The National Professional Development
(NPD) program provides professional development activities intended
to improve instruction for students with limited English
proficiency and assists education personnel working with such
children to meet high professional standards. The NPD program
office is submitting this application to request approval to
collect information from NPD grantees. This data collection serves
two purposes; the data are necessary to assess the performance of
the NPD program on Government Performance Results Act measures,
also, budget information and data on project-specific performance
measures are collected from NPD grantees for project-monitoring
information.
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USC 6861 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education
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.