80 FR 15588 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Formula Grant EASIE Annual Performance Report

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 56 (March 24, 2015)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15588-15589]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06379]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0031]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Formula Grant EASIE Annual Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department 
of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-
0031 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED 
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note 
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the 
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments 
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site 
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E115, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kimberly Smith, 202-453-6459.

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 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: Formula Grant EASIE Annual Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,300.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 20,800.
    Abstract: The purpose of Indian Education Formula Grant to Local 
Agencies, as authorized under title VII, part A, subpart 1 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended sections 
7111-7119, 20 U.S.C. 7421-7429 is to assist applicants to provide 
Indian students with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state 
standards as all other students and meet the unique educational and 
culturally related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native 
students. The Indian Education Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060A) is not 
competitive or discretionary and requires the annual submission of the 
application from either a local education agency (LEA) and/or tribe. 
The amount of the award for each applicant is determined by a formula 
based on the reported number of American Indian/Alaska Native students 
identified in the application, the state per pupil expenditure, and the 
total appropriation available. The 524B Annual Performance Report (APR) 
was designed for discretionary grants, however the title VII program is 
a formula grant program. Therefore, the EASIE APR goes beyond the 
generic 524B APR and facilitates the collection of more specific and 
comprehensive data due to grantees entering project specific data into 
an online database. This will allow for a comparison of LEAs across 
objectives. By entering information into the EASIE APR database, data 
will be able to be generated quickly and uniformly to

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facilitate data collection, as required under 34 CFR 75.720, and 2 CFR 
part 200.301. This APR will improve the quality of data collected that 
can be used for evaluation and to help make policy decisions, reduce 
burden on the grantees, and allow ED to inform Congress on the outcomes 
of this grant program.

    Dated: March 16, 2015.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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