Information in the School Leadership Program (SLP) Annual Performance Report (APR) is collected in compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title II, Part A, Subpart 5; 20 U.S.C. 2151(b), the Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, Section 4 (1115), and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that recipients of multi-year discretionary grants must submit an APR demonstrating that substantial progress has been made toward meeting the approved objectives of the project. In addition, discretionary grantees are required to report on their progress toward meeting the performance measures established for the U.S. Department of Education School Leadership Program. There are two GPRA performance objectives and six performance measures for SLP grantees. The two GPRA performance objectives are: To recruit, prepare, and support individuals from education or other fields to become principals or assistant principals of schools in high-need local educational agencies (LEAs) and to train and support principals and assistant principals from schools in high-need LEAs in order to improve their skills and increase retention. Most grantees will report on the GPRA measures for only one of the objectives because most grantees focus on either recruiting and training new principals and assistant principals or providing training to currently practicing principals and assistant principals. The SLP APR is a customized APR that goes beyond the ED 524B APR; this data collection is requested to facilitate the collection of more standardized and comprehensive data to address the program's GPRA measures, to improve the overall quality of data collected, and to increase the quality of data that can be used to inform policy decisions.
US Code:
20 USC 2151(b)
Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
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.