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Dated: February 24, 2017.
Linda Byrd-Johnson,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Higher
Education Programs, and Senior Director,
Student Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0012]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Teacher
Incentive Fund Annual Performance
Report
Office of Innovation and
Improvement (OII), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 1,
2017.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2017–ICCD–0012. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted. 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, Room
226–62, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Tyra Stewart,
202–260–1847.

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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
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: Teacher Incentive
Fund Annual Performance Report.
OMB Control Number: 1855–0030.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 45.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,070.
Abstract: The Teacher Incentive Fund
(TIF) is a competitive grant program.
The purpose of the TIF program is to
support projects that develop and
implement performance-based
compensation systems (PBCSs) for
teachers and principals in order to
increase educator effectiveness and
student achievement in high-need
schools. The Department will use the
data collected through the performance
reports to determine the progress of
each grant and to determine the
continuation of funding each year.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: February 23, 2017.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Strengthening Institutions Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Overview Information:
Strengthening Institutions Program.
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2017.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031F.
DATES:
Applications Available: March 1,
2017.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 17, 2017.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 16, 2017.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP)
provides grants to eligible institutions of
higher education (IHEs) to help them
become self-sufficient and expand their
capacity to serve low-income students
by providing funds to improve and
strengthen the institution’s academic
quality, institutional management, and
fiscal stability.
Note: The Department of Education
(Department) is conducting two separate
competitions for SIP grants in 2017. In this
competition (CFDA number 84.031F),
applicants must address an absolute priority.
The separate competition under CFDA
number 84.031A does not include any
priorities. The 84.031A competition will be
announced in a separate Federal Register
notice. Applicants may apply for grants in
both the 84.031A and 84.031F competitions
but can only receive one grant.

Background: The SIP Program is
critical to the Department’s efforts to
improve college completion for students
who have been traditionally
underrepresented in postsecondary
education. In recent years, SIP
competitions have given priority to
applicants proposing evidence-based
interventions. This competition, which
provides larger awards than are
available under the 84.031A
competition, maintains that recent
emphasis and goes one step further, by
encouraging applicants to commit to
conducting rigorous evaluations of those
interventions.
In responding to the absolute priority,
we encourage applicants to not just
identify the proposed evidence-based
interventions, but also to describe how
those interventions will be implemented
in a way that will change institutional

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