Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Vocational Rehabilitation Program Corrective Action Plan (CAP), 7692-7693 [2024-02147]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7692-7693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02147]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0019]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Vocational Rehabilitation Program Corrective Action Plan (CAP)

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 5, 2024.

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-2024-SCC-0019. 
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, the Department 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 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 Manager of the Strategic 
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 
Washington, DC 20202-8240.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Ed Vitelli, 202-453-6203.

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. The Department is soliciting comments on the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 
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: Vocational Rehabilitation Program Corrective 
Action Plan (CAP).
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0694.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 60.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 975.
    Abstract: Section 107(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(Rehabilitation Act) requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation 
Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic 
on-site monitoring of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program to 
determine whether a state agency is complying substantially with the 
provisions of its State Plan under section 101 of the Rehabilitation 
Act and with the evaluation standards and performance indicators 
established under section 106 of the Rehabilitation Act subject to the 
performance accountability provisions described in section 116(b) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). To fulfill its 
monitoring responsibility, RSA reviews a maximum of 15 VR agencies in 
each Federal fiscal year. When, based on its monitoring, RSA determines 
that a state agency has not administered and operated the VR program in 
compliance with its State Plan, the Rehabilitation Act, and 
implementing regulations at 34 CFR part 361, the agency must develop a 
corrective action plan (CAP), established by RSA in accordance with the 
requirement of section 107(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act, for RSA 
approval within 45 days from the issuance of the final monitoring 
report.

    Dated: January 30, 2024.
Juliana Pearson,
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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