Notice2021-21114
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests
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Published
September 29, 2021
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53951-53952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21114]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0099]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find
this information collection request by selecting ``Department of
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show
ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Comments may also be sent to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#79303a3d161a121c0d141e0b391c1d571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dc4cec9e2eee6e8f9e0eaffcde8e9a3eae2fb">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
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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: An extension without change of a currently approved
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 extraordinary circumstances created by the
COVID-19 pandemic and unprecedented obstacles students, educators, and
schools faced during the 2020-2021 school year, the U.S. Department of
Education (the Department) offered 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
offered 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 also offered
flexibility to each SEA to be able to 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. This extension request is for the Title I
fiscal waiver template the Department created for grantees to request
those waivers.
Dated: September 23, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-21114 Filed 9-28-21; 8:45 am]
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