Notice of Public Posting Requirement of Grant Information for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Grantees, 53802-53804 [2020-19041]

Download as PDF 53802 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 169 / Monday, August 31, 2020 / Notices information removed), as well as a final report. After CPSC staff has reviewed and approved the final report, CPSC will release the report on the agency’s website and through presentations at meetings and conferences related to the subject matter, in accordance with applicable laws and Commission policy. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE B. Burden Hours ACTION: We estimate that the study will involve 3,050 respondents and take a total of 1,813 hours over the duration of the study. The monetized hourly cost is $37.73, as defined by the average total hourly cost to employers for employee compensation for all civilian employees across all occupations as of March 2020, reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Accordingly, we estimate the total cost burden to be $68,404 (1,813 hours × $37.73 = $68,404). The estimated cost to the federal government for the contract to design and conduct the study issued to the University of Michigan under contract number 61320618D0004 is $1,134,502. The total estimated cost to the federal government is $1,134,502 for the contract, plus $170,356 in government labor costs, for a total of $1,304,858. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES C. Request for Comments CPSC invites comments on these topics: • Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of CPSC’s functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; • The accuracy of CPSC’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; • Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on participants, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology; and • Additional measures of children’s strength capabilities, other than those already included in this proposed collection of information, which would be informative for developing consumer safety standards. Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission. 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All written statements shall be submitted to the DFO for the Committee, and this individual will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for their consideration. Dated: August 25, 2020. Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2020–19038 Filed 8–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Public Posting Requirement of Grant Information for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Grantees Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes a revised Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Electronic Announcement (EA), originally posted May 6, 2020, that describes the public reporting requirements for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Cox, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Room 270–60, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 251–9672. Email: Jack.Cox@ ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department publishes a revised EA, originally dated May 6, 2020, that describes the public reporting requirements for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. This revised EA, in conjunction with approved information collection under OMB control number 1801–0005, requires grantees receiving awards under Section SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 169 / Monday, August 31, 2020 / Notices 18004(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law 116–136, 134 Stat. 281 (March 27, 2020), to publicly post certain grant information on the institution’s primary website as part of the reporting requirements under Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act. This revised EA maintains the same seven reporting elements, but it adds a clarifying footnote for reporting item four and decreases the frequency of reporting after the initial 30-day period from every 45 days thereafter to every calendar quarter. The revised EA is in the Appendix of this notice. Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Program Authority: Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act. Robert L. King, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Appendix—Revised May 06, 2020 IFAP Electronic Announcement Originally Posted: May 06, 2020 Author: Office of Postsecondary Education Subject: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Reporting—Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students Section 18004(e) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (‘‘CARES Act’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), Public Law 116–136, 134 Stat. 281 (March 27, 2020), directs institutions receiving funds under Section 18004 of the Act to submit (in a time and manner required by the Secretary) a report to the Secretary describing the use of funds distributed from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (‘‘HEERF’’). Section 18004(c) of the CARES Act requires institutions to use no less than 50 percent of VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:30 Aug 28, 2020 Jkt 250001 the funds received from Section 18004(a)(1) of the Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus (including eligible expenses under a student’s cost of attendance such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care). On April 9, 2020, the Department of Education (‘‘Department’’) published documents related to the Emergency Financial Aid Grants, including a letter from Secretary Betsy DeVos, a form Certification and Agreement for institutions to sign and return to access the funds, and a list of institutional allocations under Section 18004(a)(1)of the CARES Act. The Certification and Agreement directs each institution applying for HEERF funds to comply with Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act and submit an initial report to the Secretary thirty (30) days from the date of the institution’s Certification and Agreement to the Department. Each HEERF participating institution must post the information listed below on the institution’s primary website, as an initial report under Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act. This report is associated with approved information collection under OMB control number 1801–0005. The Department encourages institutions to report as soon as possible, but no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice or 30 days after the date the Department obligated funds to the institution for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students, whichever comes later. The following information must appear in a format and location that is easily accessible to the public. This information must also be updated no later than 10 days after the end of each calendar quarter (September 30, and December 31, March 31, June 30) thereafter, unless the Secretary specifies an alternative method of reporting: (1) An acknowledgement that the institution signed and returned to the Department the Certification and Agreement and the assurance that the institution has used, or intends to use, no less than 50 percent of the funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. (2) The total amount of funds that the institution will receive or has received from the Department pursuant to the institution’s Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. (3) The total amount of Emergency Financial Aid Grants distributed to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act as of the date of submission (i.e., as of the initial report and every calendar quarter thereafter). (4) The estimated total number of students at the institution eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and thus eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.1 1 For the purposes of this report, institutions may determine the number of eligible students based on the number of students for whom the institution has received an Institutional Student Information PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53803 (5) The total number of students who have received an Emergency Financial Aid Grant to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act. (6) The method(s) used by the institution to determine which students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much they would receive under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act. (7) Any instructions, directions, or guidance provided by the institution to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid Grants. * Note: For the initial report and each report thereafter, institutions should use data suppression and other methodologies to protect the personally identifiable information from student education records consistent with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR part 99). This means that if the total number of eligible students or the total number of students who received Emergency Financial Aid Grants is less than 10, but not 0, then the institution must display the total number of students eligible and/or the total number of students who received Emergency Financial Aid Grants as less than 10 (‘‘< 10’’) on the publicly available websites controlled by the institution. Institutions that accurately report the information listed above will meet the initial reporting requirements under Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act. Institutions that the Department determines have not met the reporting requirement as described in this notice may, consistent with the Department’s authority to monitor grantee compliance, be subject to appropriate enforcement actions, up to and including being determined to be ineligible for certain other CARES Act program funding. For other subsequent reports for this program and other related HEERF programs, the Department will notify participating institutions of the Department’s preferred reporting method. The Department may choose to collect additional information from institutions in accordance with the reporting requirement in Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act and the Certification and Agreement. For more information on the HEERF, please visit the Department’s CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund page at: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/ list/ope/caresact.html. Contact Information If you have questions about the information in this announcement, contact HEERF@ed.gov. Paperwork Burden Statement According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless Record (ISIR) plus the number of students who completed an alternative application form developed by the institution for this purpose. The institution may then apply this number to its own methodological framework for disbursal of funds to produce a final total of eligible students at the institution. The institution is not asked to make assumptions about the potential eligibility of students for whom the institution has not received an ISIR or an alternative application. E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1 53804 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 169 / Monday, August 31, 2020 / Notices such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1801–0005. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Under the PRA, participants are required to respond to this collection to obtain or retain benefit. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate or suggestions for improving this individual collection, or if you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual form, application, or survey, please contact: Jack Cox, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202. [FR Doc. 2020–19041 Filed 8–28–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0134] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Grants Under the Talent Search Program Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a reinstatement without change of a previously approved information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 30, 2020. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection request by selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Antoinette Edwards, 202–453–7121. 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, khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:30 Aug 28, 2020 Jkt 250001 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: Application for Grants under the Talent Search Program. OMB Control Number: 1840–0818. Type of Review: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments; Private Sector. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,230. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 43,260. Abstract: The application is needed to conduct a national competition under the Talent Search Program for FY 2021. The TS Program provides grants to institutions of higher education, public and private agencies and organizations, community-based organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth, combinations of such institutions, agencies and organizations, and secondary schools to operate projects that serve qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. This collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894–0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period notice will be the only public comment notice published for this information collection request. 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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 169 (Monday, August 31, 2020)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Public Posting Requirement of Grant Information for 
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Grantees

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes a 
revised Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Electronic 
Announcement (EA), originally posted May 6, 2020, that describes the 
public reporting requirements for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 
Students.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Cox, U.S. Department of 
Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
Room 270-60, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 251-9672. Email: 
[email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department publishes a revised EA, 
originally dated May 6, 2020, that describes the public reporting 
requirements for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. This 
revised EA, in conjunction with approved information collection under 
OMB control number 1801-0005, requires grantees receiving awards under 
Section

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18004(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(CARES Act), Public Law 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 (March 27, 2020), to 
publicly post certain grant information on the institution's primary 
website as part of the reporting requirements under Section 18004(e) of 
the CARES Act. This revised EA maintains the same seven reporting 
elements, but it adds a clarifying footnote for reporting item four and 
decreases the frequency of reporting after the initial 30-day period 
from every 45 days thereafter to every calendar quarter. The revised EA 
is in the Appendix of this notice.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this 
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published 
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To 
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at 
the site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.
    Program Authority: Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act.

Robert L. King,
Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education.

Appendix--Revised May 06, 2020 IFAP Electronic Announcement

Originally Posted: May 06, 2020
Author: Office of Postsecondary Education
Subject: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Reporting--Emergency 
Financial Aid Grants to Students

    Section 18004(e) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (``CARES Act'' or the ``Act''), Public Law 116-136, 134 
Stat. 281 (March 27, 2020), directs institutions receiving funds 
under Section 18004 of the Act to submit (in a time and manner 
required by the Secretary) a report to the Secretary describing the 
use of funds distributed from the Higher Education Emergency Relief 
Fund (``HEERF''). Section 18004(c) of the CARES Act requires 
institutions to use no less than 50 percent of the funds received 
from Section 18004(a)(1) of the Act to provide Emergency Financial 
Aid Grants to Students for expenses related to the disruption of 
campus operations due to coronavirus (including eligible expenses 
under a student's cost of attendance such as food, housing, course 
materials, technology, health care, and child care).
    On April 9, 2020, the Department of Education (``Department'') 
published documents related to the Emergency Financial Aid Grants, 
including a letter from Secretary Betsy DeVos, a form Certification 
and Agreement for institutions to sign and return to access the 
funds, and a list of institutional allocations under Section 
18004(a)(1)of the CARES Act. The Certification and Agreement directs 
each institution applying for HEERF funds to comply with Section 
18004(e) of the CARES Act and submit an initial report to the 
Secretary thirty (30) days from the date of the institution's 
Certification and Agreement to the Department. Each HEERF 
participating institution must post the information listed below on 
the institution's primary website, as an initial report under 
Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act. This report is associated with 
approved information collection under OMB control number 1801-0005.
    The Department encourages institutions to report as soon as 
possible, but no later than 30 days after the publication of this 
notice or 30 days after the date the Department obligated funds to 
the institution for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students, 
whichever comes later.
    The following information must appear in a format and location 
that is easily accessible to the public. This information must also 
be updated no later than 10 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter (September 30, and December 31, March 31, June 30) 
thereafter, unless the Secretary specifies an alternative method of 
reporting:
    (1) An acknowledgement that the institution signed and returned 
to the Department the Certification and Agreement and the assurance 
that the institution has used, or intends to use, no less than 50 
percent of the funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES 
Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students.
    (2) The total amount of funds that the institution will receive 
or has received from the Department pursuant to the institution's 
Certification and Agreement for Emergency Financial Aid Grants to 
Students.
    (3) The total amount of Emergency Financial Aid Grants 
distributed to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act 
as of the date of submission (i.e., as of the initial report and 
every calendar quarter thereafter).
    (4) The estimated total number of students at the institution 
eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 and thus eligible to receive 
Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students under Section 18004(a)(1) 
of the CARES Act.\1\
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    \1\ For the purposes of this report, institutions may determine 
the number of eligible students based on the number of students for 
whom the institution has received an Institutional Student 
Information Record (ISIR) plus the number of students who completed 
an alternative application form developed by the institution for 
this purpose. The institution may then apply this number to its own 
methodological framework for disbursal of funds to produce a final 
total of eligible students at the institution. The institution is 
not asked to make assumptions about the potential eligibility of 
students for whom the institution has not received an ISIR or an 
alternative application.
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    (5) The total number of students who have received an Emergency 
Financial Aid Grant to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the 
CARES Act.
    (6) The method(s) used by the institution to determine which 
students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much they 
would receive under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.
    (7) Any instructions, directions, or guidance provided by the 
institution to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid 
Grants.
    * Note: For the initial report and each report thereafter, 
institutions should use data suppression and other methodologies to 
protect the personally identifiable information from student 
education records consistent with the Family Educational Rights and 
Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR part 99). This means that if 
the total number of eligible students or the total number of 
students who received Emergency Financial Aid Grants is less than 
10, but not 0, then the institution must display the total number of 
students eligible and/or the total number of students who received 
Emergency Financial Aid Grants as less than 10 (``< 10'') on the 
publicly available websites controlled by the institution.
    Institutions that accurately report the information listed above 
will meet the initial reporting requirements under Section 18004(e) 
of the CARES Act. Institutions that the Department determines have 
not met the reporting requirement as described in this notice may, 
consistent with the Department's authority to monitor grantee 
compliance, be subject to appropriate enforcement actions, up to and 
including being determined to be ineligible for certain other CARES 
Act program funding. For other subsequent reports for this program 
and other related HEERF programs, the Department will notify 
participating institutions of the Department's preferred reporting 
method. The Department may choose to collect additional information 
from institutions in accordance with the reporting requirement in 
Section 18004(e) of the CARES Act and the Certification and 
Agreement.
    For more information on the HEERF, please visit the Department's 
CARES Act: Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund page at: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.html.

Contact Information

    If you have questions about the information in this 
announcement, contact [email protected].

Paperwork Burden Statement

    According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), no 
persons are required to respond to a collection of information 
unless

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such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB 
control number for this information collection is 1801-0005. Public 
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to 
average 30 minutes per response, including time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of information. Under the PRA, participants are required 
to respond to this collection to obtain or retain benefit. If you 
have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate or 
suggestions for improving this individual collection, or if you have 
comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual form, 
application, or survey, please contact: Jack Cox, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202.

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