Notice2023-22743
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Charter Online Management and Performance System (COMPS) CSP Credit Enhancement APR
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Published
October 16, 2023
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 198 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71343-71344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22743]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0181]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Charter Online Management and Performance System (COMPS) CSP Credit
Enhancement APR
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 (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 15, 2023.
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-2023-SCC-0181.
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, the Department will
temporarily accept comments at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a33393e1519111f0e371d083a1f1e541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d040e09222e262839002a3f0d2829632a223b">[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 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 Manager of the Strategic
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Andrew Brake, (202) 453-6136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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: Charter Online Management and Performance
System (COMPS) CSP Credit Enhancement APR.
OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
Type of Review: New ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 82.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,050.
Abstract: This request is for a new OMB approval to collect the
Annual Performance Report (APR) data from Charter School Programs (CSP)
Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program (CE) grantees.
The Charter School Programs was originally authorized under title
V, part B, subpart 1, sections 5201 through 5211 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left
Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. For fiscal year 2017 and thereafter, ESEA
has been amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), (20USC 7221-
7221i), which reserves funds to improve education by supporting
innovation in public education and to: (2) provide financial assistance
for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter
schools; (3) increase the number
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of high-quality charter schools available to students across the United
States; (4) evaluate the impact of charter schools on student
achievement, families, and communities, and share best practices
between charter schools and other public schools; (5) encourage States
to provide support to charter schools for facilities financing in an
amount more nearly commensurate to the amount States typically provide
for traditional public schools; (6) expand opportunities for children
with disabilities, English learners, and other traditionally
underserved students to attend charter schools and meet the challenging
State academic standards; (7) support efforts to strengthen the charter
school authorizing process to improve performance management, including
transparency, oversight and monitoring (including financial audits),
and evaluation of such schools; and (8) support quality,
accountability, and transparency in the operational performance of all
authorized public chartering agencies, including State educational
agencies, local educational agencies, and other authorizing entities.
Specific to the CE program, grant funds are awarded to demonstrate
innovative methods of helping charter schools to address the costs of
acquiring, constructing, and renovating facilities by enhancing the
availability of loans or bond financing and used by grantees to assist
one or more charter schools to access private-sector capital to
accomplish one or more of the following objectives: (1) The acquisition
(by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise) of an interest (including
an interest held by a third party for the benefit of a charter schools)
in improved or unimproved real property that is necessary to commence
or continue the operation of a charter schools; (2) The construction of
new facilities, or the renovation, repair, or alteration of existing
facilities, necessary to commence or continue the operation of a
charter school; (3) The predevelopment costs required to assess sites
for purposes of paragraph (1) or (2) and that are necessary to commence
or continue the operation of a charter school.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is requesting authorization
to collect data from CSP grantees within the CE program with new APR
tool. The former APR data collection package for CE grantees was
discontinued in March 2023. The CSP made revisions to the questionnaire
aimed at reducing grantee burden (e.g., eliminating questions) and
collecting more accurate and useful program data (e.g., identifying
joint transactions with other CE grantees). To further these aims, CSP
is planning to collect the APR data through a web-based system used to
collect APR data from other CSP program grantees.
Dated: October 11, 2023.
Kun 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. 2023-22743 Filed 10-13-23; 8:45 am]
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