Notice2024-20785
Agency Information Collection Activity: 35% Exemption Request From 85/15 Reporting Requirement
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Published
September 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Veterans Affairs Department
Abstract
Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75059-75060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20785]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0896]
Agency Information Collection Activity: 35% Exemption Request
From 85/15 Reporting Requirement
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed revision of a
currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Program-Specific information: Nancy Kessinger, 202-632-8924,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#395758575a4017525c4a4a50575e5c4b794f58175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0cec1cec3d98ecbc5d3d3c9cec7c5d2e0d6c18ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a>.
VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202-461-8900,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f392e2c203f2e3f2a3d38203d243d2a2b3a2e2c3b0f392e61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="186e797b776879687d6a6f776a736a7d7c6d797b6c586e79367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must
obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for
comment is
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being made pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
With respect to the following collection of information, VBA
invites comments on:
(1) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of VBA's functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of VBA's
estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or the use of other forms of information
technology.
Title: 35% Exemption Request From 85/15 Reporting Requirement, VA
Form 22-10216.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0896.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: As part of the benefits authorization process, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 38 CFR 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.
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. 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 of this data for schools that assert that 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. The VA uses data from this
information collection to determine that non-receipt of the routine
reporting of 85/15 data is authorized by certain schools. Schools with
an approved exemption are required to provide the complete 85/15 data
during regular, periodic compliance survey reviews by VA to ensure no
more than 85% of students in any approved program are students in
receipt of financial support from the educational institution or by VA
under title 38, U.S.C., or under title 10, U.S.C. Without this
information, VA might pay benefits in error.
Affected Public: Educational Institutions.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,411 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,822.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of Enterprise and Integration/
Data Governance Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024-20785 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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