Notice2021-17625
Request for Information on the Department of Education's Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2026 Learning Agenda
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Published
August 17, 2021
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Education Department
Abstract
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 and implementing guidance require Federal agencies to develop an evidence-building plan, referred to as a Learning Agenda, to identify and address questions relevant to agency programs, policies, and regulations. Through this request for information (RFI), we seek public input to help us identify priority questions to guide our evidence- building activities.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45976-45977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17625]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2021-IES-0118]
Request for Information on the Department of Education's Fiscal
Year (FY) 2022-2026 Learning Agenda
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
and implementing guidance require Federal agencies to develop an
evidence-building plan, referred to as a Learning Agenda, to identify
and address questions relevant to agency programs, policies, and
regulations. Through this request for information (RFI), we seek public
input to help us identify priority questions to guide our evidence-
building activities.
DATES: We must receive your comments by September 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your response to this RFI through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. We will not accept submissions by postal mail,
commercial mail, hand delivery, fax, or email. To ensure that we do not
receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. In
addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> to submit
your comments electronically. Information on using <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>,
including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under the
``FAQ'' tab.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy for comments received from
members of the public is to make these submissions available for public
viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available. We encourage, but do not require, that each respondent
include his or her name, title, institution or affiliation, and the
name, title, mailing and email addresses, and telephone number of a
contact person for his or her institution or affiliation, if any.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Soldner, Commissioner,
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance &
Evaluation Officer, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4160, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-7240. Telephone: (202) 245-8385. Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96dbf7e2e2fef3e1b8c5f9faf2f8f3e4d6f3f2b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce83afbabaa6abb9e09da1a2aaa0abbc8eabaae0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 \1\
requires Federal agencies to develop ``a systematic plan for
identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs,
policies, and regulations of the agency.'' \2\ This plan, referred to
as a Learning Agenda, offers the opportunity for the Department to
develop evidence in service of achieving its strategic goals and
objectives, answering important short- and long-term strategic and
operational questions. We seek public comments to inform the
development of our FY 2022-2026 Learning Agenda.
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\1\ <a href="http://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ435/html/PLAW-115publ435.htm">www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ435/html/PLAW-115publ435.htm</a>.
\2\ 5 U.S.C. 312(a).
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This is a request for information only. This RFI is not a request
for proposals (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP or a notice inviting
applications. This RFI does not commit the Department to contract for
any supply or service whatsoever. Further, we are not seeking proposals
and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The Department will not pay
for any information or administrative costs that you may incur in
responding to this RFI. The documents and information submitted in
response to this RFI will not be returned.
We will review every comment, and, as described above, electronic
comments in response to this RFI will be publicly available on the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Please note that IES
will not directly respond to comments.
Solicitation of Comments
The Department intends to focus its FY 2022-2026 evidence-building
activities on six areas that are related to achieving the Department's
education mission and are consistent with the Secretary's vision for
American education.\3\ We list each area below and invite stakeholders
who are interested in the work of the Department for their input on (1)
the most important questions about which evidence should be built in
each area; (2) specific evidence-building activities that should be
undertaken, either by the Department or by others with the capacity to
do so, to answer those questions; and (3) areas not listed below to
which the Department should pay particular attention as it refines its
FY 2022-2026 Learning Agenda during this and future fiscal years. These
six areas of the Learning Agenda are--
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\3\ For more background, see <a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/30/2021-14003/proposed-priorities-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priorities-and-definitions-for">www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/06/30/2021-14003/proposed-priorities-and-definitions-secretarys-supplemental-priorities-and-definitions-for</a>.
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1. Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on students, schools and
institutions of higher education, educators, and their communities;
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2. Promoting equity in student access to educational resources,
opportunities, and welcoming, safe, and inclusive environments;
3. Meeting student social, emotional, mental health, basic, and
academic needs;
4. Increasing postsecondary education access, affordability,
completion, and post-enrollment success;
5. Supporting a well-prepared diverse educator workforce and their
professional growth to strengthen student learning; and
6. Improving Federal student aid programs.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document in an accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich
Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file,
braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible
format.
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Matthew Soldner,
Commissioner, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional
Assistance & Agency Evaluation Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-17625 Filed 8-16-21; 8:45 am]
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