Notice2021-14732
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests
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Published
July 16, 2021
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of a new information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 134 (Friday, July 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37748-37749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14732]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0099]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; ESEA
Fiscal Waiver Requests
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department
of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an
emergency review of a new information collection.
DATES: The Department requested emergency processing from OMB for this
information collection request on July 1, 2021. As a result, the
Department is providing the public with the opportunity to comment
under the full comment period. Interested persons are invited to submit
comments on or before September 14, 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-0099.
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#d39a9097bcb0b8b6a79eb4a193b6b7fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="773e343318141c12033a100537121359101801">[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
Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Todd Stephenson, 202-205-1645.
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.
Title of Collection: ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests.
OMB Control Number: 1810-0760.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 53.
Abstract: Due to the continued extraordinary circumstances created
by the COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented obstacles students,
educators, and schools are facing during the 2020-2021 school year, the
U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is offering each State
educational agency (SEA) the opportunity to request waivers that will
afford additional fiscal flexibility for certain funds received under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), pursuant to
the Department's authority under section 8401 of the ESEA.
Specifically, the Department is offering a waiver for an SEA to be able
to approve a local educational agency (LEA) to carry over more than 15
percent of its fiscal year (FY) 2020 Title I, Part A funds (i.e., the
Title I, Part A funds that will become carryover funds on October 1,
2021), even if the LEA has received a waiver from its SEA to exceed
this limitation for its FY 2018 or FY 2019 Title I, Part A funds.
Second, we are also offering flexibility to each SEA to be able to
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extend for itself and its subgrantees the period of availability of FY
2019 funds for programs included in the State's consolidated State plan
to allow additional time to obligate those funds.
As the end of the current school year approaches and districts and
schools continue to plan for the 2021-2022 school year, knowing whether
their SEA is granted the invited waivers is essential to informing
their planning because it provides more certainty about the
availability of Federal funds for ESEA programs. Providing a
streamlined process for SEA waiver requests will speed the process for
both the SEA and the Department and help ensure State and local staff
are able to maintain focus on the pressing needs of students. Any
additional delay will have a negative impact on schools and students.
In order to reduce the burden on States, the Department has created an
optional template for States to collect the information required under
ESEA section 8401 to request waivers of certain fiscal requirements.
The optional template requests only information that is required under
ESEA section 8401. The Department obtained OMB approval through
emergency processing, and is now offering the public an opportunity to
comment on this information collection.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-14732 Filed 7-15-21; 8:45 am]
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