The Office of Indian Education (OIE)
of the Department of Education (ED) requests a revision of this
previously approved information collection for the Indian Education
Discretionary Grant Application authorized under Title VI, Part A,
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended. The
Professional Development (PD) (CFDA 84.299B) program is a
competitive discretionary grant program. The grant applications
submitted for this program are evaluated on the basis of how well
an applicant addresses the selection criteria, and are used to
determine applicant eligibility and amount of award for projects
selected for funding. The Department will use the information
collected through the application package to enable external
reviewers to evaluate applications submitted for the PD grant
competition. Eligible applicants submit the information to describe
the project for which funding is requested. The information the
applicant provides addresses the program selection criteria, in 34
CFR 263.6 and as required by statute under the ESEA amended section
6122. The application is evaluated through a peer review process
and an application's score is used to determine its ranking and
selection for funding. The information collected reflects the
specific components of the selection criteria and program services
that are to be provided.
US Code:
20
USC 7442 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Act, as
amended
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.