Department of Education September 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2021-21283
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-30
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a modified system of records entitled the ``Investigative Files of the Inspector General'' (18-10-01) and rescindment of the system of records notice entitled ``Hotline Complaint Files of the Inspector General'' (18-10-04). The Investigative Files of the Inspector General system of records provides essential support for investigative activities of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) relating to the Department's programs and operations, enabling the OIG to secure and maintain the necessary information and to coordinate with other law enforcement agencies as appropriate.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; ESEA Fiscal Waiver Requests
Document Number: 2021-21114
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-29
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
Document Number: 2021-21106
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-29
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a ravision of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Required Proprietary Institution Certification Form
Document Number: 2021-21082
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-29
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Rulemaking and Guidance Procedures
Document Number: 2021-20992
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-09-29
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) rescinds the Department's Rulemaking and Guidance Procedures interim final rule (IFR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; International Resource Information System (IRIS)
Document Number: 2021-21008
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-28
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Endowment Excise Tax: Allocation Reduction Waiver
Document Number: 2021-20858
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-27
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) Enrollment Document
Document Number: 2021-20857
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-27
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Eligibility of Students at Institutions of Higher Education for Funds Under the CARES Act
Document Number: 2021-20779
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-24
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Voluntary Decline of Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds Form
Document Number: 2021-20720
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-24
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for the Educational Flexibility (Ed-Flex) Program
Document Number: 2021-20623
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-23
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Student Assistance General Provisions-Readmission for Servicemembers
Document Number: 2021-20548
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-23
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Standardizing Filing Procedures for Administrative Appeals
Document Number: 2021-20304
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-09-23
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations regarding administrative hearings and appeals to require filing using the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) electronic filing system (OES).
Applications for New Awards; National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students With Disabilities Program
Document Number: 2021-20496
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-22
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for a new award for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the National Center for Information and Technical Support for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.116D. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Project To Support America's Families and Educators (Project SAFE) Grant Application
Document Number: 2021-20438
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-22
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of a new information collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; William D. Ford Direct Loan Program General Forbearance Request
Document Number: 2021-20368
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-21
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2022 Materials Update #2
Document Number: 2021-20367
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-21
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.
Applications for New Awards; Project To Support America's Families and Educators (Project SAFE) Grant Program
Document Number: 2021-20394
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-20
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 and FY 2022 for Project SAFE under the School Safety National Activities authority of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Assistance Listing Number 84.184N. The Project SAFE grant program is intended to improve students' safety and well-being by providing resources to local educational agencies (LEAs) that adopt and implement strategies to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and that are financially penalized for doing so by their State educational agency (SEA) or other State entity.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Survey 2021-2023
Document Number: 2021-20209
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-20
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Grants Under the Upward Bound Program
Document Number: 2021-20101
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-17
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; National Evaluation of the 2019 Comprehensive Centers Program Grantees
Document Number: 2021-20065
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-17
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.
Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Competition for Certain Eligible Applicants; National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students With Disabilities
Document Number: 2021-19876
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-14
Agency: Department of Education
On July 13, 2021, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the FY 2021 National Comprehensive Center on Improving Literacy for Students With Disabilities competition, Assistance Listing Number 84.283D. This notice reopens this competition to allow more time for the preparation and submission of applications by eligible applicants affected by the severe weather located in a federally declared disaster area as determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has been designated for Individual Assistance or Public Assistance under Presidential major disaster declarations DR-4611-LA and EM-3569-MS (``affected applicants'').
Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Competition for Certain Eligible Applicants; Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs
Document Number: 2021-19706
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-14
Agency: Department of Education
On June 10, 2021, we published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the FY 2022 Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs, Assistance Listing Numbers (ALNs) 84.305A, 84.305B, 84.305D, 84.305R, 84.305S, and 84.324X. The NIA established a deadline date of September 9, 2021, for the transmittal of applications for the Education Research, Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences, Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication, and Research to Accelerate Pandemic Recovery in Special Education competitions, ALNs 84.305A, 84.305B, 84.305R, and 84.324X-2 (the ``affected competitions''). This notice reopens the affected competitions to allow more time for the preparation and submission of applications by eligible applicants that are affected by recent severe weather and located in a federally declared major disaster area designated for Individual Assistance or Public Assistance under Presidential major disaster declarations DR-4609-TN, DR-4610-CA, DR-4611-LA, DR-4614-NJ, and DR-4615-NY (``affected applicants'').
Third-Party Access to the Department's Information Technology Systems and Notice of Criminal Penalties for Misuse of Access Devices
Document Number: 2021-19536
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-10
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) outlines the requirements for third-party access to the Department's Information Technology (IT) systems and establishes criminal penalties for misuse of access devices. Specifically, this notice sets forth the definition of an access device, the terms of service, the Code of Conduct, and information security standards, and provides notice of related criminal penalties.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2019-2021: Common Core of Data (CCD)
Document Number: 2021-19332
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-08
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and National Recruitment
Document Number: 2021-19331
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-08
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.
Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Competition for Certain Eligible Applicants; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program-Early-Phase Grants
Document Number: 2021-19283
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-08
Agency: Department of Education
On July 28, 2021, we published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the FY 2021 Education Innovation and Research ProgramEarly-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number 84.411C (Early-phase Grants). This notice reopens this competition to allow more time for the preparation and submission of applications by eligible applicants affected by the severe storm and flooding in the following counties in Tennessee: Dickson, Hickman, Houston, and Humphreys which have been designated for Individual Assistance or Public Assistance under Presidential major disaster declaration 4609- DR-TN (``affected applicants'').
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel Data Collection
Document Number: 2021-19158
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-07
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of an information collection.
Distance Education and Innovation; Correction
Document Number: 2021-19141
Type: Rule
Date: 2021-09-03
Agency: Department of Education
On September 2, 2020, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a final rule to amend the general, establishing eligibility, maintaining eligibility, and losing eligibility sections of the Institutional Eligibility regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), related to distance education and innovation, as well as the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the HEA (Distance Education and Innovation Rule). This document corrects the text in the regulations.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Implementation of Title I/II-A Program Initiatives
Document Number: 2021-19044
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-03
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new collection.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) Information To Be Verified for the 2022-2023 Award Year
Document Number: 2021-18864
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-09-01
Agency: Department of Education
For each award year, the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register a notice announcing the FAFSA information that an institution and an applicant may be required to verify, as well as the acceptable documentation for verifying FAFSA information. This is the notice for the 2022-2023 award year, Assistance Listing Numbers 84.007, 84.033, 84.063, and 84.268.
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