Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 4.12.1995

Proposed Information Collection Available for Public Comment; Notice

This information collection consists of telephone interviews with both state education officials and local school district officials regarding the levels and sources of funding for local education agencies (LEAs) that have over 30 percent of students as military dependents. The proposed information collection will use a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) technique, in which telephone interviewers enter responses into a computerized data file. The primary purpose of this survey effort is to determine the feasibility of transferring the Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) to local education agencies. Needs and Uses: The Department of Defense (DoD) currently funds the operation of 58 Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) on 15 military installations within the United States (excluding Puerto Rico). These schools were originally funded because the local communities could not provide a suitable education for military dependents living on these installations. In recent years, changes in local conditions and in federal funding priorities have led Congress to reconsider federal funding for the DDESS schools. In 1985, Congress required