80_FR_30548 80 FR 30446 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Evaluation of the Pell Grant Experiments Under the Experimental Sites Initiative

80 FR 30446 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Evaluation of the Pell Grant Experiments Under the Experimental Sites Initiative

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 102 (May 28, 2015)

Page Range30446-30447
FR Document2015-12777

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30446-30447]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12777]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0071]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Evaluation of the Pell Grant Experiments Under the Experimental Sites 
Initiative

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://

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www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-0071 or 
via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED 
will temporarily accept comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please note 
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the 
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments 
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site 
is not available. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E115, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Daphne Garcia, (202) 219-2024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education 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 Pell Grant Experiments Under 
the Experimental Sites Initiative.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0892.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,904.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,416.
    Abstract: The Pell Grant Experiments evaluation is a two-part, 
seven-year demonstration study sponsored by the U.S. Department of 
Education that focuses on the effects of expanded access to Pell grants 
on students' educational outcomes, employment and earnings. The primary 
outcome of interest is (1) educational enrollment and completion, and 
(2) measures of student debt and financial aid while secondary outcomes 
include (3) the employment status and earnings of students who 
participate in the study.
    This study consists of two experiments, each of which will examine 
the impact of a single change to the Pell grant eligibility criteria. 
The first experiment will relax the prohibition on receipt of Pell 
grants by students with a bachelors' degree. Individuals eligible for 
the first experiment must have a bachelor's degree, be unemployed or 
underemployed, and pursue a vocational training program up to one year 
in duration. The second experiment will reduce the minimum duration and 
intensity levels of programs that Pell grant recipients must 
participate in from 15 weeks with 600 minimum clock hours to 8 weeks 
with 150 minimum clock hours. Each experiment will operate through a 
set of PGE schools that provide education and training services that 
qualify as PGE programs.
    Participants in both experiments will be randomly assigned to 
either (1) a treatment group, which will have expanded access to Pell 
grants; or (2) a control group, which will not have access. Within both 
experiments, the treatment group will be very similar to the control at 
the time of random assignment except for access to Pell grants. 
Subsequent differences in the employment and earnings outcomes between 
treatment and control group members can then be attributed to Pell 
grant access. The first experiment will involve roughly 27 PGE schools 
with an average of 25 students participating per school. The second 
experiment will involve roughly 27 PGE schools with an average of 100 
participating students per school. The expected sample of both 
experiments combined is approximately 3,375 students. Data for this 
evaluation will come from participants' FAFSA applications, PGE school 
administrative records, and SSA earnings statements. The study 
participant enrollment period is expected to last from November 2012 to 
June 2016. A data extracts from FAFSA applications will occur in July 
2018. Administrative data extracts from PGE schools will occur between 
January and March during years 2015-2018.

    Dated: May 21, 2015.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 102 / Thursday, May 28, 2015 / Notices 30447 www.regulations.gov by selecting Respondents/Affected Public: is expected to last from November 2012 Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0071 Individuals or Households. to June 2016. A data extracts from or via postal mail, commercial delivery, Total Estimated Number of Annual FAFSA applications will occur in July or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov Responses: 4,904. 2018. Administrative data extracts from site is not available to the public for any Total Estimated Number of Annual PGE schools will occur between January reason, ED will temporarily accept Burden Hours: 2,416. and March during years 2015–2018. comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Abstract: The Pell Grant Experiments Dated: May 21, 2015. Please note that comments submitted by evaluation is a two-part, seven-year demonstration study sponsored by the Tomakie Washington, fax or email and those submitted after U.S. Department of Education that Acting Director, Information Collection the comment period will not be Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy accepted; ED will ONLY accept focuses on the effects of expanded access to Pell grants on students’ Officer, Office of Management. comments during the comment period [FR Doc. 2015–12777 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am] in this mailbox when the regulations.gov educational outcomes, employment and site is not available. Written requests for earnings. The primary outcome of BILLING CODE 4000–01–P information or comments submitted by interest is (1) educational enrollment postal mail or delivery should be and completion, and (2) measures of addressed to the Director of the student debt and financial aid while DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Information Collection Clearance secondary outcomes include (3) the employment status and earnings of Environmental Management Site- Division, U.S. Department of Education, Specific Advisory Board, Paducah 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, students who participate in the study. This study consists of two AGENCY: Department of Energy. Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E115, experiments, each of which will Washington, DC 20202. ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting: examine the impact of a single change FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For correction. to the Pell grant eligibility criteria. The specific questions related to collection first experiment will relax the SUMMARY: On May 15, 2015, the activities, please contact Daphne Garcia, prohibition on receipt of Pell grants by Department of Energy (DOE) published (202) 219–2024. students with a bachelors’ degree. a notice of open meeting announcing a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Individuals eligible for the first meeting on June 18, 2015 of the Department of Education (ED), in experiment must have a bachelor’s Environmental Management Site- accordance with the Paperwork degree, be unemployed or Specific Advisory Board, Paducah (80 Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. underemployed, and pursue a FR 27941). This document makes a 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general vocational training program up to one correction to that notice. public and Federal agencies with an year in duration. The second FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: opportunity to comment on proposed, experiment will reduce the minimum Jennifer Woodard, Deputy Designated revised, and continuing collections of duration and intensity levels of Federal Officer, Department of Energy information. This helps the Department programs that Pell grant recipients must Paducah Site Office, 1017 Majestic assess the impact of its information participate in from 15 weeks with 600 Drive, Suite 200, Lexington, Kentucky collection requirements and minimize minimum clock hours to 8 weeks with 40513, (270) 441–6820. the public’s reporting burden. It also 150 minimum clock hours. Each helps the public understand the experiment will operate through a set of Correction Department’s information collection PGE schools that provide education and In the Federal Register of May 15, requirements and provide the requested training services that qualify as PGE 2015, in FR Doc. 2015–11788, on page data in the desired format. ED is programs. 27942, please make the following soliciting comments on the proposed Participants in both experiments will correction: information collection request (ICR) that be randomly assigned to either (1) a In that notice under DATES, first is described below. The Department of treatment group, which will have column, second paragraph, the meeting Education is especially interested in expanded access to Pell grants; or (2) a date has been changed. The new date is public comment addressing the control group, which will not have June 25, 2015 instead of June 18, 2015. following issues: (1) Is this collection access. Within both experiments, the treatment group will be very similar to Issued at Washington, DC on May 20, 2015. necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be the control at the time of random LaTanya R. Butler, processed and used in a timely manner; assignment except for access to Pell Deputy Committee Management Officer. (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; grants. Subsequent differences in the [FR Doc. 2015–12892 Filed 5–27–15; 8:45 am] (4) how might the Department enhance employment and earnings outcomes BILLING CODE 6450–01–P the quality, utility, and clarity of the between treatment and control group information to be collected; and (5) how members can then be attributed to Pell might the Department minimize the grant access. The first experiment will DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY burden of this collection on the involve roughly 27 PGE schools with an respondents, including through the use average of 25 students participating per Secretary of Energy Advisory Board of information technology. Please note school. The second experiment will AGENCY: Department of Energy. involve roughly 27 PGE schools with an asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES that written comments received in ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. response to this notice will be average of 100 participating students per considered public records. school. The expected sample of both SUMMARY: This notice announces an Title of Collection: Evaluation of the experiments combined is approximately open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Pell Grant Experiments Under the 3,375 students. Data for this evaluation Advisory Board (SEAB). SEAB was Experimental Sites Initiative. will come from participants’ FAFSA reestablished pursuant to the Federal OMB Control Number: 1850–0892. applications, PGE school administrative Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– Type of Review: An extension of an records, and SSA earnings statements. 463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice existing information collection. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 27, 2015.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Daphne Garcia, (202) 219-2024.
FR Citation80 FR 30446 
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