting and reporting on the Indicators is
233,424 hours. This represents a net decrease of 843,660 hours from
the hours being reinstated in the Interim Final Requirements.
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.
Request for Indicator Extension and Alternative