Notice2022-00149
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Education Stabilization Fund-Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER Fund) Recipient Data Collection Form
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Published
January 10, 2022
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 revision of a currently approved collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1128-1129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00149]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0002]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Education Stabilization Fund--Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
Relief Fund (ESSER I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER Fund) Recipient Data Collection
Form
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 revision of a currently approved collection.
DATES: The Department is requesting emergency processing and OMB
approval for this information collection by January 26, 2022; and
therefore, the Department is requesting public comments no later than
January 25, 2022. A regular clearance process is also hereby being
initiated to provide the public with the opportunity to comment under
the full comment period. Interested persons are invited to submit
comments on or before March 11, 2022.
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-2022-SCC-0002.
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.
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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#b2fbf1f6ddd1d9d7c6ffd5c0f2d7d69cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="723b31361d111917063f15003217165c151d04">[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 6W208D, Washington, DC
20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Gloria Tanner, (202) 453-5596.
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: Education Stabilization Fund--Elementary and
Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER
Fund) Recipient Data Collection Form.
OMB Control Number: 1810-0749.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 14,652.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,051,943.
Abstract: Under the current unprecedented national health
emergency, the legislative and executive branches of government have
come together to offer relief to those individuals and industries
affected by the COVID-19 virus under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. 116-136) authorized on March 27,
2020, and expanded through the Coronavirus Response and Relief
Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, and the American Rescue Plan
(ARP) Act. The ESSER Fund awards grants to SEAs and for the purpose of
providing local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools
that are LEAs, as well as Outlying Areas, with emergency relief funds
to address the impact that Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools
across the Nation. This information collection requests emergency
approval for a revision to a previously approved collection that
includes annual reporting requirements to comply with the requirements
of the ESSER program and obtain information on how the funds were used
by State and Local Education Agencies. Emergency processing is
necessary to provide states with sufficient time to collect the
required data regarding the use of SEA reserve funds. Retrospectively
creating this data after the activities have concluded is much more
burdensome than prospectively collecting the data as the activities
occur. The form currently collects information regarding the use of SEA
reserve funds at the LEA level. However, questions addressing SEA use
of Reserve Funds were not included in the forms submitted for 60- and
30-day public comment.
The Department addressed all public comments from the recently
approved information collection. The only change to the approved
collection is the additional three questions to address the use of SEA
reserve funds. When considering your comments, please refer to
Attachment A, which outlines the additional 3 questions.
Dated: January 4, 2022.
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. 2022-00149 Filed 1-7-22; 8:45 am]
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