Title I, Part A of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child
Left Behind Act , and its regulations contain several existing
provisions that require State educational agencies (SEAs), local
educational agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect and disseminate
information. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has invited each
SEA to request flexibility on behalf of itself, its LEAs, and
schools, in order to better focus on improving student academic
achievement and increasing the quality of instruction (ESEA
flexibility). As of January 31, 2012, 40 SEAs have indicated that
they plan to request ESEA flexibility. Of particular relevance to
this collection is ED's expectation that, overall, ESEA flexibility
will result in less burden on SEAs, LEAs, and schools compared with
current law absent this flexibility. The burden estimate for this
collection is therefore substantially lower than that of the
currently approved collection.
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 110 Part A Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of
2001
There is an adjustment of
-3,153,762 in burden hours primarily due to 43 SEAs having either
requested or indicated that they will request ESEA flexibility. In
regards to ESEA flexibility, ED considered the likelihood that
during the next several years fewer schools will be newly
identified for improvement, corrective action or restructuring due
to the opportunity for SEAs to request ESEA flexibility and that
certain information collections by LEAs would no longer be
required. ED also anticipates that there will generally be fewer
focus and priority schools in States that receive ESEA flexibility
than there would be schools identified for improvement, corrective
action or restructuring in those States. ED also used of updated
data on the number of LEAs that were eligible for Title I, Part A,
which had some impact on the burden.
$1,214,285
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Todd Stephenson 202
205-1645
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.