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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 117 / Wednesday, June 18, 2014 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0089]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; an
Impact Evaluation of the Teacher
Incentive Fund (TIF)
Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Sciences
Statistics (IES), Department of
Education (ED)
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
18, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0089
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available.
Written requests for information or
comments submitted by postal mail or
delivery should be addressed to the
Director of the Information Collection
Clearance Division, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
LBJ, Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room
2E105, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Elizabeth
Warner, 202–208–7169.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is

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soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: An Impact
Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive
Fund (TIF).
OMB Control Number: 1850–0876.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households, State, Local,
or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 3,893.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,758.
Abstract: This is the revised
submission to request approval for
continued data collection activities that
will be used to support An Impact
Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive
Fund (TIF). The evaluation will estimate
the impact of the differentiated pay
component of the TIF program on
student achievement and teacher and
principal quality and retention. In
addition, the evaluation will provide
descriptive information of the program’s
implementation, grantee challenges, and
grantee responses to challenges. A total
of four years of data are being collected,
and thus requires approval for a final
round of data collection.
Dated: June 13, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0091]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Report
of Dispute Resolution Under Part C of
the Individuals With Disabilities
Education Act
Office of Special Educations
and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August
18, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0091
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the
regulations.gov site is not available.
Written requests for information or
comments submitted by postal mail or
delivery should be addressed to the
Director of the Information Collection
Clearance Division, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
LBJ, Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room
2E105, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Meredith
Miceli, 202–245–6028.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
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