The U.S. Department of Education is requesting approval for the Application for Assistance under Section 8003 of Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by No Child Left Behind. This application is otherwise known as Impact Aid Basic Support Payments. Local Educational Agencies whose enrollments are adversely affected by Federal activities use this form to request financial assistance. Regulations for the Impact Aid Program are found at 34 CFR 222. The statute and regulations for this program require a variety of data from applicants annually to determine eligibility for the grants and the amount of grant payment under the statutory formula. The least burdensome method of collecting this required information is for each applicant to submit these data through a web-based electronic application hosted on the Department of Education's e-Grants website.
US Code:
20 USC 7700
Name of Law: Subchapter VIII Impact Aid
PL: Pub.L. 112 - 239 563 Name of Law: National Defense Authorization Act
There is a program change decrease of -190 due to a new statute and decrease of -2076 burden hours. By using the exact number of respondents for each part of the application, rather than an estimate, the Department was able to be more precise about the total time required making an adjustment decrease to the total number of respondents by -575. On January 3, 2013 President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 into law. This law contains technical changes to the Impact Aid Program for provisions related to Military and Indian Lands Housing Undergoing Renovation or Rebuilding, which is reported on Tables 9 and 11 of the FY 2014 application. This information clearance package significantly reduces the information required on Tables 9 & 11 by requiring the LEA to provide only the housing official contact information; this collection will include a form to be sent to the designated housing official. While the majority of the housing officials work for other federal agencies, there are a select group of housing officials that are contracted with the federal government.
$1,443,992
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Marilyn Hall 202 205-8724
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.