Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Education Stabilization Fund- Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) Recipient Data Collection Form, 45601-45602 [2020-16445]
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 817.
Abstract: The Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) of the U.S.
Department of Education’s (ED) Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services (OSERS) will use this data
collection form to capture the
performance data form grantees funded
under the American Indian Vocational
Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS)
program (CFDA #84.250). RSA and ED
will use the information gathered
annually to: (a) Comply with reporting
requirements under the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR) 34 CFR part
75.118, (b) measure performance on the
program in accordance with the
program indicators identified in the
Government Performance Result Act
(GPRA), and (c) provide information
annually to Congress on activities
conducted under this program.
The proposed changes to the existing
form will improve user friendliness,
clarity of data element questions, and
accuracy of data reported. These
revisions are not significantly different
from the original collection, but are
proposed to provide clarity,
consistency, and usability. In order to
improve the user friendliness of the
form, some sections were reorganized to
enhance the natural flow of data
collection. Data element questions were
revised to improve clarity of the
requests, which will result in accuracy
of data being reported. On additional
data element was inserted in order to
ensure grantees remain compliant with
regulatory requirements, but the
additional data element is offset by the
elimination and consolidation of other
sections in this ICR. Additionally, ED
had revised how it will collect survey
data regarding the Training and
Technical Needs of AIVRS projects and
the entire section of the report is deleted
to further reduces burden. The Training
and Technical Needs assessment survey
will not be conducted independent of
the ICR.
Dated: July 23, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0124]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Education Stabilization Fund—
Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER)
Recipient Data Collection Form
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2020–SCC–0124. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
ED will temporarily accept comments at
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 by fax or email and those
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 Director of the Strategic
Collections and Clearance, Governance
and Strategy Division, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC
20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Gabriella
Tanner, 202–453–6129, or email esserf@
ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), 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
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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. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education 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: Education
Stabilization Fund—Elementary and
Secondary School Emergency Relief
Fund (ESSER) Recipient Data Collection
Form.
OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local and Tribal Organizations.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 14,656.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 44,248.
Abstract: This information collection
supports the annual collection of data
pertaining to the uses of funds under the
Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund).
The Department ESSER awards grants to
State educational agencies (SEAs) and
analogous grants to Outlying Areas for
the purpose of providing local
educational agencies (LEAs), including
charter schools that are LEAs, with
emergency relief funds to address the
impact that Novel Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID–19) has had, and
continues to have, on elementary and
secondary schools across the nation.
LEAs must provide equitable services to
students and teachers in non-public
schools as required under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (CARES Act). The
information will be reviewed by
Department employees to ensure that
ESSER funds are used in accordance
with Sec. 18003(d) of the CARES Act
and will be shared with the public to
promote transparency regarding the
allocation and uses of funds.
ESSER Reporting Requirements: Data
collected through this information
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collection will inform Department
monitoring and oversight, and public
reporting and is in addition to reporting
already required under the Federal
Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA),
Public Law 109–282, as amended by the
Digital Accountability and
Transparency Act (DATA Act), Public
Law 113–101.
ESSER Reporting Timeframe: The
anticipated reporting periods and
associated deadlines for this
information collection are as follows:
The First Annual Report is due on
January 29, 2021 and applies to the
reporting period from March 13, 2020
through September 30, 2020. The
Second Annual Report is due on
January 31, 2022 and applies to the
reporting period from October 1, 2020
through September 30, 2021. The Third
Annual Report is due on March 1, 2023
and applies to the reporting period from
October 1, 2021 through December 31,
2022.
Directed Questions: The Department
requests input from data submitters and
stakeholders on the following directed
questions. Please note that in addition
to these questions, public comments are
encouraged on all of the changes
proposed. While these questions are
directed to SEA data submitters,
comments from all stakeholders on
these topics are welcome.
(1) What data in this form will be
difficult to collect or report and why?
Are there changes that could be made to
improve the quality of the data or
reduce the burden? What are the overall
challenges to reporting these data on an
annual basis?
(2) The Department is interested in
reducing the burden of data collection
and making use of existing data when at
all possible. For example, are the
proposed data on LEAs available in
State data systems? If data are not
available in the State data system, is it
feasible for States to collect these data
from LEAs that received ESSER
funding?
(3) Are the proposed data on student
participation and engagement during
remote learning currently being tracked
by LEAs or SEAs? Are the proposed
methods to document student
participation and engagement during
remote learning reliable? Are there
additional methods used by LEAs to
document student participation and
engagement during remote learning?
(4) Are SEAs and LEAs able
determine to what proportion of
students within the LEA had internet
access (school or family provided
internet access) at home?
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(5) Will the proposed method for
collecting the number of FTE positions
created or retained as a result of ESSER
funds awarded to the SEA yield
accurate data? Is there an alternative
methodology that would improve the
accuracy of the data?
(6) What changes should be made to
the form to accommodate data
collection from the Outlying Areas of
the United States, specifically: The US
Virgin Islands (VI), Guam (GU), the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa
(AS)?
Dated: July 24, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Education Innovation and Research
(EIR) Program—Early-Phase Grants
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for fiscal year (FY) 2020 for
the EIR program—Early-phase Grants,
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) number 84.411C (Early-phase
Grants). This notice relates to the
approved information collection under
OMB control number 1855–0021.
DATES:
Applications Available: July 31, 2020.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
August 18, 2020.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 10, 2020.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: November 10, 2020.
Pre-Application Information: The
Department will post additional
competition information for prospective
applicants on the EIR program website:
https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-ofdiscretionary-grants-support-services/
innovation-early-learning/educationinnovation-and-research-eir/fy-2020competition-2/.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
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Federal Register on February 13, 2019
(84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashley Brizzo, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 3E325, Washington, DC 20202–
5900. Telephone: (202) 453–7122.
Email: eir@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The EIR program,
established under section 4611 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act, as amended (ESEA), provides
funding to create, develop, implement,
replicate, or take to scale
entrepreneurial, evidence-based, fieldinitiated innovations to improve student
achievement and attainment for highneed students; and rigorously evaluate
such innovations. The EIR program is
designed to generate and validate
solutions to persistent education
challenges and to support the expansion
of those solutions to serve substantially
larger numbers of students.
The central design element of the EIR
program is its multi-tier structure that
links the amount of funding an
applicant may receive to the quality of
the evidence supporting the efficacy of
the proposed project, with the
expectation that projects that build this
evidence will advance through EIR’s
grant tiers: ‘‘Early-phase,’’ ‘‘Mid-phase,’’
and ‘‘Expansion.’’ Applicants proposing
innovative practices that are supported
by limited evidence can receive
relatively small grants to support the
development, implementation, and
initial evaluation of the practices;
applicants proposing practices
supported by evidence from rigorous
evaluations, such as an experimental
study (as defined in this notice), can
receive larger grant awards to support
expansion across the country. This
structure provides incentives for
applicants to—(1) explore new ways of
addressing persistent challenges that
other educators can build on and learn
from; (2) build evidence of effectiveness
of their practices; and (3) replicate and
scale successful practices in new
schools, districts, and States while
addressing the barriers to scale, such as
cost structures and implementation
fidelity.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0124]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Education Stabilization Fund-- Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) Recipient Data Collection Form
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department
of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2020-SCC-0124.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily
accept comments at [email protected]. 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 by fax or email and those 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
Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Gabriella Tanner, 202-453-6129,
or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education 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: Education Stabilization Fund--Elementary and
Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) Recipient Data
Collection Form.
OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Organizations.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 14,656.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 44,248.
Abstract: This information collection supports the annual
collection of data pertaining to the uses of funds under the Elementary
and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund). The Department
ESSER awards grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) and analogous
grants to Outlying Areas for the purpose of providing local educational
agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are LEAs, with
emergency relief funds to address the impact that Novel Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had, and continues to have, on elementary
and secondary schools across the nation. LEAs must provide equitable
services to students and teachers in non-public schools as required
under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES
Act). The information will be reviewed by Department employees to
ensure that ESSER funds are used in accordance with Sec. 18003(d) of
the CARES Act and will be shared with the public to promote
transparency regarding the allocation and uses of funds.
ESSER Reporting Requirements: Data collected through this
information
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collection will inform Department monitoring and oversight, and public
reporting and is in addition to reporting already required under the
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA),
Public Law 109-282, as amended by the Digital Accountability and
Transparency Act (DATA Act), Public Law 113-101.
ESSER Reporting Timeframe: The anticipated reporting periods and
associated deadlines for this information collection are as follows:
The First Annual Report is due on January 29, 2021 and applies to
the reporting period from March 13, 2020 through September 30, 2020.
The Second Annual Report is due on January 31, 2022 and applies to the
reporting period from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. The
Third Annual Report is due on March 1, 2023 and applies to the
reporting period from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.
Directed Questions: The Department requests input from data
submitters and stakeholders on the following directed questions. Please
note that in addition to these questions, public comments are
encouraged on all of the changes proposed. While these questions are
directed to SEA data submitters, comments from all stakeholders on
these topics are welcome.
(1) What data in this form will be difficult to collect or report
and why? Are there changes that could be made to improve the quality of
the data or reduce the burden? What are the overall challenges to
reporting these data on an annual basis?
(2) The Department is interested in reducing the burden of data
collection and making use of existing data when at all possible. For
example, are the proposed data on LEAs available in State data systems?
If data are not available in the State data system, is it feasible for
States to collect these data from LEAs that received ESSER funding?
(3) Are the proposed data on student participation and engagement
during remote learning currently being tracked by LEAs or SEAs? Are the
proposed methods to document student participation and engagement
during remote learning reliable? Are there additional methods used by
LEAs to document student participation and engagement during remote
learning?
(4) Are SEAs and LEAs able determine to what proportion of students
within the LEA had internet access (school or family provided internet
access) at home?
(5) Will the proposed method for collecting the number of FTE
positions created or retained as a result of ESSER funds awarded to the
SEA yield accurate data? Is there an alternative methodology that would
improve the accuracy of the data?
(6) What changes should be made to the form to accommodate data
collection from the Outlying Areas of the United States, specifically:
The US Virgin Islands (VI), Guam (GU), the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa (AS)?
Dated: July 24, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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