Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Schools of National Service Commitment Form, 100471-100472 [2024-29209]

Agencies

• Corporation for National and Community Service

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100471-100472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29209]


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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Schools of National Service Commitment Form

AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as 
AmeriCorps) is proposing to revise an information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the individual and office 
listed in the ADDRESSES section by February 10, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by the title of the 
information collection activity, by any of the following methods:
    (1) Electronically through www.regulations.gov (preferred method).
    (2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, Attention Emily Smith, 250 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20525.
    (3) By hand delivery or by courier to the AmeriCorps mailroom at 
the mail address given in paragraph (2) above, between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available 
to the public through regulations.gov. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send 
an email comment, your email address will be automatically captured and 
included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and 
made available on the internet. Please note that responses to this 
public comment request containing any routine notice about the 
confidentiality of the communication will be treated as public comment 
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may be made available to the public, notwithstanding the inclusion of 
the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Smith, (202) 391-1393, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title of Collection: Schools of National Service Commitment Form.
    OMB Control Number: 3045-0143. Type of Review: Revision.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and Organizations.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 200.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 100.
    Abstract: The Schools of National Service initiative, formerly the 
Segal Education Award Matching Program, helps higher education and 
post-secondary institutions connect with AmeriCorps alumni. To qualify 
as a School of National Service, the institution must complete a 
commitment form, committing to provide one or more incentives to 
AmeriCorps members and alumni seeking to attend their institution. This 
collection allows AmeriCorps and the institution to enhance the 
educational opportunities available to AmeriCorps alumni because of 
their service. AmeriCorps is seeking to revise the commitment form to 
add checkbox options for career and technical education (CTE) and other 
program types the institution may offer; add checkbox options for 
whether programs are offered online, in person, or both; and add a 
field for the institution to indicate whether it offers benefits to 
senior citizens and at what age eligibility begins. The revision would 
also delete the entry for the percentage of education award that the 
institution will match for AmeriCorps alumni it accepts for admission 
to the institution. AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using the 
currently approved information collection until the revised information 
collection is approved by OMB. The currently approved information 
collection is due to expire on March 31, 2025.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. Comments are invited 
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) 
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden 
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information 
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. All written comments will be available for 
public inspection on regulations.gov.

Rhonda Taylor,
Director, Partnerships & Program Engagement.
[FR Doc. 2024-29209 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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