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information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: State Lead Agency
Record Keeping and Reporting
Requirements under Part C of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA).
OMB Control Number: 1820–0682.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56.

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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,268.
Abstract: OMB Information Collection
1820–0682 was created to reflect the
requirements in Part C of the IDEA in 20
U.S.C.1431–1443 and the final Part C
regulations. These regulations require
the 56 State lead agencies (LAs) that
receive Part C funds to collect and
maintain information or data and, in
some cases, report information or data
to other public agencies or to the public.
These record-keeping requirements are
not new and do not require reporting to
the Secretary. This Information
Collection was created to ensure that all
Part C information responsibilities are
documented and have been submitted
for OMB review. The following table
describes the information under Part C
to be collected or maintained and
identifies the legal requirement for each
collection. These required listed
collections are consolidated into 1820–
0682.
Dated: September 22, 2017.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0122]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Survey
on the Use of Funds Under Title II, Part
A: Improving Teacher Quality State
Grants—State-Level Activity Funds
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2017–ICCD–0122. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
216–44, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Tawanda
Avery, 202–453–6471.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
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Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Survey on the Use
of Funds Under Title II, Part A:
Improving Teacher Quality State
Grants—State-Level Activity Funds.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0711.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 52.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 520.
Abstract: Survey on the Use of Funds
Under Title II, Part A: Improving
Teacher Quality State Grants—StateLevel Activity Funds. The Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as reauthorized by the Every Student
Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), provides
funds to States to prepare, train, and
recruit high-quality teachers, principals,
and other school leaders. These funds
are provided to districts through Title II,
Part A (Supporting Effective Instruction
Grants). The purpose of these surveys is
to provide the U.S. Department of
Education with a better understanding
of how State Educational Agencies
(SEAs) utilize these funds. This survey
also collects data on teacher, principal,
and other school leader effectiveness
and retention for States to meet new
reporting requirements.
Similar data have been collected
under the Survey on the Use of Funds
Under Title II, Part A prior to
reauthorization of ESEA. This OMB
clearance request is to continue these
types of analyses, but using new data
collection instruments updated to
reflect changes due to the
reauthorization of ESEA by the ESSA.
The request is to begin data collection
and analyses for the 2018–19 school
year and subsequent years.

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Dated: September 22, 2017.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Extension of the Application Deadline
Date for Certain Fiscal Year 2018
Education Research and Special
Education Research Grant Programs
Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Institute of Education
Sciences extends, for certain
prospective eligible applicants
described elsewhere in this notice, the
deadline date for transmittal of
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2018 under the Education
Research and Development Centers
competition and the Research Networks
Focused on Critical Problems of Policy
and Practice in Special Education
competition, Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers
84.305C and 84.324N. The Institute
takes this action to allow more time for
the preparation and submission of
applications by prospective eligible
applicants affected by Hurricanes
Harvey and Irma.
The extension of the application
deadline date for this competition is
intended to help eligible applicants that
are located in a Federally declared
disaster area, as determined by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), in Texas and Florida to
compete fairly with other eligible
applicants under these competitions.
DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: October 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the Education Research and
Development Centers competition,
Corinne Alfeld at Corinne.Alfeld@
ed.gov or (202) 245–8203. For the
Research Networks Focused on Critical
Problems of Policy and Practice in
Special Education competition, Amy
Sussman at [email protected] or
(202) 245–7424.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May
30, 2017, we published in the Federal
Register (82 FR 24695) a notice inviting
applications (NIA) for new awards for

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FY 2018 for Education Research and
Development Centers and Research
Networks Focused on Critical Problems
of Policy and Practice in Special
Education. The application deadline in
the NIA was September 21, 2017. We
are extending the application deadline
for this competition for applicants in
affected areas in Texas and Florida in
order to allow applicants more time to
prepare and submit their applications.
Eligibility: The extension of the
application deadline date in this notice
applies to eligible applicants under the
Education Research and Development
Centers competition and the Research
Networks Focused on Critical Problems
of Policy and Practice in Special
Education competition, CFDA numbers
84.305C and 84.324N, that are located in
a Federally declared disaster area, as
determined by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) (see
www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema), in
the State of Texas in the counties of
Aransas, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Calhoun,
Chambers, Dallas, Fort Bend, Galveston,
Goliad, Harris, Jackson, Kleberg, Liberty,
Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San
Patricio, Tarrant, Travis, Victoria, and
Wharton.
The extension of the application
deadline date in this notice also applies
to eligible applicants that are located in
a Federally declared disaster area, as
determined by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) (see
http://www.fema.gov/news/
disasters.fema), in the State of Florida,
which includes all counties in that
State.
In accordance with the NIA, eligible
applicants for these competitions have
the ability and capacity to conduct
scientifically valid research. Eligible
applicants include, but are not limited
to, nonprofit and for-profit organizations
and public and private agencies and
institutions, such as colleges and
universities.
Note: All information in the NIA published
on May 30, 2017 (82 FR 24695), for these
competitions remains the same, except for
the deadline date.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9501 et
seq.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to either of the program contact
persons listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
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official edition of the Federal Register
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available via the Federal Digital System
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
can view this document, as well as all
other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: September 22, 2017.
Thomas Brock,
Commissioner for Education Research,
Delegated the Duties of the Director of the
Institute of Education Sciences.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0099]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Annual State Application Under Part C
of the Individuals With Disabilities
Education Act as Amended in 2004
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2017–ICCD–0099. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
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