Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the submission for OMB

review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before

September 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk

Officer, Department of Education, Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503. Requests for copies of the proposed information

collection requests should be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 5624,

Regional Office Building 3, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708-8196.

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may

call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an

early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB

may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the

extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat

the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal

law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform

its statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer, publishes this notice

containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped

by office, contains the following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g.,

new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3)

Summary of the collection; (4) Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5) Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment at the address specified above. Copies of the requests

are available from Patrick J. Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: August 4, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Type of Review: New.

Title: Annual Report of Title I Allocations to Local Educational

Agencies (LEAs).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Gov't; SEAs or LEAs.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 52.

Burden Hours: 416.

Abstract: An annual survey will be conducted to collect data on

Title I allocations to local educational agencies in order for the

Department of Education to establish a prior year base on which to

determine ``hold-harmless'' guarantees for each LEA when computing

Title I, Part A allocations in accordance with the authorizing statute.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Application for Grants Under the Minority Science

Improvement Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 200.

Burden Hours: 8,000.

Abstract: This application is essential to conducting the

competition for new awards in Fiscal Year 1999 for eligible

institutions of higher education to participate in the Minority Science

Improvement Program.

This information collection is being submitted under the

Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information

Collections (OMB Control No. 1890-0001). Therefore, this 30-day public

comment period notice will be the only public comment notice published

for this information collection.

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Application for Designation as an Eligible Institution.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 1,200.

Burden Hours: 9,600.

Abstract: Institutions of Higher Education will submit this form in

order to be designated as eligible to compete for grants under the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, Title III, Parts A and C.

This information collection is being submitted under the

Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information

Collections (OMB Control No. 1890-0001). Therefore, this 30-day public

comment period notice will be the only public comment notice published

for this information collection.

[FR Doc. 98-21249 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]

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