The Office of Indian Education (OIE)
of the Department of Education (ED) requests an extension of this
previously approved information collection, for the Indian
Education Discretionary Grant Applications authorized under Title
VII, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as
amended. The Professional Development (PD) (CFDA 84.299B) program
is a competitive discretionary grant program. The grant
applications submitted for this program are evaluated on the basis
of how well an applicant addresses the selection criteria, and are
used to determine applicant eligibility and amount of award for
projects selected for funding. The selection criteria used for the
Professional Development Grant program are included in 34 CFR
263.6. Sections 263.7, 263.8, 263.9, and 263.10 also have
information collection requirements addressed in this clearance
request relating to statutory or regulatory 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.