Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for emergency

processing, the following proposal for collection of information under

the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

TITLE AND OMB NUMBER: Department of Defense Education Activity

(DoDEA) School Facilities Study; OMB Number 0704-[To Be Determined].

TYPE OF REQUEST: New Collection; Emergency processing requested

with a shortened public comment period ending December 17, 1999. An

approval date of December 15, 1999, has been requested.

Number of Respondents: 90.

Responses per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 90.

Average Burden per Response: 120 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 180.

Needs and Uses: This collection of information is needed to comply

with the mandate of Public Law 106-52. Section 127 of Public Law 106-52

directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Senate Committee on

Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, a report

examining the adequacy of special education facilities and services

available to the dependent children of military personnel stationed in

the United States. The School Facilities Survey will provide the

required information for: (1) Schools located on a military

installation within the United States; (2) School districts within the

continental United States that have been impacted by a twenty percent

or more increase in students in the past five years resulting from base

realignments or consolidation; and, (3) School districts in areas

designated by the military departments as compassionate assignment

posts for the impact of increased special education requirements.

Information will be obtained from up to 90 public school districts by

means of a questionnaire and potential visits to selected districts.

The survey data will be used to determine adequacy of special education

services and facilities, requirements for additional facilities or

renovations, and to provide data for a cost estimate of the funding

needed to address these requirements. From this information, project

requirements and cost estimates will be developed.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government (Public School

Districts).

Frequency: One-time.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information

collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal

should be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, or by fax at (703) 604-6270.

Dated: December 6, 1999.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

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