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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 223 / Tuesday, November 19, 2013 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0122]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Impact Aid Program Application for
Section 8003 Assistance
(Insert Principal Office (insert
PO acronym), 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 [insert one of the following
options; a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 19, 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–0122
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
[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

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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: Impact Aid
Program Application for Section 8003
Assistance.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0687.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing collection of information.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 501,264.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 140,676.
Abstract: 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 part 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 Web site.
Dated: November 14, 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–0141]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Application for Grants Under the Credit
Enhancement for Charter School
Facilities Program
Office of Innovation and
Improvement (OII), 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
December 19, 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–
0141or 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
[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
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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: Application for
Grants under the Credit Enhancement
for Charter School Facilities Program.
OMB Control Number: 1855–0007.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of an existing collection of
information.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector: Not-for-Profit Institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 20.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1600.
Abstract: ED will use the application
to award grants under the Credit
Enhancement for Charter School
Facilities Program (formerly known as
the Charter School Facilities Financing
Demonstration Program) grants. These
grants are made to private, non-profits;
public entities; governmental entities;
and consortia of these organizations.
The funds are to be deposited into a
reserve account that will be used to
leverage private funds on behalf of
charter schools to acquire, construct,
and renovate school facilities.
Dated: November 14, 2013.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0142]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Implementation Study of the Ramp Up
to Readiness Program
Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act 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 January
21, 2014.
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–0142
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
2E107, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions related to collection activities
or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls,
703–620–3655 or 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: Implementation
Study of the Ramp Up to Readiness
Program
OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 6,534
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,338
Abstract: This study will examine the
implementation of Ramp-Up to
Readiness, a school wide guidance
intervention aimed at increasing the
college readiness of students. The
intervention is at present being
implemented in 34 high schools in
Minnesota, and the developers intend to
make the intervention available to a
much larger set of Minnesota schools.
No independently gathered high-quality
evidence exists, however, on whether
schools are able to implement this
comprehensive intervention as intended
or how its core components compare to
the college-readiness supports in other
high schools. The project for which
OMB clearance is requested will attempt
to gather such evidence from 22 public
Minnesota high schools through the
least burdensome means. The schoollevel implementation study will focus
on assessing whether Ramp-Up school
staff implement the program as
intended, on identifying the extent to
which the Ramp-Up program differs
from the college-readiness supports
offered in schools without Ramp-Up,
and on the validity of a measure of
personal college readiness, which the
developers hypothesize is a key
mechanism through which the program
impacts later outcomes. The study will
collect data from school staff in the
following activities: Administrative data
collection, focus groups in January and
June, extant document collection,
instructional logs, student and staff
surveys, and student personal readiness
assessment. The findings produced
through analysis of these data will help
(1) State education agencies seeking
strategies and programs to endorse as a
potential means of improving students
college readiness and college
enrollment, (2) local education agencies
that are considering the challenges of
implementing Ramp-Up, (3) the
developer of this intervention (the
College Readiness Consortium at the
University of Minnesota) and
developers of other college readiness
interventions who continually seek to
improve their programs by using
information from studies like this, and
(4) a group of education stakeholders in
the Midwest interested in considering

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