Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests, 64020-64021 [2022-22913]

Download as PDF jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES 64020 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2022 / Notices Written Comments and Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or statements to the Subcommittees and/or the Committee in response to the stated agenda of the open meeting or in regard to the Committee’s mission in general. Written comments or statements should be submitted to Mr. Matthew Davis, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission, at the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Each page of the comment or statement must include the author’s name, title or affiliation, address, and daytime phone number. 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The Co-Chairs may allot a specific amount of time for comments. James W. Satterwhite, Jr., Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2022–22895 Filed 10–20–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3711–02–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0131] Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests 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 an extension without change of a currently approved collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before DECEMBER 20, 2022. 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– 2022–SCC–0131. 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 PRA Coordinator 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 Todd Stephenson, 202–205–1645. 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests. OMB Control Number: 1810–0693. Type of Review: An extension without change of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,600. Abstract: Section 8521(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) provides that a local educational agency (LEA) may receive funds under Title I, Part A and other ESEA ‘‘covered programs’’ for any fiscal year only if the State educational agency (SEA) finds that either the combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the LEA and the State with respect to the provision of free public education by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the second preceding fiscal year. This provision is the maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements for LEAs under the ESEA. If an LEA fails to meet the MOE requirement, under section 8521(b) of the ESEA, the SEA must reduce the amount of funds allocated under the programs covered by the MOE requirement in any fiscal year in the E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2022 / Notices exact proportion by which the LEA fails to maintain effort by falling below 90 percent of either the combined fiscal effort per student or aggregate expenditures, if the LEA has also failed to maintain effort for 1 or more of the 5 immediately preceding fiscal years. In reducing an LEA’s allocation because it failed to meet the MOE requirement, the SEA uses the measure most favorable to the LEA. Section 8521(c) gives the U.S. Department of Education (ED) the authority to waive the ESEA’s MOE requirement for an LEA if it would be equitable to grant the waiver due to an exceptional or uncontrollable circumstance such as a natural disaster or a change in the organizational structure of the LEA or a precipitous decline in the LEA’s financial resources. If an MOE waiver is granted, the reduction required by section 8521(b) does not occur for that year. A request for a waiver of the MOE requirement is discretionary. Only an LEA that has failed to maintain effort and that believes its failure justifies a waiver would request one. To review an MOE waiver request, ED relies primarily on expenditure, revenue, and other data relevant to an LEA’s request provided by the SEA. To assist an SEA with submitting this information, ED developed an MOE waiver form as part of the 2009 Title I, Part A Waiver Guidance, which covered a range of waivers that ED invited at that time. The purpose of this request is to renew approval for the MOE waiver form. This collection includes burden at the SEA level. Dated: October 18, 2022. Kun Mullan, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2022–22913 Filed 10–20–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES [Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0100] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023–2024 (NTPS 2023–24) Preliminary Field Activities Institute of Educational Sciences (IES), Department of Education (ED). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:08 Oct 20, 2022 Jkt 259001 In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing revision of a currently approved collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 21, 2022. 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 (ICR) by selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 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 Carrie Clarady, 202–245–6347. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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 ICR that is described below. The Department is especially interested in public comments 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 record. Title of Collection: National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023–2024 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 64021 (NTPS 2023–24) Preliminary Field Activities. OMB Control Number: 1850–0598. Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 18,476. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,419. Abstract: The National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), conducted every two or three years by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is a system of related questionnaires that provides descriptive data on the context of elementary and secondary education. Redesigned from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) with a focus on flexibility, timeliness, and integration with other ED data, the NTPS system allows for school, principal, and teacher characteristics to be analyzed in relation to one another. NTPS is an in-depth, nationally representative survey of first through twelfth grade public and private school teachers, principals, and schools. Kindergarten teachers in schools with at least a first grade are also surveyed. NTPS utilizes core content and a series of rotating modules to allow timely collection of important education trends as well as trend analysis. Topics covered include characteristics of teachers, principals, schools, teacher training opportunities, retention, retirement, hiring, and shortages. NTPS also functions as the base-year for the longitudinal studies Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS). This request is to conduct the NTPS 2023–24 preliminary activities, namely special district recruitment, recruitment of endorsers, and Screener Survey for the NTPS and the NTPS follow-up surveys. The NTPS 2023–24 Main Study final procedures and materials will be published for public comment and OMB review in winter 2022–23, and OMB approval for the follow-up surveys to NTPS 2023–24—the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and the Principal Followup Survey (PFS) will be requested in an additional package in winter 2023–24. Dated: October 18, 2022. Juliana Pearson, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2022–22948 Filed 10–20–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P E:\FR\FM\21OCN1.SGM 21OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0131]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Form 
for Maintenance of Effort Waiver Requests

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 an extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
DECEMBER 20, 2022.

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-2022-SCC-0131. 
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 PRA 
Coordinator 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 Todd Stephenson, 202-205-1645.

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: Form for Maintenance of Effort Waiver 
Requests.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0693.
    Type of Review: An extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,600.
    Abstract: Section 8521(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) 
provides that a local educational agency (LEA) may receive funds under 
Title I, Part A and other ESEA ``covered programs'' for any fiscal year 
only if the State educational agency (SEA) finds that either the 
combined fiscal effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the 
LEA and the State with respect to the provision of free public 
education by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 
percent of the combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the 
second preceding fiscal year. This provision is the maintenance of 
effort (MOE) requirements for LEAs under the ESEA. If an LEA fails to 
meet the MOE requirement, under section 8521(b) of the ESEA, the SEA 
must reduce the amount of funds allocated under the programs covered by 
the MOE requirement in any fiscal year in the

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exact proportion by which the LEA fails to maintain effort by falling 
below 90 percent of either the combined fiscal effort per student or 
aggregate expenditures, if the LEA has also failed to maintain effort 
for 1 or more of the 5 immediately preceding fiscal years. In reducing 
an LEA's allocation because it failed to meet the MOE requirement, the 
SEA uses the measure most favorable to the LEA. Section 8521(c) gives 
the U.S. Department of Education (ED) the authority to waive the ESEA's 
MOE requirement for an LEA if it would be equitable to grant the waiver 
due to an exceptional or uncontrollable circumstance such as a natural 
disaster or a change in the organizational structure of the LEA or a 
precipitous decline in the LEA's financial resources. If an MOE waiver 
is granted, the reduction required by section 8521(b) does not occur 
for that year. A request for a waiver of the MOE requirement is 
discretionary. Only an LEA that has failed to maintain effort and that 
believes its failure justifies a waiver would request one. To review an 
MOE waiver request, ED relies primarily on expenditure, revenue, and 
other data relevant to an LEA's request provided by the SEA. To assist 
an SEA with submitting this information, ED developed an MOE waiver 
form as part of the 2009 Title I, Part A Waiver Guidance, which covered 
a range of waivers that ED invited at that time. The purpose of this 
request is to renew approval for the MOE waiver form. This collection 
includes burden at the SEA level.

    Dated: October 18, 2022.
Kun Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-22913 Filed 10-20-22; 8:45 am]
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