Information in the School Leadership
Program (SLP) Annual Performance Report (APR) is collected in
compliance with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
as amended, Title II, Part A, Subpart 5; 20 U.S.C. 2151(b), the
Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, Section 4
(1115), and the Education Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.253. EDGAR states that recipients of
multi-year discretionary grants must submit an APR demonstrating
that substantial progress has been made toward meeting the approved
objectives of the project. In addition, discretionary grantees are
required to report on their progress toward meeting the performance
measures established for the U.S. Department of Education School
Leadership Program. There are two GPRA performance objectives and
six performance measures for SLP grantees. The two GPRA performance
objectives are: To recruit, prepare, and support individuals from
education or other fields to become principals or assistant
principals of schools in high-need local educational agencies
(LEAs) and to train and support principals and assistant principals
from schools in high-need LEAs in order to improve their skills and
increase retention. Most grantees will report on the GPRA measures
for only one of the objectives because most grantees focus on
either recruiting and training new principals and assistant
principals or providing training to currently practicing principals
and assistant principals. The SLP APR is a customized APR that goes
beyond the ED 524B APR; this data collection is requested to
facilitate the collection of more standardized and comprehensive
data to address the program's GPRA measures, to improve the overall
quality of data collected, and to increase the quality of data that
can be used to inform policy decisions.
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USC 2151(b) Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965
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.