Notice2025-20680
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Prison Education Program Accreditation Requirements
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Published
November 24, 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 224 (Monday, November 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52925-52926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20680]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2025-SCC-0448]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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
December 24, 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 Amy Wilson, 202-987-1318.
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: 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)
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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. 2025-20680 Filed 11-21-25; 8:45 am]
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