The Secretary has amended the
regulations governing programs administered under Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended
by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), and the regulations
governing programs under Part B of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The regulations implement
statutory provisions regarding State educational agency (SEA),
local educational agency (LEA), and school accountability for the
academic achievement of students with disabilities. The information
collections associated with these regulations relate to three
changes in activities already required under Title I, Part A of the
ESEA for SEAs that voluntarily choose to take advantage of the
additional flexibility offered by the amended regulations. This
flexibility is for SEAs that choose to develop modified academic
achievement standards and assessments that measure achievement
based on those standards for a small group of students with
disabilities. The new regulations also affect the information
collections for the IDEA as the form to be used for reporting
school year 2007-2008 assessment for students with disabilities has
been revised. It now includes one additional category for students
with disabilities who are assessed through an alternate assessment
based on modified academic achievement standards.
This new information collection
that OMB has requested identifies the new burden that these
regulations add. There are four reasons for the added 4,019 hours
of burden. OESE will now require states to adjust their guidelines
for IEP Teams to account for this new option of assessing students
with disabilities based on modified academic achievement standards.
Second, SEAs already report the number of students with
disabilities participating in assessments and the type of
assessments these students take. ED estimates that it will take an
additional hour per SEA to provide the new data.Thi rd,ED
previously included an estimate for the entire SEA report card, and
this new category will add an hour to its burden. Fourth,the number
of data elements in the Report of the Participation and Performance
of Students with Disabilities on State Assessments By Content Area,
Grade, and Type of Assessment data collection are expected to
barely increase for a minimum of 15 minutes for each state.
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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.