Notice2025-15780
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Prison Education Program Accreditation Requirements
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Published
August 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40343-40344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15780]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2025-SCC-0448]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Prison
Education Program Accreditation Requirements
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), 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 revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 20, 2025.
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-2025-SCC-0448.
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#e3aaa0a78c80888697ae8491a38687cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baf3f9fed5d9d1dfcef7ddc8fadfde94ddd5cc">[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 Office of Postsecondary
Education, Office of Policy, Planning and Innovation, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Ave SW, LBJ, Room 5C173, Washington, DC
20202-1200.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection
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activities, please contact Amy Wilson, 202-987-1318.
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: Prison Education Program Accreditation
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 1840-0863.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 21.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,218.
Abstract: The Secretary establishes regulations for Federal Pell
Grants (Pell Grants or Pell) for Prison Education Programs (PEPs), to
implement the statutory requirements in the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021, that amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA), to establish Pell Grant eligibility for a confined or
incarcerated individual enrolled in a PEP. These regulations are a
result of negotiated rulemaking and added new title IV regulations to
especially in Subpart P of 34 CFR 668. The Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021 added section 484(t) to the HEA to formally establish Pell
Grant eligibility for confined or incarcerated individuals, as long as
they are enrolled in a PEP as defined under the HEA. The regulations
implement the statutory requirements allowing access to Federal Pell
Grants for individuals who are confined or incarcerated when enrolled
in programs that meet necessary standards.
This collection established the burden under regulations at 34 CFR
668.237--Accreditation requirements. These regulations prescribe
program evaluation at the first two additional Prison Education Program
(PEP) locations of a participating institution of higher education to
ensure institutional ability to offer and implement the PEP in
accordance with the accrediting agency's standards. The regulations
require the accrediting agency to conduct a site visit no later than
one year after the institution has initiated a PEP at its first two
additional locations at correctional facilities. Additionally, the
regulations require accrediting agencies to review the methodology used
by an institution in determining the PEP meets the same standards for
substantially similar non-PEP programs offered at the institution.
Ross Santy,
Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2025-15780 Filed 8-18-25; 8:45 am]
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