The Striving Readers Comprehensive
Literacy (SRCL) program is carried out under the legislative
authority of Section 1502 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(ESEA), and Title III of Division H of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. No. 114-113). The competitive
grant program provides funds to State educational agencies (SEAs)
for competitive subgrants to local educational agencies for a
comprehensive literacy development and education program to advance
pre-literacy and literacy skills for disadvantaged children from
birth to grade 12, including English learners and students with
disabilities.
Adjustments in burden hours
were required because of program changes that will require
respondents to address new priorities, requirements and selection
criteria. The program changes resulted from actions taken to align
SRCL initiatives with the national policies for advancing literacy
and pre-literacy skills in disadvantaged children. There is a
program change increase of four respondents and 2,880 annual burden
hours; the revised burden hours are due to program changes due to
Department’s discretion.
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with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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(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
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