Notice2021-22623
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 35% Exemption Request From 85/15 Reporting Requirement
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Published
October 18, 2021
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57747-57748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22623]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: 35%
Exemption Request From 85/15 Reporting Requirement
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA),
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it
includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
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information collection 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 particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Refer to
``OMB Control No. 2900-NEW.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266-4688 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3855594a515a5d5416594857564c5d784e59165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e8e4f7ece7e0e9abe4f5eaebf1e0c5f3e4abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-NEW'' in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) 3680A(d) and 38
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 21.4201.
Title: 35% Exemption Request from 85/15 Reporting Requirement, VA
Form 22-10216.
OMB Control Number: 2900-NEW.
Type of Review: New collection.
Abstract: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is authorized to
pay education benefits to Veterans and other eligible persons pursuing
approved programs of education under chapters 30, 31, 32, 33, and 35 of
title 38, U.S.C., and chapter 1606 of title 10, U.S.C.
As part of the benefits authorization process, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Title 38 Sec. 21.4201 places restrictions on
enrollment based on the percentage of students receiving financial
support in any approved program. Except as otherwise provided by
regulation, VA shall not approve an enrollment in any course for an
eligible Veteran, not already enrolled, for any period during which
more than 85 percent of the students enrolled in the course are having
all or part of their tuition, fees or other charges paid for them by
the educational institution or by VA under title 38, U.S.C., or under
title 10, U.S.C. This is known as the 85/15 Rule and is applicable to
Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) and Non-College Degree
postsecondary schools (NCDs).
The requirements apply to all courses, not otherwise exempt or
waived, offered by all educational institutions, regardless of whether
the institution is degree-granting, proprietary profit, proprietary
nonprofit, eleemosynary, public and/or tax-supported. These schools are
required to submit information necessary to determine if their programs
of training are approved for the payment of VA educational assistance.
This specified information is submitted either to VA or to the State
Approving Agency (SAA) having jurisdiction over that school.
This regulation includes a provision that permits an exemption from
routine reporting if this data for schools that assert the number of VA
beneficiary students in all programs approved for GI Bill never exceeds
35% of the total enrollment at the educational institution. If
approved, such schools must still monitor and collect the data, but are
exempt from routinely reporting it to VA.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of
information was published at 86 FR--No. 145 on August 2, 2021, pages
41536-41537.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 500 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Enterprise and Integration, Data
Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2021-22623 Filed 10-15-21; 8:45 am]
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