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coverage of ABA as a TRICARE Basic
Program benefit.
Under the added authority of the 1year ABA Pilot Program established by
section 705 of NDAA for Fiscal Year
2013 (the ‘‘ABA Pilot’’), a new interim
TRICARE ABA reinforcement benefit for
Non-Active Duty Family Members
(NADFMs) was implemented on July 25,
2013, as a separate interim benefit from
the coverage of medical benefits
currently provided under the TRICARE
Basic Program to both ADFMs and
NADFMs with ASD, and separate from
the Autism Demonstration services
available by law only to ADFMs
enrolled in their Service’s Exceptional
Family Member program and otherwise
eligible for ECHO.
In accordance with Congressional
direction concerning the purposes of the
ABA Pilot, TRICARE will include an
assessment of the feasibility and
advisability of establishing a beneficiary
cost share for the treatment of ASD.
TRICARE will submit an interim Report
to Congress (RTC) in December 2013
and a final RTC after the July 2014 ABA
Pilot completion date, to include: an
evaluation of the beneficiary cost shares;
a comparison of providing various ABA
services under the TRICARE Basic
Program, ECHO (including the Autism
Demonstration for ADFMs) and the
separate ABA Pilot (for NADFMs);
recommended changes in legislation;
and additional information as
appropriate. The Department has
determined that continuation of the
demonstration for an additional 1 year
is both in the best interest of TRICARE
beneficiaries diagnosed with an ASD,
and necessary to fully evaluate the
effectiveness of the delivery model
employed by the demonstration.
Continuation of the Autism
Demonstration will also provide
additional information needed to make
a formal decision regarding the use of
that delivery model in the long-term.
The demonstration continues to be
authorized by Title 10, United States
Code, Section 1092.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0114]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; 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, 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 a revision of an existing
collection of information.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
27, 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–0114
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. We will ONLY accept comments
in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available to
the public for any reason.
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
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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: State Educational
Agency Local Educational Agency, and
School Data Collection and Reporting
under ESEA, Title I, Part A.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0581.
Type of Review: Revision of an
existing collection of information.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 53,198.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,702,675.
Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, 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 March
2014. 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

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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
20132014 school year. ED is now
inviting the 35 Window 1 and Window
2 SEAs to request a one-year extension
of the waivers granted through ESEA
flexibility, which would generally last
through the 20142015 school year.
Dated: December 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–0135]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request; High
School Equivalency Program (HEP)
Annual Performance Report
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
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 January
27, 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–0135
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@

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ed.gov. Please do not send comments
here. We will only accept comments in
this mailbox when the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason.
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: High School
Equivalency Program (HEP) Annual
Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0684.
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: 44.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,408.
Abstract: The Office of Migrant
Education is collecting information for
the High School Equivalency Program
Annual Performance Report in
compliance with Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended, Title IV, Sec.
418A; 20 U.S.C. 1070d–2 (special
programs for students whose families
are engaged in migrant and seasonal
farm work), the Government
Performance Results Act (GPRA) of
1993, Section 4 (1115), and the
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

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34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that
recipients of multi-year discretionary
grants must submit an Annual
Performance Report demonstrating that
substantial progress has been made
towards meeting the approved
objectives of the project. In addition,
discretionary grantees are required to
report on their progress toward meeting
the performance measures established
for the Department of Education grant
program. The Office of Migrant
Education requests an extension
without change of a currently approved
collection to continue the use of a
customized Annual Performance Report
that goes beyond the Department of
Education generic form number 524B
Annual Performance Report to facilitate
the collection of more standardized and
comprehensive data to inform GPRA, to
improve the overall quality of data
collected, and to increase the quality of
data that can be used to inform policy
decisions.
Dated: December 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–0134]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Grant Re-allotment Form
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
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 January
27, 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–0134
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. Please note that
comments submitted by fax or email
and those submitted after the comment
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