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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
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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,
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 217 / Thursday, November 8, 2012 / Notices
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
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: Form for
Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests
Under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0693.
Type of Review: Extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 202.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 5,360
Abstract: Section 9521(a) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA)
provides that a local educational agency
(LEA) may receive funds under Title I,
Part A and other ESEA covered
programs for any fiscal year only if the
State educational agency (SEA) finds
that either the combined fiscal effort per
student or the aggregate expenditures of
the LEA with respect to the provision of
free public education by the LEA for the
preceding fiscal year was not less than
90 percent of the combined fiscal effort
or aggregate expenditures for the second
preceding fiscal year. This provision is
the maintenance of effort (MOE)
requirement for LEAs under the ESEA.
If an LEA fails to meet the MOE
requirement, under section 9521(b) of
the ESEA, the SEA must reduce the
amount of funds allocated under the
programs covered by the MOE
requirement in any fiscal year in the
exact proportion by which the LEA fails
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effort per student or aggregate
expenditures. In reducing an LEA’s
allocation because it failed to meet the
MOE requirement, the SEA uses the
measure most favorable to the LEA.
Section 9521(c) gives ED the authority
to waive the ESEA’s MOE requirement
for an LEA if it would be equitable to
grant the waiver due to an exceptional
or uncontrollable circumstance such as
a natural disaster or a precipitous
decline in the LEA’s financial resources.
Once an MOE waiver is granted, the
reduction required by section 9521(b)
does not occur for that year. To review
MOE waiver requests, ED relies
primarily on expenditure, revenue, and
other data relevant to an LEA’s request
provided by the SEA. To assist SEAs
with submitting this information, ED
developed an MOE waiver form as part
of the 2009 Title I, Part A Waiver
Guidance, which covered a range of
waivers that ED invited at that time. The
purpose of this collection is to renew
approval for the MOE waiver form. ED
believes that the proposed form, which
is slightly modified from the currently
approved version, will enable an SEA to
provide the information needed in an
efficient manner.
Dated: November 2, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and Records
Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012–27327 Filed 11–7–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No: ED–2012–OSERS–0037]

Request for Information on the Future
Direction of the Rehabilitation Training
Program
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

The Department is requesting
input to revitalize its training and
technical assistance (TA) activities
funded under the Rehabilitation
Training Program. The Department will
use the information and data gathered in
response to this notice to support the
design and implementation of future
training and TA that is aligned with the
current and future economic trends,
reflects the needs of vocational
rehabilitation (VR) consumers and
ensures that VR counselors are
equipped with new and emerging skills.
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of high-quality integrated employment
for individuals with disabilities.
DATES: We must receive your
submission at or before January 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your response to
this RFI through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
We will not accept submissions by fax
or by email. To ensure that we do not
receive duplicate copies, please submit
your comments only one time. In
addition, please include the Docket ID
and the term ‘‘Future Direction of the
Rehabilitation Training Program’’ at the
top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov to submit your
comments electronically. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing agency
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket, is available on the
site under ‘‘How To Use This Site.’’
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or
Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver
your comments, address them to
Roseann Ashby, Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services,
Attention: Future Direction of
Rehabilitation Training Program, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Room 5055, Washington, DC
20202–2800.
Privacy Note: The Department’s
policy for comments received from
members of the public (including
comments submitted by mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery)
is to make these submissions available
for public viewing in their entirety on
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at:
www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
commenters should be careful to
include in their comments only
information that they wish to make
publicly available on the Internet.
Given the subject matter, some
comments may include proprietary
information as it relates to confidential
commercial information. The Freedom
of Information Act defines ‘‘confidential
commercial information’’ as information
the disclosure of which could
reasonably be expected to cause
substantial competitive harm. You may
wish to request that we not disclose
what you regard as confidential
commercial information.
To assist us in making a
determination on your request, we
encourage you to identify in your
submission any specific information
that you consider confidential
commercial information. Please list the
information by page and paragraph
numbers.

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