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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: Implementation of
Title I/II Program Initiatives.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A new collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 12,321.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 6,573.
Abstract: The Implementation of Title
I/II Program Initiatives study will
examine the implementation of policies
promoted through the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) at the
state, district and school levels, in four
core areas: state content standards,
aligned assessments, accountability and
school turnaround, and development of
effective teachers and leaders.
The purpose of this new data
collection is to provide policy makers
with detailed information on the
progress being made on the core policies
promoted by Title I and Title II, and the
recent granting of ESEA Flexibility to
states. Although other research studies
cover similar topics on recent federal
education policy, the breadth of
research questions and the depth of
responses from all SEAs and three levels
of nationally representative samples,
sets the Title I/II study apart from other
studies.
This study will rely on information
collected from existing sources, for
which there are no respondents or
burden, and on a new set of surveys in
order to address the study’s research
questions. Extant data sources include
(a) the National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP); (b)
EDFacts data; (c) information about
teacher preparation and certification
programs and policies; and (d) state
documents.
The new surveys of states and
districts will begin in 2013 and the
surveys of schools (principals) and
teachers will begin in 2014. All
respondents will have the opportunity
to complete an electronic (email or webbased) survey (or paper survey, if
preferred). The survey respondents are
described briefly below.

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State Surveys. The state survey will
be sent to the chief state school officer
in each of the 50 states and the District
of Columbia. The state surveys will be
administered using an electronic
instrument divided into modules
corresponding to the four core areas.
District Surveys. The district survey
will be sent to school superintendents
from a nationally representative sample
of 570 school districts. The district
survey will be web-based and
modularized, corresponding to the four
core areas, to allow for completion by
one or multiple respondents.
School Surveys. The school survey
will be sent to principals from a
nationally representative sample of
1,300 schools. The school survey will be
web-based and address issues in the
four core areas.
Teacher Surveys. The teacher survey
will be sent to a nationally
representative sample of teachers
selected from the sampled schools. A
total of 9,100 teachers will be asked to
complete a web-based survey that
addresses issues in the four core areas.
Teacher Rosters. Principals from
sampled schools will be asked to
provide a comprehensive list of teachers
in their schools, which will be used as
the sampling frame for the teacher
sample. Principals will be asked to
identify their school’s grade span and
list all teachers along with their email
address, main grade, subjects taught,
(e.g., Reading/English/Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science and Other), and
whether the teacher teaches a class in
which students are tested for
accountability requirements under
ESEA.
Dated: September 25, 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–0127]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Special
Education—Personnel Preparation To
Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities
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

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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 2, 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–0127
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: (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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title of Collection: Special
Education—Personnel Preparation to
Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0622.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector, Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,550.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 6,900.
Abstract: The data collection under
this request are governed by 34 CFR
Section 304.1–304.32 regulations that
implement section 673(h) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act, which requires that individuals
who receive a scholarship through the
Personnel Preparation Program funded
under the Act subsequently provide
special education and related services to
children with disabilities for a period of
two years for every year for which
assistance was received. Scholarship
recipients who do not satisfy the
requirements of the regulations must
repay all or part of the cost of assistance
in accordance with regulations issued
by the Secretary. These regulations
implement requirements governing
among other things, the service
obligation for scholars, oversight by
grantees, and repayment of scholarship.
In order for the Federal government to
ensure the goals of the program are
achieved, the collection of data, record
keeping, and documentation are
necessary.
Dated: September 26, 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
Race to the Top—District
Office of the Deputy Secretary,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice extending the deadline of
the fiscal year (FY) 2013 Race to the
Top—District competition for certain
local educational agencies.
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AGENCY:

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.416.
SUMMARY: The Secretary is extending the
application deadline in the FY 2013
Race to the Top—District competition
for certain local educational agencies
(LEAs). The Secretary takes this action
to allow more time for the preparation

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and submission of applications by
potential applicants adversely affected
by flooding in certain counties in
Colorado. The extension is intended to
help these potential applicants compete
fairly with other applicants in this
competition.
DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: For LEAs located in
Colorado counties designated for
Individual Assistance or Public
Assistance under the Presidential major
disaster (DR–4145) or emergency (EM–
3365) declarations resulting from the
September 2013 severe storms, flooding,
landslides, and mudslides (the Affected
Counties), and for consortium
applicants that include one or more
LEAs located in those counties, the new
deadline is 4:30:00 p.m. Washington,
DC time on Thursday, October 10, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Butler, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 7e214, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–6800 or by email:
[email protected].
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: See
Emergency (EM–3365) available at:
http://www.fema.gov/disaster/3365/
designated-areas and Major Disaster
(DR–4145) available at: http://
www.fema.gov/disaster/4145/
designated-areas.
This extended deadline applies to
consortium applicants that include one
or more LEAs located in the Affected
Counties.
The original deadline of October 3,
2013, still applies for individual LEA
applicants not located in the Affected
Counties and for consortium applicants
that consist solely of LEAs not located
in the Affected Counties.
All other information in the August 6,
2013, Notice Inviting Applications (78
FR 48006) for this competition remains
the same.
Information about the Race to the
Top—District program is available on
the Department’s Web site at http://
www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetopdistrict/index.html.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this document and a copy of the
application package in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc) by
contacting the program person listed in
this section.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
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Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). To use PDF you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department. Program Authority:
Sections 14005 and 14006 of the ARRA
(Pub. L. 111–5), as amended by section
1832(b) of Division B of the Department
of Defense and Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 112–
10), and the Department of Education
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Title III of
Division F of Pub. L. 112–74, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012).
Dated: September 26, 2013.
Arne Duncan,
Secretary of Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2388–002]

City of Holyoke Gas & Electric
Department; Notice of Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions to Intervene, and
Protests
Take notice that the following
application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public
inspection:
a. Application Type: Application to
Accelerate License Expiration Date.
b. Project No: 2388–002.
c. Date Filed: September 9, 2013;
Supplemented: September 24, 2013.
d. Applicant: City of Holyoke Gas &
Electric Department.
e. Name of Project: Holyoke No. 3
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the Holyoke Canal in Hampden County,
Massachusetts.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r (2012), and 18
CFR 5.4 (2013).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Paul S.
Ducheney, Superintendent of Electric

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