Notice2023-27817
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Annual Performance Report
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Published
December 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87759-87760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27817]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0169]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Annual
Performance Report
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department
of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a> to access the site. Find this information collection request
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
<a href="http://Reginfo.gov">Reginfo.gov</a> provides two links to view documents related to this
information collection request. Information collection forms and
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Michael Berry, (202) 453-7088.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department 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.
Please note that written comments received in response to this notice
will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Comprehensive Literacy State Development
(CLSD) Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
Type of Review: New ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 58.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 638.
Abstract: The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD)
program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended (ESEA), Sections 2222-2225. The CLSD program awards
competitive grants to advance literacy skills--using evidence-based
practices, activities, and interventions, including preliteracy skills,
reading, and writing--for children from birth through grade 12, with an
emphasis on disadvantaged children, including children living in
poverty, English learners, and children with disabilities. Eligible
entities include the state education agencies (SEAs) of the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Additionally, directed
awards are made to four (4) Outlying Areas: American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. A portion of funds is also awarded directly to the Bureau of
Indian Education.
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CLSD requires that at least 95% of funds awarded to SEAs be
distributed to local education agencies through a subgrant award
process. However, the current OMB-approved ED generic grant performance
report does not include fields to capture program (subgrantee)
demographic data or performance measures to ensure grantees are meeting
statutory and regulatory requirements and making progress toward
meeting the goals and objectives of their approved projects. The
proposed performance report metrics reflect the need to collect
pertinent grantee- and subgrantee-level data that could be used to
guide future program policy and practice and respond to stakeholder,
congressional, and agency inquiries. Thus, the CLSD program staff would
better understand whom they serve, programmatic needs, strategies to
meet those needs, and how collecting program-level data would benefit
the students and support their learning. The new CLSD performance
report metrics would (a) collect programmatic data that demonstrate
aggregate program-level impact; (b) provide subgrantees' aggregated
data, such as the number of students and professionals served, how
funds have been used (e.g., professional learning, curricular
materials), and staffing; and (c) provide the CLSD program staff the
data to report the performance and outcomes of the CLSD program, at
both the grantee and the subgrantee levels. These new measures also
would help to add specificity to ED's monitoring efforts.
Dated: December 13, 2023.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2023-27817 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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