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Addition of School and District
Technology Coordinator roles and SBE
survey completion, increasing burden
hours, (3) Addition of protocols for the
health and safety of field staff,
increasing costs, (4) Reduction in SQ
burden time for students, teachers and
schools since COVID–19 learning
recovery items are no longer adding
additional time to the SQs; rather, other
items were dropped to accommodate
these items, reducing burden hours; and
(5) Addition of Field Trial for grades, 4,
8 and 12, increasing burden hours and
costs. This revision updates Part A and
Part B detailing the changes to scope
and references to the communication
materials and the amendment schedule,
Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C,
Appendix D (added communication
materials), Appendix G, Appendix I,
and Appendices J1, J2, J3, and J–S to
include the operational survey
questionnaires (SQs), COVID–19
Learning Recovery SQs, NIES SQs, and
Pilot SQs.
Dated: October 24, 2023.
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–2023–SCC–0148]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan
Program, Federal Direct PLUS Loan
Request for Supplemental Information
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
November 29, 2023.
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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
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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
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Beth
Grebeldinger, (202) 377–4018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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: William D. Ford
Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal
Direct PLUS Loan Request for
Supplemental Information.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0103.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,230,000.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 615,000.
Abstract: The Federal Direct PLUS
Loan Request for Supplemental
Information serves as the means by
which a parent or graduate/professional
student Direct PLUS Loan applicant
may provide certain information to a
school that will assist the school in
originating the borrower’s Direct PLUS
Loan award, as an alternative to
providing this information to the school
by other means established by the
school. This is a request for a revision
of the currently approved form. The
form was reorganized for improved
usability and flow. There has been no
change to the underlying regulations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: October 24, 2023.
Kun 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
Regional Advisory Committees
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of open meetings.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) announces upcoming
virtual meetings for each of its 10
Regional Advisory Committees (RACs).
DATES: The date and time for each
virtual meeting is listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please contact the Designated Federal
Official (DFO) for each RAC, listed
below:
Appalachia and West RAC: Muhammad
Kara, Muhammad.Kara@ed.gov
Central and Southwest RAC: Rebekka
Meyer, Rebekka.Meyer@ed.gov
Mid-Atlantic RAC: Esley Newton,
Esley.Newton@ed.gov
Midwest and Northwest RAC: Bryan
Keohane, Bryan.Keohane@ed.gov
Northeast and Islands RAC: Sarah
Zevin, Sarah.Zevin@ed.gov
Pacific RAC: Erin Kelts, Erin.Kelts@
ed.gov
Southeast RAC: Elisabeth Lembo,
Elisabeth.Lembo@ed.gov
For information about the RACs, visit
the RAC website at https://oese.ed.gov/
offices/office-of-formula-grants/
program-and-grantee-support-services/
comprehensive-centers-program/
regional-advisory-committees/. For
questions, contact Michelle Daley,
Program and Grantee Support Services,
at (202) 987–1057, or email OESE.RAC@
ed.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Regional Advisory
Committees: The purpose of the RACs is
to advise the Secretary by (1)
conducting an educational needs
assessment of each region identified in
section 174(b) of the Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002; and (2) submitting
reports for each region based on the
regional assessments. Notice of these
meetings is required under 5 U.S.C
chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committee
Act).
Statutory Authority: The RACs are
authorized by the Educational Technical
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Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA) (Pub. L.
107–279; 20 U.S.C. 9605).
Meeting Agenda: The meetings
described in this notice are the third set
of meetings for the RACs in 2023. The
purpose of these meetings is for each
RAC to review the RAC subcommittee’s
recommendations and to vote on the
final educational needs assessment
report for the region. Meeting agendas
will be posted on the RAC website,
https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-offormula-grants/program-and-granteesupport-services/comprehensivecenters-program/regional-advisorycommittees/, no later than November 1,
2023.
Meeting Dates and Times: Meeting
times are listed in Eastern time and
local time zones for each region.
Appalachia RAC (Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, and West Virginia):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from
9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. ET/8 a.m. to 8:45
a.m. CT.
Central RAC (Colorado, Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Wyoming):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from
3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET/2 p.m. to
2:45 p.m. CT/1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
MT.
Mid-Atlantic RAC (Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from
3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET.
Midwest RAC (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from
4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET/3 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. CT.
Northeast and Islands RAC
(Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire, New York,
Puerto Rico, Rhode Island,
Vermont, and the Virgin Islands):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from
11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. ET.
Northwest RAC (Alaska, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, and
Washington):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from
12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET/10 a.m. to
10:45 a.m. MT/9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
PT/8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. AT.
Pacific RAC (American Samoa,
Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Federated States
of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii,
Palau, and Republic of the Marshall
Islands):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from
6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET/12 p.m. to
12:45 p.m. HST/11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. SST/November 17, 2023, from
7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. PWT/8 a.m. to
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Southeast RAC (Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and South Carolina):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from
10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. ET/9 a.m. to
9:45 a.m. CT.
Southwest RAC (Arkansas, Bureau of
Indian Education, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from
1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. ET/12 p.m. to
12:45 p.m. CT/11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
MT/10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. PT.
West RAC (Arizona, California, Nevada,
and Utah):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from
5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. ET/3 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. MT/2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
PT.
Access to the RAC Meetings: Members
of the public may access the RAC
meetings via virtual teleconference.
Preregistration is required by 11:59 p.m.
ET, two business days before the RAC
meeting date. Registration information
for the RAC meetings can be found on
the RAC website at https://oese.ed.gov/
offices/office-of-formula-grants/
program-and-grantee-support-services/
comprehensive-centers-program/
regional-advisory-committees/.
Public Comments: The deadline for
written public comments was October
15, 2023. Members of the public were
invited to submit written comments to
each RAC between August 18 and
October 15, 2023, for consideration in
their regional needs assessment. The
RACs are no longer accepting additional
comments. Questions may be submitted
to the DFO for each RAC at the email
address provided under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Reasonable Accommodations: The
virtual RAC meetings are accessible to
individuals with disabilities. If you
need an auxiliary aid or service for the
meeting (e.g., interpreting service,
assistive listening device, or materials in
an alternate format), notify Michelle
Daley, Group Leader, Program and
Grantee Support Services, by email at
OESE.RAC@ed.gov no later than 48
hours before the scheduled meeting
date. Although we will attempt to meet
a request received after that date, we
cannot guarantee availability of the
requested accommodation.
Access To Records of the Meetings:
Minutes of each RAC meeting will be
available on the RAC website, no later
than 90 days after the meeting to which
they relate. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(b),
to inspect records for the RAC, the
public may contact the DFO for each
RAC at the email address provided
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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 Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
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using the article search feature at:
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through the advanced search feature at
this site, you can limit your search to
documents published by the
Department.
Authority: Section 206 of the ETAA,
as amended (20 U.S.C. 9605).
Adam Schott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Programs Delegated the Authority to Perform
the Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education.
[FR Doc. 2023–23914 Filed 10–27–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0186]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
2023–24 School Pulse Panel (SPP)
December and January Questionnaire
Items Change Request
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
November 29, 2023.
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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain to access the site. Find this
information collection request (ICR) by
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Regional Advisory Committees
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice of open meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) announces upcoming
virtual meetings for each of its 10 Regional Advisory Committees
(RACs).
DATES: The date and time for each virtual meeting is listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact the Designated Federal
Official (DFO) for each RAC, listed below:
Appalachia and West RAC: Muhammad Kara, [email protected]
Central and Southwest RAC: Rebekka Meyer, [email protected]
Mid-Atlantic RAC: Esley Newton, [email protected]
Midwest and Northwest RAC: Bryan Keohane, [email protected]
Northeast and Islands RAC: Sarah Zevin, [email protected]
Pacific RAC: Erin Kelts, [email protected]
Southeast RAC: Elisabeth Lembo, [email protected]
For information about the RACs, visit the RAC website at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/. For questions, contact Michelle Daley, Program and Grantee
Support Services, at (202) 987-1057, or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Regional Advisory Committees: The purpose of the
RACs is to advise the Secretary by (1) conducting an educational needs
assessment of each region identified in section 174(b) of the Education
Sciences Reform Act of 2002; and (2) submitting reports for each region
based on the regional assessments. Notice of these meetings is required
under 5 U.S.C chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committee Act).
Statutory Authority: The RACs are authorized by the Educational
Technical
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Assistance Act of 2002 (ETAA) (Pub. L. 107-279; 20 U.S.C. 9605).
Meeting Agenda: The meetings described in this notice are the third
set of meetings for the RACs in 2023. The purpose of these meetings is
for each RAC to review the RAC subcommittee's recommendations and to
vote on the final educational needs assessment report for the region.
Meeting agendas will be posted on the RAC website, https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/, no later
than November 1, 2023.
Meeting Dates and Times: Meeting times are listed in Eastern time
and local time zones for each region.
Appalachia RAC (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. ET/8 a.m. to
8:45 a.m. CT.
Central RAC (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Wyoming):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET/2 p.m. to
2:45 p.m. CT/1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. MT.
Mid-Atlantic RAC (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET.
Midwest RAC (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and
Wisconsin):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET/3 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. CT.
Northeast and Islands RAC (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New
Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin
Islands):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. ET.
Northwest RAC (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET/10 a.m.
to 10:45 a.m. MT/9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. PT/8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. AT.
Pacific RAC (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Palau, and
Republic of the Marshall Islands):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. ET/12 p.m.
to 12:45 p.m. HST/11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. SST/November 17, 2023, from 7
a.m. to 8:30 a.m. PWT/8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ChST/9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
PONT/10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. MHT.
Southeast RAC (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,
and South Carolina):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. ET/9 a.m.
to 9:45 a.m. CT.
Southwest RAC (Arkansas, Bureau of Indian Education, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas):
Meeting 3: November 16, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. ET/12 p.m.
to 12:45 p.m. CT/11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. MT/10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. PT.
West RAC (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah):
Meeting 3: November 14, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. ET/3 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. MT/2 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. PT.
Access to the RAC Meetings: Members of the public may access the
RAC meetings via virtual teleconference. Preregistration is required by
11:59 p.m. ET, two business days before the RAC meeting date.
Registration information for the RAC meetings can be found on the RAC
website at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/program-and-grantee-support-services/comprehensive-centers-program/regional-advisory-committees/.
Public Comments: The deadline for written public comments was
October 15, 2023. Members of the public were invited to submit written
comments to each RAC between August 18 and October 15, 2023, for
consideration in their regional needs assessment. The RACs are no
longer accepting additional comments. Questions may be submitted to the
DFO for each RAC at the email address provided under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Reasonable Accommodations: The virtual RAC meetings are accessible
to individuals with disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid or
service for the meeting (e.g., interpreting service, assistive
listening device, or materials in an alternate format), notify Michelle
Daley, Group Leader, Program and Grantee Support Services, by email at
[email protected] no later than 48 hours before the scheduled meeting
date. Although we will attempt to meet a request received after that
date, we cannot guarantee availability of the requested accommodation.
Access To Records of the Meetings: Minutes of each RAC meeting will
be available on the RAC website, no later than 90 days after the
meeting to which they relate. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(b), to inspect
records for the RAC, the public may contact the DFO for each RAC at the
email address provided 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 Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site. You also may 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.
Authority: Section 206 of the ETAA, as amended (20 U.S.C. 9605).
Adam Schott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs Delegated the
Authority to Perform the Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-23914 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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