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curricular alignment, and expanded
learning/double-dose algebra for
promoting student success in Algebra I?
(2) What do district- and school-based
representatives think about evidence for
practices or strategies in these areas?
(3) What does exemplary
implementation of each practice or
strategy look like in districts or schools
with demonstrated improvement in
student outcomes?
The subject of this OMB clearance
request is PSSA’s series of five topical
area case studies (Research Question
#3). The case studies are designed to
address five focused sets of case study
research questions that are grounded in
the studys overall conceptual
framework. These research questions
explore factors associated with the
successful implementation of programs
or initiatives in each of the five topical
areas, including (a) actions taken to
implement the program/initiative; (b)
processes used to develop and select the
program/initiative; (c) contextual factors
that enable and constrain successful
implementation; and (d) indicators that
are used to describe the effectiveness of
the program/initiative.
Dated: April 19, 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
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0058]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical
Education Improvement Act of 2006
(P.L. 109–270) State Plan Guide
Office of Vocational and Adult
Education (OVAE), 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.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 24,
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–2013–ICCD–0058

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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
2E115, 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.
Title of Collection: Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006 (P.L. 109–270)
State Plan Guide.
OMB Control Number: 1830–0029.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,052.
Abstract: The Carl D. Perkins Career
and Technical Education Improvement
Act of 2006 (P.L. 109–270) State Plan

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Guide requires eligible State agencies to
submit a 6-year plan, with annual
revisions as the eligible agency deems
necessary in order to receive Federal
funds. The Office of Vocational and
Adult Education/Division of Academic
and Technical Education program staff
review the submitted state plans for
compliance and quality.
Dated: April 19, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0012]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Federal Perkins Loan Program
Regulations
Department of Education (ED),
Federal Student Aid (FSA).
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 May 28,
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–2013–ICCD–0012
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
2E103,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
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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.
Title of Collection: Federal Perkins
Loan Program Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0023.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of an existing collection of
information.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households, State, Local,
or Tribal Governments, Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 23,488,137.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 607,752.
Abstract: Institutions of higher
education make Perkins loans.
Information is necessary in order to
monitor a school’s due diligence in its
contact with the borrower regarding
repayment, billing and collections,
reimbursement to its Perkins loan
revolving fund, rehabilitation of
defaulted loans as well as institutions
use of third party collections. This
extension is a request for approval of
reporting and record-keeping
requirements contained in the
regulations related to the administrative
requirements of the Perkins Loan
Program.
Dated: April 18, 2013.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Training
and Information for Parents of Children
With Disabilities—Parent Training and
Information Centers
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Overview Information: Training and
Information for Parents of Children with
Disabilities—Parent Training and
Information Centers Notice inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2013.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.328M.

Dates:
Applications Available: April 25,
2013.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 10, 2013.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 8, 2013.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to ensure that parents of
children with disabilities receive
training and information to help
improve results for their children.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), this priority is
from allowable activities specified in
the statute, or otherwise authorized in
the statute (see sections 671 and 681(d)
of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2013 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this is
an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3), for this competition, we
consider only applications that meet
this priority.
This priority is:
Parent Training and Information
Centers.
Background:
Almost 35 years of research and
experience has demonstrated that the
education of children with disabilities
can be made more effective by
strengthening the ability of parents to
participate fully in the education of
their children at school and at home
(see section 601(c)(5)(B) of IDEA).
This notice announces a priority
designed to help ensure that parents of
children with disabilities have the
training and information they need to
participate in the education of their
children.

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Parent Training and Information
Centers (PTIs) are designed to meet the
needs of parents of children with
disabilities living in the States, regions
of the States, or territories served by the
PTIs, particularly underserved parents
and parents of children who may be
inappropriately identified as having a
disability. Under this priority, PTIs will,
consistent with section 671 of IDEA,
provide parents of children with
disabilities with the training and
information they need to enable them to
participate cooperatively and effectively
in helping their children to—
(a) Meet developmental and
functional goals and the challenging
academic achievement standards that
have been established for all children;
and
(b) Be prepared to lead productive
independent adult lives, to the
maximum extent possible.
The following Web site provides
further information on the work of
previously funded PTIs:
www.parentcenternetwork.org.
Priority:
To be considered for funding under
this absolute priority, applicants must
meet the application requirements
contained in the priority. All projects
funded under the absolute priority also
must meet the programmatic and
administrative requirements specified in
the priority.
Application Requirements: An
applicant must include in its
application—
(a) A logic model that depicts, at a
minimum, the goals, activities, outputs,
and outcomes of the proposed project. A
logic model communicates how a
project will achieve its outcomes and
provides a framework for both the
formative and summative evaluations of
the project;
Note: The following Web sites provide
more information on logic models: www.
researchutilization.org/matrix/logicmodel_
resource3c.html and http://archive.tadnet.
org/model_and_performance?format=html.

(b) A plan to implement the activities
described in the Project Activities
section of this priority;
(c) A plan, linked to the proposed
project’s logic model, for a formative
evaluation of the proposed project’s
activities. The plan must describe how
the formative evaluation will use clear
performance objectives to ensure
continuous improvement in the
operation of the proposed project,
including objective measures of progress
in implementing the project and
ensuring the quality of products and
services;
(d) A budget for attendance at the
following:

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