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Denise Carter,
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Student Aid.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early
Literacy Toolkit
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
new information collection request
(ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 27, 2024.
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
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 Janelle Sands,
202–245–6786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
SUMMARY:
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Maximum rate
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Interest rate
07/01/24 through
06/30/25
(%)
8.20
Title of Collection: Evaluation of the
REL Southeast Early Literacy Toolkit.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A new ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,330.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 322.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Education is supporting the
development and evaluation of a toolkit
that will support the implementation of
effectively differentiated reading
instruction for students in grades K–3.
This toolkit is based on evidence-based
recommendation in the Assisting
Students Struggling with Reading:
Response to Intervention (RtI) and
Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary
Grades practice guide. The evaluation
will rigorously test the efficacy of the
toolkit in improving explicit instruction,
classroom management, and use of
student data as well as student learning
outcomes in grades K–3 English
language arts. The evaluation will use a
blocked randomized control trial design
in which districts are blocks and
schools are randomly assigned to
receive the toolkit or not. The
evaluation will be conducted in 20
Florida schools during the 2025/26
school year.
The evaluation will focus on
measuring the toolkit’s impact on three
teacher-level outcomes: explicit
instruction, classroom management, and
data use to inform instruction during
small group time. The evaluation also
will examine the impact of the toolkit
on students’ foundational reading skills.
In addition to collecting data to
measure teacher and student outcomes,
the evaluation team will collect data to
document the implementation of the
toolkit in treatment schools and the
service contrast between treatment and
control schools, and to describe the
characteristics of participating schools,
teachers, and students at baseline.
The evaluation will produce a
publicly available report that
summarizes evaluation findings. The
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findings from the evaluation will inform
further refinement of the toolkit, to be
released to the public after the
evaluation.
Dated: August 22, 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.
[FR Doc. 2024–19293 Filed 8–27–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Annual Notice of Interest Rates for
Variable-Rate Federal Student Loans
Made Under the Federal Family
Education Loan Program Prior to July
1, 2010
Federal Student Aid,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Chief Operating Officer
for Federal Student Aid announces the
interest rates for loans made under the
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL)
Program, Assistance Listing Number
84.032, that have variable interest rates.
The rates announced in this notice are
in effect for the period July 1, 2024,
through June 30, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Travis Sturlaugson, U.S. Department of
Education, 830 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
202–377–4174. Email:
travis.sturlaugson@ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability and wish to
access telecommunications relay
services, please dial 7–1–1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
427A of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C.
1077a), provides formulas for
determining the interest rates charged to
borrowers on loans made under the
FFEL Program, including Federal
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford
Loans (Stafford Loans), Federal PLUS
Loans (PLUS Loans), Federal
Consolidation Loans (Consolidation
Loans), and Federal Supplemental
Loans for Students (SLS Loans). No new
loans have been made under the FFEL
Program since June 30, 2010.
The FFEL Program includes loans
with variable interest rates that change
each year and loans with fixed interest
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rates that remain the same for the life of
the loan. For loans with a variable
interest rate, the specific interest rate
formula that applies to a particular loan
depends on the date of the first
disbursement of the loan or, in the case
of a Consolidation Loan, the date the
application for the loan was received. If
a loan has a variable interest rate, a new
rate is determined annually and is in
effect during the period from July 1 of
one year through June 30 of the
following year.
This notice announces the interest
rates for variable-rate FFEL Program
loans that will be in effect during the
period from July 1, 2024, through June
30, 2025. Interest rates for fixed-rate
FFEL Program loans may be found in a
Federal Register notice published on
September 15, 2015 (80 FR 55342).
For the majority of variable-rate FFEL
Program loans, the annual interest rate
is equal to the lesser of—
(1) The bond equivalent rate of the 91day Treasury bills auctioned at the final
auction held before June 1 of each year,
plus a statutory add-on percentage; or
(2) A statutorily established maximum
interest rate.
The bond equivalent rate of the 91day Treasury bills auctioned on May 28,
2024, is 5.40 percent.
For PLUS Loans first disbursed before
July 1, 1998, and for all SLS Loans, the
annual interest rate is equal to the lesser
of—
(1) The weekly average of the one-year
constant maturity Treasury yield, as
published by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, for the last
calendar week ending on or before June
26 of each year, plus a statutory add-on
percentage; or
(2) A statutorily established maximum
interest rate.
The weekly average of the one-year
constant maturity Treasury yield, as
published by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, for the last
calendar week ending on or before June
26, 2024, is 5.10 percent.
For Consolidation Loans that have a
variable interest rate, the annual interest
rate for the portion of a Consolidation
Loan that repaid loans other than loans
made under the Health Education
Assistance Loans (HEAL) Program is
equal to—
(1) The bond equivalent rate of the 91day Treasury bill auctioned at the final
auction held before June 1 of each year,
plus a statutory add-on percentage; or
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(2) A statutorily established maximum
interest rate.
If a Consolidation Loan (whether a
variable-rate loan or a fixed-rate loan)
repaid loans made under the HEAL
Program, the interest rate on the portion
of the Consolidation Loan that repaid
HEAL loans is a variable rate that is
equal to the average of the bond
equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury
bills auctioned for the quarter ending
June 30, plus a statutory add-on
percentage. For the portion of a
Consolidation Loan that repaid HEAL
loans, there is no maximum interest
rate.
The average of the bond equivalent
rates of the 91-day Treasury bills
auctioned for the quarter ending on June
30, 2024, is 5.39 percent.
The statutory add-on percentages and
maximum interest rates vary depending
on loan type and when the loan was
first disbursed. In addition, the add-on
percentage for certain Stafford Loans is
different depending on whether the loan
is in an in-school, grace, or deferment
status, or in any other status. If the
interest rate calculated in accordance
with the applicable formula exceeds the
statutory maximum interest rate, the
statutory maximum rate applies.
Charts 1 through 4 show the interest
rate formulas that are used to determine
the interest rates for all variable-rate
FFEL Program loans and the interest
rates that are in effect during the 12month period from July 1, 2024, through
June 30, 2025. Unless otherwise
indicated, the cohorts shown in each
chart include all borrowers, regardless
of prior borrowing.
Chart 1 shows the interest rates for
loans with rates based on the 91-day
Treasury bill, with the exception of
‘‘converted’’ variable-rate Federal
Stafford Loans and certain Federal
Consolidation Loans.
Chart 2 shows the interest rates for
loans with rates based on the weekly
average of the one-year constant
maturity Treasury yield.
Chart 3 shows the interest rates for
‘‘converted’’ variable-rate Federal
Stafford Loans. These are loans that
originally had varying fixed interest
rates.
Finally, Chart 4 shows the interest
rates for variable-rate Federal
Consolidation Loans, and for the portion
of any Federal Consolidation Loan that
repaid loans made under the HEAL
Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0080]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy Toolkit
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 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 new information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 27, 2024.
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 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 Janelle Sands, 202-245-6786.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Evaluation of the REL Southeast Early Literacy
Toolkit.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,330.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 322.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education is supporting the
development and evaluation of a toolkit that will support the
implementation of effectively differentiated reading instruction for
students in grades K-3. This toolkit is based on evidence-based
recommendation in the Assisting Students Struggling with Reading:
Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the
Primary Grades practice guide. The evaluation will rigorously test the
efficacy of the toolkit in improving explicit instruction, classroom
management, and use of student data as well as student learning
outcomes in grades K-3 English language arts. The evaluation will use a
blocked randomized control trial design in which districts are blocks
and schools are randomly assigned to receive the toolkit or not. The
evaluation will be conducted in 20 Florida schools during the 2025/26
school year.
The evaluation will focus on measuring the toolkit's impact on
three teacher-level outcomes: explicit instruction, classroom
management, and data use to inform instruction during small group time.
The evaluation also will examine the impact of the toolkit on students'
foundational reading skills.
In addition to collecting data to measure teacher and student
outcomes, the evaluation team will collect data to document the
implementation of the toolkit in treatment schools and the service
contrast between treatment and control schools, and to describe the
characteristics of participating schools, teachers, and students at
baseline.
The evaluation will produce a publicly available report that
summarizes evaluation findings. The
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findings from the evaluation will inform further refinement of the
toolkit, to be released to the public after the evaluation.
Dated: August 22, 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.
[FR Doc. 2024-19293 Filed 8-27-24; 8:45 am]
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