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.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2015
6 Months From Approved
16
0
0
3,200
0
0
0
0
0
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 Preschool Development Grants competition will prepare more States to become ready to participate in the proposed Preschool for All program in the Department of Educations 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.
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.
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.
Application Package - PDG Development
PRACertificationformDevelopment.pdf
PDG-Development Notice Inviting Applications.doc
PDGDevelopmentsuppstatptA - final.docx
Application Package - PDG Development