Preschool Development Grants - Expansion

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Application Package - PDG Expansion Form and Instruction	New
PRACertificationformExpansion.pdf Supplementary Document	2014-08-06
14_OEL_EmergencyICCRequest_PD_signed071714.pdf Supplementary Document	2014-08-06
PDG-Expansion Notice Inviting Applications.doc Supplementary Document	2014-08-11
Standard Instructs and Application -PDG Expansion.doc Supplementary Document	2014-08-11
PDGExpansionsuppstatptA --final.docx Supporting Statement A	2014-08-11

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
212629	Application Package - PDG Expansion Form and Instruction	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1810-0718	ICR Reference No: 201408-1810-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: ED/OESE	Agency Tracking No: 2046.01
Title: Preschool Development Grants - Expansion
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 11/08/2014
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/12/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/11/2014
Terms of Clearance: This collection is approved as an emergency clearance request and is valid for only 6 months. If the Department of Education decides to use this collection past the 6 month period, they will need to submit a request under the full Paperwork Reduction Act process.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2015	6 Months From Approved
Responses	35	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	7,000	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Preschool Development Grants program authorized under Sections 14005 and 14006, of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 1115), as amended by section 1832(b) of Division B of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 11210), the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2012 (Title III of Division F of Pub. L. 11274, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012), and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2014 (Title III of Division H of Pub. L. 113-76, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014); competition will be jointly administered by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services (ED, HHS, or Departments). The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Appropriations Act) provides $250 million for a new competition to support efforts to build, develop, and expand voluntary, high-quality preschool programs. Competition requirements, priorities, and selection criteria will be developed consistent with the language in the Appropriations Act and accompanying report language. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Appropriations Act) provides $250 million for a new competition to support efforts to build, develop, and expand voluntary, high-quality preschool programs. Competition requirements, priorities, and selection criteria will be developed consistent with the language in the Appropriations Act and accompanying report language. The Preschool Development Grants competition will prepare more States to become ready to participate in the proposed Preschool for All program in the Department of Education's FY2015 budget request. Recent and longstanding research indicates that children who attend high-quality preschool programs achieve significant, positive short- and long-term outcomes, and the return on investment that results from attending high-quality preschool programs is overwhelmingly clear. There is tremendous unmet need for high-quality early learning programs. Only 40 percent of eligible children have access to Head Start. Less than one-third of all four-year-olds are enrolled in State-funded preschool programs. This request includes information collection activities covered under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The data collected will be used by application reviewers to determine the State's proposed quality of State-level activities, the proposed quality of the State sub grant competition, the proposed project management, and the adequacy of the proposed resources requested in the application.

Emergency Justfication: These application packages use the Department's standard forms and a program specific excel table, allowing for the streamlined process for discretionary grant applications. Without an emergency request the clearance process would take up to 150 days, causing financial harm to the public and missing the statutory deadline to disperse funds by December 31, 2014. The Department's request that OMB clear these information requests on the same date that OMB gives the Department's approval to publish the notices inviting applications.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 113 - 76 Innovation and Improvement Name of Law: Department of Education Appropriations Act 2014
   PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 14005-14006 Name of Law: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application Package - PDG Expansion	NA, NA	PDG-Expansion Application ,   PDG-Expansion Grant Tables

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	35	0	0	35	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,000	0	0	7,000	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a request for a new data collection approval, there is a program change increase of 7,000 annual burden hours.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,057,903

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/11/2014

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