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For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Karen Epps,
(202) 377–3711.
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: Higher Education
Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) I, II
and III Data Collection Form.
OMB Control Number: 1840–0850.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments; Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4,879.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 58,548.
Abstract: This information collection
requests approval for a revision to a
previously approved collection that
includes annual reporting requirements
for the Higher Education Emergency
Relief Fund (HEERF) program and
obtains information on how the funds
were used. Under the current
unprecedented national health
emergency, the legislative and executive
branches of government have come
together to offer relief to those
individuals and industries affected by
the COVID–19 virus under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
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Security (CARES) Act, the Coronavirus
Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), and the
American Rescue Plan (ARP). Targeted
relief to institutions of higher education
(IHEs) has been made available under
the HEERF program. HEERF, originally
established by Section 18004(a) of the
CARES Act, Public Law 116–136 (March
27, 2020) and expanded through
CRRSAA and ARP, authorizes the
Secretary of Education to allocate
formula grant funds to participating
IHEs to address impacts of the COVID–
19 virus. This submission includes
revisions to the HEERF data collection.
In addition to reviewing the proposed
revisions, ED requests institutions and
other stakeholders respond to the
directed questions found in Attachment
A.
Dated: June 17, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
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–2021–SCC–0092]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) 2022 Materials
Update #1
Institute of Educational Science
(IES), National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently
approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 26,
2021.
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 information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
SUMMARY:
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For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
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: National
Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) 2022 Materials Update #1.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0928.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 689,477.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 422,443.
Abstract: The National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP),
conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), is a
federally authorized survey of student
achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in
various subject areas, such as
mathematics, reading, writing, science,
U.S. history, civics, geography,
economics, technology and engineering
literacy (TEL), and the arts. The
National Assessment of Educational
Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L.
107–279 Title III, section 303) requires
the assessment to collect data on
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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specified student groups and
characteristics, including information
organized by race/ethnicity, gender,
socio-economic status, disability, and
limited English proficiency. It requires
fair and accurate presentation of
achievement data and permits the
collection of background, noncognitive,
or descriptive information that is related
to academic achievement and aids in
fair reporting of results. The intent of
the law is to provide representative
sample data on student achievement for
the nation, the states, and
subpopulations of students and to
monitor progress over time. NAEP
consists of two assessment programs:
The NAEP long-term trend (LTT)
assessment and the main NAEP
assessment. The LTT assessments are
given at the national level only and are
administered to students at ages 9, 13,
and 17 in a manner that is very different
from that used for the main NAEP
assessments. LTT reports mathematics
and reading results that present trend
data since the 1970s.
The request to conduct NAEP 2021,
including operational assessments and
pilot tests: Operational national/state/
TUDA Digitally Based Assessments
(DBA) in mathematics and reading at
grades 4 and 8, and Puerto Rico in
mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and
operational national DBA in U.S. history
and civics at grade 8 was approved in
April 2020, with further updates to the
materials approved in July and
November 2020. Throughout 2020 NCES
worked with its contractors and with
OMB to find the best way to plan for a
data collection in schools in 2021, and
as the coronavirus pandemic progressed
over the course of the year, plans for
NAEP 2020 data collection changed
multiple times. In November 2020, the
NCES Commissioner announced the
delay of NAEP 2021 by one year to early
2022.
Since then, NAEP has continued to
work to salvage any pieces of their data
collection plans for 2021 and begin
planning for NAEP 2022. NCES has
used the drawn and notified sample
from 2021 for two data collections that
don’t include the student assessment
that is central to the NAEP program,
instead using that sample to collect
information about basic school
operations during the coronavirus
pandemic (NAEP 2021 School Survey;
OMB# 1850–0957) and a planned data
collection seeking more detail about the
experiences of teachers and school staff
over the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021
school years (NAEP 2021 School and
Teacher Questionnaire Special Study;
OMB# 1850–0956).
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The request to conduct NAEP
operational assessments in 2022, which
will follow the traditional NAEP design
which assesses each student in 60minutes for one cognitive subject, was
approved in May 2021. The 2022 data
collection will consist of operational
national/state/TUDA DBA in
mathematics and reading at grades 4
and 8, and Puerto Rico in mathematics
at grades 4 and 8; and operational
national DBA in U.S. history and civics
at grade 8. In addition to the regular
NAEP operational assessments delayed
from 2021, this submission also
contains materials for the LTT, which
will be administered for at least one age
group in 2022. This package is the first
of two that are being submitted to
update materials. An additional 30-day
package will be submitted in August
2021 in order to finalize all materials in
time for the data collection in early
2022.
Dated: June 15, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
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
2021–2022 Award Year Deadline Dates
for Reports and Other Records
Associated With the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the
Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant Program (FSEOG)
Program, the Federal Work-Study
(FWS) Program, the Federal Pell Grant
(Pell Grant) Program, the William D.
Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan)
Program, the Teacher Education
Assistance for College and Higher
Education (TEACH) Grant Program,
and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant Program
Federal Student Aid,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Secretary announces
deadline dates for the receipt of
documents and other information from
applicants and institutions participating
in certain Federal student aid programs
authorized under title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA), for the 2021–2022 award year.
These programs, administered by the
Department of Education (Department),
provide financial assistance to students
attending eligible postsecondary
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educational institutions to help them
pay their educational costs. The Federal
student aid programs (title IV, HEA
programs) covered by this deadline date
notice are the Pell Grant, Direct Loan,
TEACH Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan
Service Grant, and campus-based
(FSEOG and FWS) programs.
Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.007
FSEOG Program; 84.033 FWS Program;
84.063 Pell Grant Program; 84.268
Direct Loan Program; 84.379 TEACH
Grant Program; 84.408 Iraq and
Afghanistan Service Grant Program.
DATES: Deadline and Submission Dates:
See Tables A and B at the end of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Ruggless, U.S. Department of
Education, Federal Student Aid, 830
First Street NE, Union Center Plaza,
Room 114B4, Washington, DC 20202–
5345. Telephone: (202) 377–4098.
Email: michael.ruggless@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:
Table A—2021–2022 Award Year
Deadline Dates by Which a Student
Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the
Institution Must Receive the Student’s
Institutional Student Information
Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report
(SAR), and by Which the Institution
Must Submit Verification Outcomes for
Certain Students.
Table A provides information and
deadline dates for receipt of the FAFSA,
corrections to and signatures for the
FAFSA, ISIRs, and SARs, and
verification documents.
The deadline date for the receipt of a
FAFSA by the Department’s Central
Processing System is June 30, 2022,
regardless of the method that the
applicant uses to submit the FAFSA.
The deadline date for the receipt of a
signature page for the FAFSA (if
required), corrections, notices of change
of address or institution, or requests for
a duplicate SAR is September 10, 2022.
For all title IV, HEA programs, an ISIR
or SAR for the student must be received
by the institution no later than the
student’s last date of enrollment for the
2021–2022 award year or September 17,
2022, whichever is earlier. Note that a
FAFSA must be submitted and an ISIR
or SAR received for the dependent
student for whom a parent is applying
for a Direct PLUS Loan.
Except for students selected for
Verification Tracking Groups V4 and
V5, verification documents must be
received by the institution no later than
120 days after the student’s last date of
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0092]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2022
Materials Update #1
AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science (IES), National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
July 26, 2021.
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 information collection request by selecting ``Department of
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show
ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Comments may also be sent to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.
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: National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) 2022 Materials Update #1.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0928.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 689,477.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 422,443.
Abstract: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP),
conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is a
federally authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and
12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing,
science, U.S. history, civics, geography, economics, technology and
engineering literacy (TEL), and the arts. The National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 107-279 Title III,
section 303) requires the assessment to collect data on
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specified student groups and characteristics, including information
organized by race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, disability,
and limited English proficiency. It requires fair and accurate
presentation of achievement data and permits the collection of
background, noncognitive, or descriptive information that is related to
academic achievement and aids in fair reporting of results. The intent
of the law is to provide representative sample data on student
achievement for the nation, the states, and subpopulations of students
and to monitor progress over time. NAEP consists of two assessment
programs: The NAEP long-term trend (LTT) assessment and the main NAEP
assessment. The LTT assessments are given at the national level only
and are administered to students at ages 9, 13, and 17 in a manner that
is very different from that used for the main NAEP assessments. LTT
reports mathematics and reading results that present trend data since
the 1970s.
The request to conduct NAEP 2021, including operational assessments
and pilot tests: Operational national/state/TUDA Digitally Based
Assessments (DBA) in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8, and
Puerto Rico in mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and operational national
DBA in U.S. history and civics at grade 8 was approved in April 2020,
with further updates to the materials approved in July and November
2020. Throughout 2020 NCES worked with its contractors and with OMB to
find the best way to plan for a data collection in schools in 2021, and
as the coronavirus pandemic progressed over the course of the year,
plans for NAEP 2020 data collection changed multiple times. In November
2020, the NCES Commissioner announced the delay of NAEP 2021 by one
year to early 2022.
Since then, NAEP has continued to work to salvage any pieces of
their data collection plans for 2021 and begin planning for NAEP 2022.
NCES has used the drawn and notified sample from 2021 for two data
collections that don't include the student assessment that is central
to the NAEP program, instead using that sample to collect information
about basic school operations during the coronavirus pandemic (NAEP
2021 School Survey; OMB# 1850-0957) and a planned data collection
seeking more detail about the experiences of teachers and school staff
over the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years (NAEP 2021 School and
Teacher Questionnaire Special Study; OMB# 1850-0956).
The request to conduct NAEP operational assessments in 2022, which
will follow the traditional NAEP design which assesses each student in
60-minutes for one cognitive subject, was approved in May 2021. The
2022 data collection will consist of operational national/state/TUDA
DBA in mathematics and reading at grades 4 and 8, and Puerto Rico in
mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and operational national DBA in U.S.
history and civics at grade 8. In addition to the regular NAEP
operational assessments delayed from 2021, this submission also
contains materials for the LTT, which will be administered for at least
one age group in 2022. This package is the first of two that are being
submitted to update materials. An additional 30-day package will be
submitted in August 2021 in order to finalize all materials in time for
the data collection in early 2022.
Dated: June 15, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-13318 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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