This collection of information is
necessary to collect information under the Title I, Part C Migrant
Education Program (MEP). The MEP is authorized under sections
1301-1309 of Part C of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA), as amended. Regulations for the MEP are found
at 34 CFR § 200.81-200.89. This information collection covers
regulations with information collection requirements which pertain
to information that State educational agencies (SEAs) must collect
in order to properly administer the MEP: 34 CFR § 200.83, 200.84,
200.88, and 200.89(b)-(d). Most provisions do not require SEAs to
submit the information collected to the Department, with the
exception of the provisions under 34 CFR § 200.89(b). The
Department is requesting a revision to this currently approved
information collection in order to address changes to MEP
eligibility made by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which
reauthorizes and amends the authorizing statute, ESEA. The changes
to MEP eligibility criteria must be reflected on the national
Certificate of Eligibility (COE), which is an information
collection required by 34 CFR § 200.89(c). There was an overall
reduction in SEA burden and responses. The reduction in burden and
responses was achieved not as a result of deliberate Federal
government action, but rather due to decreases in the number of
eligible migratory children, the number of SEAs participating in
the MEP, and the number of SEAs that the Department expects will be
required to implement retrospective re-interviewing. The burden per
respondent for the COE as described in 34 CFR § 200.89(c) remains
the same because although some additional burden is incurred as a
result of the added questions (needed to demonstrate compliance
with the new statutory language in ESSA), there was an equivalent
reduction in burden achieved by the removal of previously included
questions (which were needed to demonstrate compliance with the
statute, prior to its amendment by ESSA). The annualized burden of
34 CFR §§ 200.83, 200.84, and 200.88 was changed due to those costs
occurring at least once per ESEA authorization period of four years
(previously six years).
There is an adjustment decrease
of -18,001 responses and an increase of 285, 807 annual burden
hours. There was an overall reduction in SEA burden and responses.
This reduction was achieved not as a result of deliberate Federal
government action, but rather due to decreases in the number of
eligible migratory children, a decrease in the number of SEAs
participating in the MEP since the last approval of this form, and
decreases in the number of SEAs that the Department expects will be
required to implement retrospective re-interviewing, as described
in 34 CFR § 200.89(b)(1). The annualized burden of 34 CFR §§
200.83, 200.84, and 200.88 was changed due to those one-time costs
occurring at least once per ESEA authorization cycle of four years
(compared to the previous ESEA authorization period of six years).
In its 2011 and 2014 requests for renewed approval of the
information collection, the Department decreased the burden
associated with 34 CFR § 200.89(b)(1) because all States had an
ED-accepted defect rate and no State was required to implement the
retrospective re-interview process as a result of corrective
action. The Secretary is further reducing the burden in 2017
because no States have been required to implement the retrospective
re-interview process as a result of corrective action, and it is
unlikely that as many as four States will need to do so in the next
three years. The burden per respondent for the COE as described in
34 CFR § 200.89(c) remains the same because although some
additional burden is incurred as a result of the added questions
(needed to demonstrate compliance with the new statutory language
in ESSA), there was an equivalent reduction in burden achieved by
the removal of previously included questions (which were needed to
demonstrate compliance with the statute, prior to its amendment by
ESSA).
$13,440
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Sarah Martinez 202
260-1334
No
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.
National Certificate of Eligibility (COE) Instructions
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National Certificate of Eligibility (COE) Instructions