[Federal Register: February 19, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 33)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites 
comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 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, DC 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 Director, Information Resources 
Management Group 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.
    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.

    Dated: February 12, 1997.
Gloria Parker,
Director, Information Resources Management Group.

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: School-to-Work Progress Measures.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, local or 
Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: Responses: 1,025; Burden Hours: 
6,800.
    Abstract: The Progress Measures Survey focuses on four elements of 
Title IV, Section 402 of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act: student 
participation in school-to-work; institutional and employer 
participation; leveraging of funds; and outcomes. The participation 
measures are designed to track elaboration of local partnership School-
to-Work (STW) systems; the leveraging measures are intended to capture 
efforts to develop sources of funding that will enable STW to be self-
sustaining after sunset of the legislation; and the outcomes measures 
are indicators of achievement of the Act's primary goals. These data, 
collected on a regular basis, will provide important evidence of state 
and local partnership commitments to the legislative mandate.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Annual Report of Children in State Agency and Locally 
Operated Institutions for Neglected or Delinquent Children.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, local or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: Responses: 52; Burden 
Hours: 4,130.
    Abstract: An annual survey is conducted to collect data on (1) the 
number of children enrolled in

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educational programs of State-operated institutions for neglected or 
delinquent (N or D) children, community day programs for N or D 
children, and adult correctional institutions and (2) the October 
caseload of N or D children in local institutions.
[FR Doc. 97-3970 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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