Notice2023-28259
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Charter Online Management and Performance System (COMPS) Charter School Programs (CSP) Credit Enhancement Annual Performance Report (APR)
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Published
December 22, 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 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88599-88600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28259]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0181]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Charter Online Management and Performance System (COMPS)
Charter School Programs (CSP) Credit Enhancement Annual Performance
Report (APR)
AGENCY: Office of the 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).
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a> to access the site. Find this information collection request
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.
<a href="http://Reginfo.gov">Reginfo.gov</a> provides two links to view documents related to this
information collection request. Information collection forms and
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Andrew Brake, 202-453-6136.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: A 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 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: December 19, 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. 2023-28259 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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