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OMB Control No: 1810-0695	ICR Reference No: 201109-1810-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200911-1810-004
Agency/Subagency: ED/OESE	Agency Tracking No: 4676
Title: State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Phase II Application
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/23/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/23/2011
Terms of Clearance: Pre-approval contingent upon no substantive changes to this collection after adoption of the final rule. Otherwise this collection should be re-submitted to OMB for review.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2014	36 Months From Approved
Responses	19,685	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	1,310,483	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (Stabilization) provides $53,600,000,000 to States in exchange for a commitment to advance education reforms, such as launching strategies that address inequities in the distribution of highly qualified teachers, building robust data systems that allow districts to better track student achievement, raising standards and strengthening student assessments, and turning around failing schools. For each area of reform, the ARRA prescribes specific action(s) that the State must assure that it will implement. In addition, section 14005(a) of the ARRA requires a State that receives funds under the Stabilization program to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. The Stabilization program is a formula grant program with two distinct portions the Education Fund and the Government Services Fund. By statute, 81.8 percent, or $39,743,348,000, of each State's total Stabilization allocation is awarded under the Education Fund (CFDA No. 84.394) and the remaining 18.2 percent, or $8,842,652,000, is awarded under the Government Services Fund (CFDA No. 84.397). The US Department of Education (Department) has already awarded the Stabilization funds to Governors. States received a portion of their funds under the Phase I allocation and the remaining funds under that Phase II allocation. In order to receive the Phase II allocation, States agreed to collect and publicly report on certain Indicators and Descriptors included in the Phase II application by September 30, 2011. The information clearance associated with SFSF Phase II expired and the Deparment is requesting a reinstatment of the information collection. The Department is also proposing to extend the deadline for the Indicators and Descriptors to December 15, 2011. The Department recognizes that there are three Indicators, (b)(1), (c)(11), and (c)(12), for which some States require additional time to collect and report the required information. The Department is requesting clearance to collect requests for extensions, amended timelines, and require States to publicly report information from those States that will not be able to fulfill the Phase II requirements associated with Indicators listed above by September 30, 2011.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 14005 Name of Law: Title XIV of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 14005 Name of Law: Title XIV of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1894-AA03	Final or interim final rulemaking	76 FR 59036	09/23/2011

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Request for Indicator Extension and Alternative

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	19,685	19,685
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,310,483	1,310,483
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The program change of 1,310,483 hours results from reinstating an expired information collection for Phase II of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF)program as well as the inclusion of the estimated burden that will be incurred by the information collection requirements contained in the SFSF Phase II "Notice of proposed revisions to certain data collection and reporting requirements, proposed priority, and proposed sanctions". The Department is requesting an extension of the deadline for fulfilling the requirements of the Phase II Indicators and Descriptors until December 15, 2011 and requesting that the burden associated with these requirements be reinstated. The total burden is 1,077,084 hours. After this date, the remaining burden will apply only to States that requested an extension for meeting the requirements of (b)(1), (c)(11), and (c)(12) and those that requested use of the alternative standard for (c)(11). The burden for requesting an extension or use of the alternative standard, providing a plan to meet the requirements of the Indicators, and collecting and reporting on the Indicators is 233,424 hours. This represents a net decrease of 843,660 hours from the hours being reinstated in the Interim Final Requirements.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,175

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Yes

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: James Butler 202 260-2274 james.butler@ed.gov

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