Notice2026-11194
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17)
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Published
June 4, 2026
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 91, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33708-33709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11194]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2026-SCC-0827]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17)
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), 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
July 6, 2026.
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 David Steele,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#640005120d004a1710010108012401004a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="224643544b460c515647474e476247460c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>.
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: Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report
(RSA-17).
OMB Control Number: 1820-0017.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 312.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,193.
Abstract: The Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17)
collects data on the State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services
program activities for agencies funded under the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 (Rehabilitation Act), as amended by title IV of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) of the Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), U.S. Department of Education
(Department) uses the data to evaluate and monitor the financial and
programmatic performance of VR agencies. This report is used in lieu of
the SF-425 Federal Financial Report because the SF-425 does not capture
the required data elements necessary to ensure compliance with the
financial requirements of the VR program. The data collected via the
RSA-17 are necessary to ensure Federal requirements imposed by the
Rehabilitation Act and its implementing Federal regulations are
satisfied; including matching, maintenance of effort, carryover, and
earmarking.
This is a request for revision of the RSA-17 form with extension of
the revised form for three years. RSA identified a unique circumstance
where a VR grantee may not receive credit for non-Federal expenditures
for establishment or construction expenditures when the grantee's
compliance with the maintenance of effort requirement is calculated.
The current RSA-17 form does not collect the data element necessary to
address this unique circumstance. The proposed revision to the form
corrects this issue by providing the ability to track unliquidated
obligations and liquidations for the Establishment and Construction of
Facilities for Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP) purposes through
revisions to lines 28, 32 and 33. In addition, the revisions remove
reporting element, line 15(a), Required and Coordination Pre-employment
Transition Service Activities and Other VR Services that Support Access
to and Participation in
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Pre-Employment Transition Services and include minor typographical
edits.
Ross Santy,
Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
[FR Doc. 2026-11194 Filed 6-3-26; 8:45 am]
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