OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Resubmit
when proposed rule is finalized.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2016
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2016
3,102
0
3,102
229,800
0
229,800
0
0
0
The U.S. Secretary of Education has
proposed revising the final requirements for the School Improvement
Grants (SIG) program, published in the Federal Register on October
28, 2010, authorized under section 1003(g) of title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA),
to implement language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014,
that allows local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement
additional interventions, provides flexibility for rural LEAs, and
extends the grant period from three to five years. Additionally,
the proposed requirements make changes that reflect lessons learned
from four years of SIG implementation. These requirements contain
information collection activities covered under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) and cause revisions to the currently approved
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) data collection under control
1810-0682. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 included
changes to the SIG requirements that require changes to the current
approved data collection. These changes are addressed in the NPRM
and allow LEAs to implement additional interventions, provide
flexibility for rural LEAs, and extend the grant period from three
to five years. The amendments to the requirements also reflect
lessons learned from four years of SIG implementation.
Additionally, the amendments reflect the fact that, since the final
requirements for the SIG program were published in 2010, 45 SEAs
received approval to implement ESEA flexibility, pursuant to which
they no longer identify Title I schools for improvement, corrective
action, or restructuring. To reflect this change, the amended
requirements make priority schools, which are generally a State's
lowest-achieving Title I schools, and focus schools, which are
generally the schools within a State with the largest achievement
gaps, eligible to receive SIG funds.
The Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2014 included changes to the SIG requirements that require
changes to the current approved data collection. These changes are
addressed in the NPRM and allow LEAs to implement additional
interventions, provide flexibility for rural LEAs, and extend the
grant period from three to five years. The amendments to the
requirements also reflect lessons learned from four years of SIG
implementation. Additionally, the amendments reflect the fact that,
since the final requirements for the SIG program were published in
2010, 45 SEAs received approval to implement ESEA flexibility,
pursuant to which they no longer identify Title I schools for
improvement, corrective action, or restructuring. To reflect this
change, the amended requirements make priority schools, which are
generally a State's lowest-achieving Title I schools, and focus
schools, which are generally the schools within a State with the
largest achievement gaps, eligible to receive SIG funds. Under
proposed requirement section II.B.1(b), each SEA may submit, as
part of the required application it submits to the Department to
receive SIG funds, one State-determined intervention model for
review and approval by the Secretary. These proposed requirements
would require an SEA to submit a proposed State-determined
intervention model as part of its application, if a State choses to
implement this model. The proposed requirements also make a number
of clarifications to the reporting requirements. First, proposed
requirement section III.A.3 eliminates the metric for "Truants" and
replaces it with "Chronic absenteeism rates." Second, proposed
requirement III.A clarifies the correct source for each of the
required metrics and removes references to the State Fiscal
Stabilization Fund previously approved under OMB data collection
1810-0695. Finally, proposed requirements in section III.A.3 would
require an SEA to report, with respect to schools receiving SIG
awards, the number of schools implementing models with a modified
element pursuant to proposed section I.B.6 and which models are
being implemented in those schools. There is a program change
increase of +3640 annual burden hours due to new statutory
requirements.
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.
Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula Grants
1810-0682 SIG_Supporting_Statement_Rev_9414 ICCD.docx
Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula Grants