FR Doc 2010-15181
[Federal Register: June 23, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 120)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests.
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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division,
Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management,
invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: An emergency review has been requested in accordance with the
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507(j)), since public harm is reasonably likely
to result if normal clearance procedures are followed. Approval by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been requested by July 15,
2010. A regular clearance process is also beginning. Interested persons
are invited to submit comments on or before August 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a cc: to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Director of OMB
provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity
to comment on information collection requests. The Office of Management
and Budget (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 Information
Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, publishes this notice containing
proposed information collection requests at the beginning of the
Departmental review of the information collection. 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. ED invites public comment.
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
respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Dated: June 18, 2010.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Type of Review: New.
Title: Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Grant
Reallotment Form.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 402.
Burden Hours: 12.
Abstract: The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, authorizes
the commissioner to reallot to other grant recipients that portion of a
recipient's annual grant that cannot be used. To maximize the use of
appropriated funds under the formula grant programs, The Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has established a
reallotment process for the Basic Vocational Rehabilitation State
Grants; Supported Employment State Grants; Independent Living State
Grants, Part B (IL-Part B); Independent Living Services for Older
Individuals Who Are Blind (IL-OB); Client Assistance (CAP) and
Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Programs. The
authority for the Rehabilitation Services Administration to reallot
formula grant funds is found at sections 110(b)(2) (VR), 622(b) (SE),
711(c) (IL-Part B), 752(j)(4) (IL-OB), 112(e)(2) (CAP), and 509(e)
(PAIR) of the act. The information will be used by the Rehabilitation
Services Administration State Monitoring and Program Improvement
Division to reallot formula grant funds for the awards mentioned above.
Currently, the information is collected through the issuance of an
annual Information Memorandum. For each grant award, the grantee will
be required to enter the amount of funds being relinquished and/or any
additional funds being requested.
Additional Information: The Rehabilitation Services Administration
(RSA), within the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), has developed an online
submission process for formula grant recipients to indicate the amount
of funds they wish to relinquish during the reallotment process and/or
the amount of funds they wish to request during this process. In
previous years, this reallotment process was initiated through an
Information Memorandum that RSA issued asking grantees to indicate the
amount of funds being relinquished and/or requested. The reallotment
process is based upon both statute and regulation and allows funds
unused by some grantees receiving funds under the Rehabilitation Act of
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1973, as amended, to be used by other grantees, thus eliminating the
reversion of Federal funds to the U.S. Treasury.
Grantees in six of RSA's formula grant programs are subject to a
reallotment process. These programs include the Vocational
Rehabilitation State Grants, the Supported Employment State Grants, the
Independent Living Part B, the Independent Living for Older Individuals
Who Are Blind, the Client Assistance, and the Protection and Advocacy
of Individual Rights programs. Specifically, for the Vocational
Rehabilitation State Grants Program, RSA's largest formula grant
program, 34 CFR 361.65(b) requires that: (1) ``The Secretary determines
no later than 45 days before the end of the fiscal year which States,
if any, will not use their full allotment. (2) As soon as possible, but
not later than the end of the fiscal year, the Secretary reallots these
funds to other States that can use those additional funds during the
current or subsequent year, provided the State can meet the matching
requirement by obligating the non-Federal share of any realloted funds
in the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated.''
ED is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
clear the application on an emergency basis because many States are
experiencing challenging economic circumstances. We anticipate that
they may not be able to match funds received under the Rehabilitation
Act and that the reallotment process will be more critical this year
than in years past. The online process we have developed is less
burdensome to grantees, since the electronic system automatically
generates much of the information that is required in the reallotment
process.
As stated in the aforementioned citation, this reallotment process
is required by regulation to be completed before September 30 of this
year in order for States to obligate the reallotted funds and meet the
matching requirements. Therefore, ED is requesting OMB approval of this
online process by July 15, 2010. This timeframe will allow us
sufficient time to: (1) Notify States about the new system for online
submission of grant relinquishments or requests; (2) receive all
necessary information from the State agencies by August 15, which meets
the minimum 45 day requirement in 34 CFR 361.65(b)(1); and (3) to
process the requests received no later than September 30, 2010, per 34
CFR 361.65(b)(2).
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4342. When
you access the information collection, click on ``Download Attachments
'' to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically mailed
to the Internet address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920.
Please specify the complete title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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