Department of Education October 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, Ability To Benefit (ATB)
The Secretary amends the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), related to financial responsibility, administrative capability, certification procedures, and ATB. We amend the financial responsibility regulations to increase the Department of Education's (Department) ability to identify high-risk events at institutions of higher education and require financial protection as needed. We amend and add administrative capability provisions to enhance the capacity for institutions to demonstrate their ability to continue to participate in the financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the HEA (title IV, HEA programs). Additionally, we amend the certification procedures to create a more rigorous process for certifying institutional eligibility to participate in the title IV, HEA programs. Finally, we amend the ATB regulations related to student eligibility for non-high school graduates.
Submission of Data by State Educational Agencies; Submission Dates for State Revenue and Expenditure Reports for Fiscal Year 2023, Revisions to Those Reports, and Revisions to Prior Fiscal Year Reports
The Secretary announces dates for State educational agencies (SEAs) to submit expenditure and revenue data and average daily attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 (the National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for fiscal year (FY) 2023, revisions to those reports, and revisions to reports for previous fiscal years. The Secretary sets these dates to ensure that data are available to serve as the basis for timely distribution of Federal funds. The U.S. Census Bureau is the data collection agent for this request of the U.S. Department of Education's (Department) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The data will be published by NCES and will be used by the Secretary in the calculation of allocations for FY 2025 appropriated funds.
Committee and Quarterly Board Meetings
This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access the National Assessment Governing Board's (hereafter referred to as Governing Board or Board) standing committee meetings and quarterly Board meeting. This notice provides information about the meetings to members of the public who may be interested in attending the meetings and/or providing written comments related to the work of the Governing Board. Notice of the meetings is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The meetings will be held either in person and/or virtually, as noted below. Members of the public must register in advance to attend the virtual meetings. A registration link will be posted on www.nagb.gov five business days prior to each meeting.
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
This matching program will assist the U.S. Department of Education (Department or ED) in its obligation to ensure that borrowers who either owe balances on or who have had any of loans made under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) written off due to default for the Federal Perkins Loan Program, the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, or the Federal Insured Student Loan (FISL) Program or with Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligations (referred to collectively herein as ``title IV loans'') more efficiently and effectively are able to obtain Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) discharges of their title IV loans.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Application for the Educational Flexibility (Ed-Flex) Program
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2024 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) Main Study Revision
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2025 Long-Term Trend (LTT)
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Regional Advisory Committees
The Department of Education (Department) announces upcoming virtual meetings for each of its 10 Regional Advisory Committees (RACs).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southwest Write To Succeed Evaluation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board
This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions for how to access or attend the meeting of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board). This notice provides information about the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending and instructions for how to provide written comment. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 1009(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 (Federal Advisory Committees).
Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) designates a regulatory provision in its final rule related to income-driven repayment for early implementation.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and approval; Comment Request; Full-Service Community Schools Annual Performance Report
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Evaluation of a Toolkit To Support Evidence-Based Writing Instruction in Grades 2 Through 4
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records titled ``Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training'' (18-13-46). This system contains personally identifiable information provided by adult learners and staff at adult education sites who participate in the Connecting Adults to Success: Evaluation of Career Navigator Training (the Study). The information in this system will be used to assess whether providing career navigators with training leads to improved education and employment outcomes among adult learners. The Study will examine whether outcomes measured at 18 and 30 months after beginning participation in the Study differ on average between learners in the Study's sites who are assigned by lottery to receive the Study's career navigator training and learners in the Study's sites who are assigned by lottery to a control group.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated State Plan
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Membership of the Performance Review Board
The Secretary publishes a list of persons named to serve on the Performance Review Board that oversees the evaluation of performance appraisals for Senior Executive Service members of the Department of Education (Department).
Request for Information on Potential New Program, From Seedlings to Scale (S2S); Correction
On October 12, 2023, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a request for information (RFI) on a potential new program, From Seedlings to Scale (S2S). We are correcting the docket identification number. All other information in the RFI remains the same.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Charter Online Management and Performance System (COMPS) CSP Credit Enhancement APR
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Request for Information on Potential New Program, From Seedlings to Scale (S2S)
The National Center for Education Research (NCER), a center within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), is seeking insight to guide its efforts to fund quick-turnaround high-reward, scalable solutions intended to improve education outcomes for all students.
Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans; Meeting
This notice sets forth the agenda for the October 26-27, 2023, meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans (PAC) and provides information to members of the public about how to submit written comments before the meeting. Notice of the meeting is required and is intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend.
Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment
The Secretary establishes and amends regulations related to gainful employment (GE) to address ongoing concerns about educational programs designed to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, but that instead leave them with unaffordable amounts of student loan debt in relation to their earnings, or with no gain in earnings compared to others with no more than a high school education. The Secretary separately seeks to enhance transparency by providing information about financial costs and benefits to students at nearly all academic programs at postsecondary institutions that are eligible to participate in title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Report of Dispute Resolution Under Part C of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Service Contract Inventory for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
Through this notice, the Secretary announces the availability of the Department of Education's service contract inventory for FY 2021 on its website at www2.ed.gov/fund/data/report/contracts/ servicecontractinventoryappendix/servicecontractinventory.htm l. A service contract inventory is a tool for assisting the agency in better understanding how contracted services are being used to support mission and operations and whether contract labor is being utilized in an appropriate and effective manner.
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period with Funding for Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Grants
The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The proposed waiver and extension would enable 51 projects under Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q to receive funding for an additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period With Funding for Innovative Rehabilitation Training Grants
The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The proposed waiver and extension would enable seven projects under Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.263C to receive funding for an additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program Annual Performance Report
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Program Annual Performance Report
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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