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OMB Control No: 1810-0682	ICR Reference No: 200911-1810-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200708-1810-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/OESE	Agency Tracking No: 3441
Title: Elementary and Secondary Improvement Formula Grants
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 12/01/2009
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/16/2009
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/10/2009
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2010	6 Months From Approved
Responses	2,602	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	243,960	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice of final requirements (NFR) to define the criteria that a State educational agency (SEA) must use to award School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds provided through the regular FY 2009 appropriation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to local educational agencies (LEAs). These funds must go to the LEAs with the lowest-achieving Title I, Part A schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the SIG funds and strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources to their lowest-achieving schools eligible to receive services provided through SIG funds in order to raise substantially the achievement of the students attending those schools. The final requirements include information collection activities covered under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The Department is requesting emergency approval of the information collections for the same date as the NFR is approved so that this important program can move forward in a timely manner.

Emergency Justfication: We are requesting emergency approval so that ED can begin implementing the SIG program under the NFR immediately. Prompt implementation is critical to the success of the SIG program. Specifically, emergency approval will permit the application process to begin and SIG funds to begin flowing as soon as possible to SEAs and LEAs so that students in the lowest-achieving schools receive the assistance they desperately need. In sum, following the regular clearance schedule without emergency approval would delay needlessly the implementation of the SIG program under the NFR, prevent students in the lowest-achieving schools from receiving SIG-supported rigorous interventions, and reduce greatly the possibility of achieving rapid improvement in student achievement and school culture in these schools.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 110 1003(g) Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 5 Title VIII Name of Law: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1810-AB06	Final or interim final rulemaking	74 FR 65618	12/10/2009

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
Application School Improvement Grants	N/A
School Improvement Grant

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,602	2,602
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	243,960	243,960
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is ARRA related and is different from the last collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $45,200

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]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

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: Todd Stephenson 202 205-1645 todd.stephenson@ed.gov

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