Application for Grants Under English
Language Acquisition and Language Enhancement: The Native American
and Alaska Native Children in School program is authorized under
Subpart 1, of Title III of the English Language Acquisition,
Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act, as amended by
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public Law 107-110 Section
3112. The purpose of the Native American and Alaska Native Children
in School program is to provide grants to eligible entities that
support language instruction educational projects for limited
English proficient (LEP) children from Native American, Alaska
Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander background. Program
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6821(c)(1)(A) and 6822.
This information collection is
a reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection.
Revisions to the Group Application Certification, Eligibility
Certification, and Student Data forms have been streamlined
reducing annual burden from 8,200 to 2,000. Annual burden has been
decreased by 6,200 annual hours. The original hour burden for each
respondent was estimated to be 82 hours. With the revisions to the
data instruments, the burden for each respondent is now estimated
to be 40 minutes. After reviewing the number of respondents during
the last grant, competition the Department has reduced the number
of respondents from 100 to 50.
$31,728
No
No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Cynthia Ryan 2022457140
No
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.