Notice2021-12225
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; National Study to Inform the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program
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Published
June 11, 2021
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Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a request for a new OMB Control Number.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31300-31301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12225]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0086]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
National Study to Inform the 21st Century Community Learning Centers
(CCLC) Program
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education
(ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a request for a new OMB Control Number.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 10, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by searching the Docket ID number ED-2021-SCC-0086.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily
accept comments at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#024b41466d616967764f65704267662c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f363c3b101c141a0b32180d3f1a1b51181009">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the docket ID
number and the title of the information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the PRA
Coordinator of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
LBJ, Room 6W208DC, Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Erica Johnson, (202) 245-7676.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of information technology. Please note that
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered
public records.
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Title of Collection: National Study to Inform the 21st Century
Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: Request for a new OMB Control Number.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,922.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 707.
Abstract: The 21st CCLC program funds services during non-school
hours, primarily during the school year. The services aim to help
students meet state academic standards, particularly for students in
low-performing schools that serve high concentrations of low-income
families. Most participants (71 percent) are students attending
afterschool centers during the school year, with the remainder being
family members (14 percent) or summer attendees (15 percent).
Afterschool centers supported by program funds provide a broad range of
activities and services, such as academic enrichment, physical
activity, service learning, and activities to engage families. Program
activities and services may play a crucial role in addressing the
substantial learning loss and other challenges that have occurred as a
result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study will have two components. The first is a national
snapshot of strategies that afterschool centers in the 21st CCLC
program use to serve their students and families. The national snapshot
will complement and extend information from the program's annual
performance measures by providing an in-depth understanding of the key
outcomes centers aim to promote and the diverse ways their activities
and services for students and families, supports for staff, and
improvement strategies are designed to promote these outcomes.
Describing these strategies can provide insights into ways that centers
seek to address longer-term challenges, such as learning loss and
trauma, stemming from the pandemic. The second component is an
evaluation of a continuous quality improvement system implemented in
the program's afterschool centers. The evaluation will examine the
implementation and effectiveness of a system focused on improving staff
practices that promote students' social and emotional skills. Promoting
these skills may be particularly important to compensate for the
effects of the pandemic, in light of evidence that remote learning has
negatively affected students' social and emotional well-being.
This package is the second of two packages. It only requests
clearance for data collection activities that will occur after March
2022 and impose burden on respondents. A previously submitted package
(ICR Reference No. 202102-1850-003) requested clearance for data
collection activities that will occur before March 2022.
Dated: June 7, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-12225 Filed 6-10-21; 8:45 am]
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