Notice2024-03341
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Foreign Institution Reporting Requirements Under the CARES Act
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Published
February 20, 2024
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 89, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12830-12831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03341]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0210]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Foreign Institution Reporting Requirements Under the CARES Act
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 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
March 21, 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 Beth Grebeldinger, (202) 377-
4018.
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.
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Title of Collection: Foreign Institution Reporting Requirements
under the CARES Act.
OMB Control Number: 1845-NEW.
Type of Review: New ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments;
Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 104.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 52.
Abstract: The Department of Education (the Department) is
requesting a new information collection, 1845-NEW, Foreign Institution
Reporting Requirements under the CARES Act, be made available for full
clearance with public comment. Section 3510(a) of the CARES Act, Public
Law 116-136 (March 27, 2020), authorized the Secretary of Education
(Secretary) to permit a foreign institution, in the case of a public
health emergency, major disaster or emergency, or national emergency
declared by the applicable government authorities in the country in
which the foreign institution is located, to provide any part of an
otherwise eligible program to be offered via distance education for the
duration of such emergency or disaster and the following payment period
for purposes of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1070 et seq.). Additionally, under section 3510(d) of the CARES Act,
the Secretary may allow a foreign institution to enter into a written
arrangement with an institution of higher education located in the
United States that participates in the Federal Direct Loan Program
under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087a et seq.) for the purpose of allowing a student of the foreign
institution who is a borrower of a loan made under such part to take
courses from the institution of higher education located in the United
States. The CARES Act requires foreign institutions that use either
type of authority described above to report such use to the Secretary.
Institutions are required to report use of either distance education or
written arrangements to the Department no later than 30 days after it
begins offering coursework online to Direct Loan recipients. The
Department must also collect specific information from a school that
requests a waiver in order to determine if the school is eligible to
receive the waiver. On May 12, 2020, Federal Student Aid, an Office of
the Department, notified foreign institutions of the new authority and
requested that any foreign institution who wished to utilize this new
authority to respond with information specified in the email. This
information collection was discontinued following the discontinuation
of the national COVID-19 emergency status. However, due to other global
situations we are now requesting a new collection to allow for the on-
going use of the CARES Act waiver.
Dated: February 13, 2024.
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. 2024-03341 Filed 2-16-24; 8:45 am]
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