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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 217 / Thursday, November 8, 2012 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0048]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Perkins Discretionary Grant
Performance Report
Department of Education (ED),
Office of Vocational and Adult
Education (OVAE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a
new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 10, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0048
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not
send comments here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be

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processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Perkins
Discretionary Grant Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Type of Review: New collection;
request for a new OMB Control Number.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 88.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,556.
Abstract: The Perkins Discretionary
Grant Performance Report form and
instructions will be used by grantees to
meet Department of Education deadline
dates for submission of performance and
financial reports for the Office of
Vocational Adult Education (OVAE)
Division of Academic and Technical
Education (DATE) discretionary grant
programs, as required by the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR 34 CFR 74.51,
74.52, 75.118, 75.253, 75.590, and
80.40). The Perkins Discretionary Grant
Performance Report will be used by
OVAE discretionary grant recipients in
lieu of the ED 524B Grant Performance
Report and instructions because the ED
524B is not compatible with OVAE–
DATE’s new Perkins Information
Management System. Recipients of
multi-year discretionary grants must
submit interim performance reports,
usually annually, for each year funding
has been approved in order to receive a
continuation award. The annual
performance report should demonstrate
whether substantial progress has been
made toward meeting the approved
goals and objectives of the project.
OVAE also requires recipients of
‘forward funded’ grants that are
awarded funds for their entire multiyear project up-front in a single grant
award to submit an annual performance
report. The Perkins Discretionary Grant
Performance Report will be used for
interim and final performance reporting.
In both the annual and final
performance reports, grantees are
required to provide data on established
performance measures for the grant
program (e.g., Government Performance
and Results Act measures) and on
project performance measures that were
included in the grantee’s approved grant

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application, in order to demonstrate
project success, impact and outcomes.
The Perkins Discretionary Grant
Performance Report form will also be
used by grant recipients for other
interim reporting such as quarterly or
semi-annual performance and/or
financial reporting.
Dated: November 2, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2012–ICCD–0049]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Form for
Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests
Under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, As Amended
Department of Education (ED),
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education (OESE).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2012–ICCD–0049
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
period will not be accepted. Written
requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery
should be addressed to the Director of
the Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room
2E117, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not
send comments here.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
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