Notice2025-16656
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) Evaluation Protocol
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Published
August 29, 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 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42237-42238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16656]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2025-SCC-0023]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students With
Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) Evaluation Protocol
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
September 29, 2025.
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 Shedita Alston, 202-453-7090.
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
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response to this notice will be considered public records.
Title of Collection: Transition and Postsecondary Programs for
Students With Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) Evaluation Protocol.
OMB Control Number: 1840-0825.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 40.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 788.
Abstract: The Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students
with Intellectual Disabilities Coordinating Center (TPSID-CC) program
is the evaluation arm for the work that is being completed by the TPSID
program grantees. TPSID-CC uses data collected from the work that the
TPSID program grantees are doing on behalf of the TPSID program
participants, to establish a comprehensive research and evaluation
protocol for TPSID program grantees, non-TPSID program CTP
(comprehensive transition programs) and pertinent stakeholders. TPSID
program grantees can use the evidence-based information they receive
from the data that is collected by the TPSID-CC to find ways to apply
what they have learned to their respective TPSID program projects.
Simultaneously, the TPSID-CC is also providing technical assistance to
build the capacity of IHEs across the country to make college possible
for students with intellectual disabilities who want to go to college
Data must be collected by the TPSID-CC on accreditation standards and
communications with recognized accrediting agencies; descriptions and
analyses of funding streams, and the impact of the TPSID-CC's technical
assistance activities related to outreach and dissemination.
In October 2020, the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI), UMass
Boston received a five-year cooperative agreement from the Office of
Postsecondary Education to serve as the National Coordinating Center
(NCC) for colleges and universities implementing inclusive higher
education programs for students with intellectual disabilities,
including 22 model demonstration projects aimed at creating inclusive
comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with
intellectual disabilities known as Transition and Postsecondary
Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSIDs).
To reduce respondent burden, the NCC has streamlined and simplified
the previously approved evaluation system for the TPSID programs. The
NCC will enhance the collection and analyses of longitudinal follow-up
data from TPSID model programs via an already developed and previously
OMB approved evaluation system for the TPSID programs. The revised data
collection system is part of an evaluation effort. The system will
collect program data at the institutions from TPSID program staff via
an online, secure data management system.
Ross Santy,
Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2025-16656 Filed 8-28-25; 8:45 am]
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