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Outcomes and Progress. The first two
reform areas, (A) and (B) are ‘‘Core
Areas of Focus’’ for this program and all
applicants addressed selection criteria
based on these core areas. Reform areas
(C), (D), and (E) are ‘‘Focused
Investment Areas’’ where State’s choose
which specific areas to target based on
their State’s early childhood reform
areas and policies. Research
demonstrates that high-quality early
learning and development programs and
services can improve young children’s
health, social-emotional, and cognitive
outcomes; enhance school readiness;
and help close the school readiness gap
that exists between children with High
Needs and their more abled peers at the
time they enter kindergarten. The
Annual Performance Report for this
program will collect data on the
performance measures and the selection
criteria described in the application
(note OMB approval in 2011). Program
staff has reviewed this report carefully
to minimize burden. The APR will be
collected electronically which will
enable program staff to pre-populate
information on baseline data, approved
performance targets, and approved
annual budgets. This report will be used
to provide necessary information to
program staff and to the public on the
implementation of these grants.
Dated: August 29, 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–0114]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; State
Educational Agency, Local Educational
Agency, and School Data Collection
and Reporting under ESEA, Title I,
Part A
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE), ED.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 3507(j)), ED is requesting the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to conduct an emergency review
of a revision to an existing information
collection.
DATES: Approval by the OMB has been
requested by October 1, 2013. A regular
clearance process is also hereby being

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initiated. Interested persons are invited
to submit comments on or before
November 4, 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–0014
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: For
questions related to collection activities
or burden, please call Tomakie
Washington, 202–401–1097 or
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@
ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here.
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 as they relate to ESEA
flexibility renewal: (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: State Educational
Agency, Local Educational Agency, and

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School Data Collection and Reporting
under ESEA, Title I, Part A.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0581.
Type of Review: a revision to an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 53,198.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,707,785.
Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and
its regulations contain several existing
provisions that require State educational
agencies (SEAs), local educational
agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect
and disseminate information. The
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) covers
these activities, which are currently
approved by OMB under control
number 1810–0581 through July 2015.
In addition, in 2011, ED invited each
SEA to request flexibility on behalf of
itself, its LEAs, and schools, in order to
better focus on improving student
academic achievement and increasing
the quality of instruction (ESEA
flexibility). The opportunity for SEAs to
request ESEA flexibility also included
activities covered by the PRA. Those
information collection activities
consisted of the information an SEA
must develop and submit to ED to
request this flexibility, information that
an SEA provided in an Accountability
Addendum, and the information an SEA
that receives ESEA flexibility must
annually report to ED. Approvals of
ESEA flexibility requests have occurred
in several iterations: Window 1, for
which SEAs submitted requests in
November 2011; Window 2, for which
SEAs submitted requests in February
2012; Window 3, for which SEAs
submitted requests in September 2012;
and Window 4, for which SEAs
submitted requests in spring 2013.
Generally, ED approved the requests of
SEAs that requested ESEA flexibility in
Windows 1 and 2 through the end of the
2013–2014 school year. ED is now
inviting the 35 Window 1 and Window
2 SEAs to request a two-year extension
of the waivers granted through ESEA
flexibility, through the end of the 2015–
2016 school year. An SEA that requests
renewal of ESEA flexibility must submit
an updated ESEA flexibility request
describing how it will continue to meet
the requirements of ESEA flexibility.
The purpose of this submission is to
obtain approval for the resubmission
activities covered by the PRA. These
activities include an SEA’s addressing
each of the required items described in
the ESEA flexibility renewal guidance,

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providing narrative responses within its
currently approved ESEA flexibility
request and attaching any new
documentation or evidence where
appropriate, and submitting the
amended request to ED. In addition, an
SEA must submit a completed ESEA
flexibility renewal request form
indicating where changes have been
made in its ESEA flexibility request.
The SEA may also choose, but is not
required, to amend its request to make
changes necessary to improve
implementation going forward or to
reflect more accurately implementation
activities that have already occurred.
Dated: August 29, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Service, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID: ED–2013–OELA–0107]

Request for Information To Inform the
Title III Technical Assistance Agenda
and the Future Activities and Services
of the National Clearinghouse for
English Language Acquisition
(NCELA)
Office of English Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement,
and Academic Achievement for Limited
English Proficient Students, Department
of Education.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of
Education (the Department) requests
information in two intertwining areas in
support of the English learner
community. First, the Department seeks
information on the technical assistance
needs of State educational agencies
(SEAs), local educational agencies
(LEAs), administrators, and teachers
who provide services to English learners
(ELs). Second, the Department seeks
information on how we can best
disseminate technical assistance,
including materials through the
National Clearinghouse for English
Language Acquisition and Language
Instruction Educational programs
(NCELA) in support of the EL
community and those who provide
services to ELs.
DATES: Written submissions must be
received by the Department by
September 25, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal

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or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. We will not accept
comments by fax or by email. To ensure
that we do not receive duplicate copies,
please submit your comments only
once. In addition, please include the
Docket ID and the term ‘‘Technical
Assistance-NCELA’’ 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 ‘‘Are you new to this site?’’
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,
or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver
your comments, address them to
Melissa Escalante, Office of English
Language Acquisition, Attention:
Technical Assistance-NCELA RFI, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Room 5C148, Washington,
DC 20202–6132.
• 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.
Submission of Proprietary
Information: 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 any specific
information in your comments that you
consider confidential commercial
information. Please list the information
by page and paragraph numbers.
This Request for Information (RFI) is
issued solely for information and
planning purposes and is not a request
for proposals (RFP), a promise to issue
an RFP, or a notice inviting applications
(NIA), nor does it serve as a
modification to the current NCELA
contract. This RFI does not commit the
Department to contract for any supply
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Department is not now seeking
proposals and will not accept
unsolicited proposals. The Department
will not pay for any information or
administrative costs that you may incur
in responding to this RFI.
If you do not respond to this RFI, you
may still apply for future contracts and
grants. The Department posts RFPs on
the Federal Business Opportunities Web
site (www.fbo.gov). The Department
announces grant competitions in the
Federal Register (www.gpo.gov/fdsys). It
is your responsibility to monitor these
sites to determine whether the
Department issues an RFP or NIA after
considering the information received in
response to this RFI.
The documents and information
submitted in response to this RFI
become the property of the U.S.
Government and will not be returned.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Escalante, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 5C148, Washington, DC 20202–
6132 by phone at 202–401–1407.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–(800) 877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(ESEA) holds States accountable for
closing achievement gaps and ensuring
that all children, including children
with limited English proficiency, meet
the same challenging academic and
achievement standards all students are
expected to meet. To this end, Title III
of ESEA requires States to develop
English language proficiency (ELP)
standards that are aligned with
challenging State academic content and
student academic achievement
standards. States must also develop and
administer ELP assessments that are
aligned with those standards, and must
develop annual measurable
achievement objectives (AMAOs) for
English language proficiency. Under
Section 3303 of the ESEA, the Secretary
of Education is authorized to establish
and support the operation of a National
Clearinghouse for English Language
Acquisition and Language Instruction
Educational Programs (NCELA). NCELA
is administered by the Office of English
Language Acquisition, Language
Enhancement and Academic
Achievement for Limited English
Proficient Students (OELA).
Under Section 3303 of the ESEA,
NCELA’s basic function is to collect,

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