82 FR 1328 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Migrant Education Program Regulations and Certificate of Eligibility

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 3 (January 5, 2017)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1328-1329]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31933]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0148]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Migrant Education Program Regulations and Certificate of Eligibility

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, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 6, 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-2016-ICCD-
0148. 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 226-62, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Sarah Martinez, 202-260-1334.

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.

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    Title of Collection: Migrant Education Program Regulations and 
Certificate of Eligibility.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0662.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households; State, 
Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 132,846.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 245,867.
    Abstract: 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).

    Dated: December 29, 2016.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-31933 Filed 1-4-17; 8:45 am]
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