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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Notices

a five-year continuation of a school
choice program for low-income
residents of Washington, DC. The
program, still titled the Opportunity
Scholarship Program or OSP, now
provides scholarships to enable lowincome elementary and secondary
students to attend private schools in the
District of Columbia in lieu of the public
schools already available to them. The
OSP is operated under a grant from the
U.S. Department of Education (ED) to
the DC Children and Youth Investment
Corporation (the Trust).
The reauthorization once again
stipulated that an evaluation of the
program be conducted ‘‘using the
strongest possible research design for
determining the effectiveness’’ of the
program. ED awarded a contract to
Westat, and its research partners,
Pemberton Research and the University
of California at San Diego to: (1) provide
technical assistance to the program
operator, particularly with respect to the
design and conduct of the lotteries of
applicants, and (2) conduct an
evaluation of the impacts of the
program.
The foundation of the evaluation will
be a randomized control trial (RCT)
comparing outcomes of eligible
applicants (students and their parents)
assigned by lottery to receive or not
receive a scholarship. This design is
consistent with the requirement for a
rigorous evaluation as well as the need
to fairly allocate the scholarships if the
program is oversubscribed. Because the
law also specified other kinds of
comparisons and analyses, the planned
evaluation study includes both
quantitative and qualitative
components.
Dated: February 11, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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[Docket No.: ED–2012–ICCD–0068]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and approval; Comment Request;
Indian Education Professional
Development Grants Program: GPRA
and Service Payback Data Collection
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).

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ACTION:

Notice.

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 March
18, 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–0068
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
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.
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Title of Collection: Indian Education
Professional Development Grants
Program: GPRA and Service Payback
Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0698.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of an existing collection of
information.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,076.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,250.
Abstract: The Office of Indian
Education Professional Development
(OIE PD) Grants program wishes to
implement (1) a Semi-Annual
Participant Report (SAPR), (2) a
Participant Follow-Up Protocol, and (3)
an Employment Verification survey. The
information collected through the
SAPR, the Participant Follow-Up
Protocol, and the Employment
Verification Form is necessary to (1)
assess the performance of the IE PD
program on its Government Performance
Results Act (GPRA) measures, (2)
determine if IE PD participants are
fulfilling the terms of their service
payback requirements, and (3) provide
project-monitoring and compliance
information to IE PD Grants program
staff.
Dated: February 11, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
[FR Doc. 2013–03530 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0012]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Federal
Perkins Loan Program Regulations
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
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 of a previously
approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 16,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
SUMMARY:

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