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local institutions. The U.S. Department
of Education is required to use these
data to calculate allocations under parts
A and D of Title I of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, as amended
by the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Dated: July 18, 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
[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0107]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Annual
Protection and Advocacy of Individual
Rights (PAIR) Program Assurances
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 19, 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–0107. 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
216–42, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Samuel Pierre,
202–245–6488.
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
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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: Annual Protection
and Advocacy of Individual Rights
(PAIR) Program Assurances.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0625.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 57.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 9.
Abstract: Section 509 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
(act), and its implementing Federal
Regulations at 34 CFR part 381, require
the Protection and Advocacy of
Individual Rights (PAIR) grantees to
submit an application to the
Rehabilitation Services Administration
(RSA) Commissioner in order to receive
assistance under Section 509 of the act.
The act requires that the application
contain Assurances to which the grantee
must comply. Section 509(f) of the act
specifies the Assurances. There are 57
PAIR grantees. All 57 grantees are
required to be part of the protection and
advocacy system in each State
established under the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.).

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Dated: July 18, 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
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0147]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
Office for Civil Rights (OCR),
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 August
21, 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–
2016–ICCD–0147. 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
216–34, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to the
collection activities, please contact Rosa
Olmeda, 202–453–5968.
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
SUMMARY:

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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: Mandatory Civil
Rights Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1870–0504.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 17,621.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,521,827.
Abstract: The collection, use, and
reporting of education data is an integral
component of the mission of the U.S.
Department of Education (ED). EDFacts,
an ED initiative to put performance data
at the center of ED’s policy,
management, and budget decisionmaking processes for all K–12 education
programs, has transformed the way in
which ED collects and uses data. For
school years 2009–10 and 2011–12, the
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) was
approved by OMB as part of the EDFacts
information collection (1875–0240). For
school years 2013–14 and 2015–16, the
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cleared the
CRDC as a separate collection from
EDFacts. OCR used the most current
EDFacts information collection
approved by OMB (1875–0240) as a
model for the 2013–14 and 2015–16
CRDC information collections that were
approved by OMB (1870–0504).
Similarly, the currently proposed
revised CRDC information collection for
school year 2017–18 is modeled after
the most recent OMB-approved EDFacts
information collection (1850–0925). For
the 2017–18 CRDC, OCR is proposing
few changes, and those changes will
have the net effect of reducing burden
on school districts. As with previous
CRDC collections, the purpose of the
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related to the civil rights laws’
requirement that public local
educational agencies (LEAs) and
elementary and secondary schools
provide equal educational opportunity.
ED has analyzed the uses of many data
elements collected in the 2013–14 and
2015–16 CRDCs and sought advice from
experts across ED to refine, improve,
and where appropriate, add or remove
data elements from the collection. ED
also made the CRDC data definitions
and metrics consistent with other
mandatory collections across ED
wherever possible. ED seeks OMB
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act to collect from LEAs, the
elementary and secondary education
data described in the sections of
Attachment A. In addition, ED requests
that LEAs and other stakeholders
respond to the directed questions found
in Attachment A–5.
Dated: July 17, 2017.
Stephanie Valentine,
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; Promise
Neighborhoods Program
Office of Innovation and
Improvement, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Education
is issuing a notice inviting applications
for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2017
for the Promise Neighborhoods
Program—Grant Competition, Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
number 84.215N.
DATES: Applications Available: July 21,
2017.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
August 21, 2017.
Date of Pre-Application Webinars:
The Promise Neighborhoods team
intends to hold pre-application
webinars to provide technical assistance
to interested applicants. Detailed
information regarding these webinar
times will be provided on the Promise
Neighborhoods’ Web site at https://
innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/parentaloptions/promise-neighborhoods-pn/.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 5, 2017.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: November 3, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adrienne Hawkins, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
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Room 4W256, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–5638 or by email:
PromiseNeighborhoods@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program
The Promise Neighborhoods program
is newly authorized under the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
The purpose of the Promise
Neighborhoods program is to
significantly improve the academic and
developmental outcomes of children
living in the most distressed
communities of the United States,
including ensuring school readiness,
high school graduation, and access to a
community-based continuum of highquality services. The program serves
neighborhoods with high concentrations
of low-income individuals; multiple
signs of distress, which may include
high rates of poverty, childhood obesity,
academic failure, and juvenile
delinquency, adjudication, or
incarceration; and schools
implementing comprehensive support
and improvement activities or targeted
support and improvement activities
under section 1111(d) of the ESEA. All
strategies in the continuum of solutions
must be accessible to children with
disabilities and English learners.
Background
The vision of the Promise
Neighborhoods program is that all
children and youth living in our most
distressed communities have access to
great schools and strong systems of
family and community support that will
prepare them to attain an excellent
education and successfully transition to
postsecondary education and a career.
A Promise Neighborhood is both a
place and a strategy. A place eligible to
become a Promise Neighborhood is a
geographic area 1 that is distressed, often
facing inadequate access to high-quality
early learning programs and services,
with struggling schools, low high school
and college graduation rates, high rates
of unemployment, high rates of crime,
and indicators of poor health. These
conditions contribute to and intensify
1 For the purpose of this notice, the Department
uses the terms ‘‘geographic area’’ and
‘‘neighborhood’’ interchangeably.

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