Change List Memo

TO: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Office of Management and Budget

FROM: Office of Indian Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

U.S. Department of Education

RE: Nonmaterial and Nonsubstantive Edits to 1810-0021

The Office of Indian Education requests a change to this ICR that will eliminate the option to submit a single Indian Parent Committee (IPC) for all participating Local Education Agencies (LEAs). After review of concerns expressed by affected community members, we realized that allowance had adverse consequences of very localized Indian Parents and Tribal Representatives not being adequately involved in the review and approval of an LEA-C application. Therefore, OIE is now requiring one valid and signed IPC Approval (IPCA) per participating LEA included in a LEA-C application. This change is to the EASIE Part 1 portion of the application.

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• The option, “A single parent committee, whose members are representative of all LEAs in the consortium, either through equal or through proportionate representation. The consortium should submit one Parent Committee Approval Form” has been deleted.

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• Added an explanatory note that reads, “NOTE: Local Education Agency’s Consortium (LEA-C) leaders were previously allowed to submit one Indian Parent Committee (IPC) for all participating LEAs. However, after review of concerns expressed by affected community members, we realized that allowance had adverse consequences of very localized Indian Parents and Tribal Representatives not being adequately involved in the review and approval of an LEA-C application. Therefore, OIE is now requiring one valid and signed IPC Approval (IPCA) per participating LEA included in a LEA-C application.”