80_FR_36911 80 FR 36788 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; GEAR UP Applications for Partnership and State Grants

80 FR 36788 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; GEAR UP Applications for Partnership and State Grants

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 123 (June 26, 2015)

Page Range36788-36789
FR Document2015-15660

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

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 123 (Friday, June 26, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36788-36789]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15660]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0082]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; GEAR UP Applications for Partnership and State Grants

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision 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://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-
0082 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 [email protected]. 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 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact James Davis, 202-502-7802.

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: GEAR UP Applications for Partnership and State 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1840-0821.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 545.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 30,460.
    Abstract: Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
Programs (GEAR UP), created in the Higher Education Act Amendments of 
1998 (Title IV, section 404A-404H), is a discretionary grant program 
which encourages applicants to provide support and maintain a 
commitment to eligible low-income students, including students with 
disabilities, to assist the students in obtaining a secondary school 
diploma and preparing for and succeeding in postsecondary education. 
GEAR UP provides grants to states and partnerships to provide services 
at high-poverty middle and high schools. GEAR UP grantees serve an 
entire cohort of students beginning no later than the seventh grade and 
follow them through

[[Page 36789]]

graduation and, optionally, the first year of college.
    The purpose of the GEAR UP partnership and state applications is to 
allow partnerships and states to apply for funding under the GEAR UP 
program.

    Dated: June 22, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-15660 Filed 6-25-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4000-01-P

36788 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 123 / Friday, June 26, 2015 / Notices 2 An individual who is required to submit an IRS Form W–2 or an equivalent document but did not maintain his or her copy should request a duplicate from the employer who issued the original or from the government agency that issued the equivalent document. If the individual is un- able to obtain a duplicate W–2 or an equivalent document in a timely manner, the institution may permit that individual to provide a signed state- ment, in accordance with 34 CFR 668.57(a)(6), that includes— (a) The amount of income earned from work; (b) The source of that income; and (c) The reason why the IRS Form W–2 and an equivalent document is not available in a timely manner. Other Sources for Detailed Information DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department We provide a more detailed [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0082] assess the impact of its information discussion on the verification process in collection requirements and minimize the following resources: Agency Information Collection the public’s reporting burden. It also • 2016–2017 Application and Activities; Submission to the Office of helps the public understand the Verification Guide. Management and Budget for Review Department’s information collection • 2016–2017 ISIR Guide. and Approval; Comment Request; requirements and provide the requested GEAR UP Applications for Partnership • 2016–2017 SAR Comment Codes and State Grants data in the desired format. ED is and Text. soliciting comments on the proposed • 2016–2017 COD Technical AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary information collection request (ICR) that Reference. Education (OPE), Department of is described below. The Department of • Program Integrity Information— Education (ED). Education is especially interested in Questions and Answers on Verification ACTION: Notice. public comment addressing the at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/ following issues: (1) Is this collection reg/hearulemaking/2009/ SUMMARY: In accordance with the necessary to the proper functions of the verification.html. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 Department; (2) will this information be U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is processed and used in a timely manner; These publications are on the proposing a revision of an existing (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Information for Financial Aid information collection. (4) how might the Department enhance Professionals Web site at the quality, utility, and clarity of the DATES: Interested persons are invited to www.ifap.ed.gov. information to be collected; and (5) how submit comments on or before July 27, Electronic Access to This Document: 2015. might the Department minimize the The official version of this document is burden of this collection on the the document published in the Federal ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be respondents, including through the use Register. Free Internet access to the of information technology. Please note official edition of the Federal Register submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// that written comments received in and the Code of Federal Regulations is response to this notice will be available via the Federal Digital System www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0082 considered public records. at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you Title of Collection: GEAR UP can view this document, as well as all or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov Applications for Partnership and State other documents of this Department Grants. published in the Federal Register, in site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily accept OMB Control Number: 1840–0821. text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Type of Review: A revision of an have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is Please note that comments submitted by existing information collection. available free at the site. fax or email and those submitted after Respondents/Affected Public: State, the comment period will not be Local and Tribal Governments. You may also access documents of the accepted; ED will ONLY accept Total Estimated Number of Annual Department published in the Federal comments during the comment period Responses: 545. Register by using the article search in this mailbox when the regulations.gov Total Estimated Number of Annual feature at: www.federalregister.gov. site is not available. Written requests for Burden Hours: 30,460. Specifically, through the advanced information or comments submitted by Abstract: Gaining Early Awareness search feature at this site, you can limit postal mail or delivery should be and Readiness for Undergraduate your search to documents published by addressed to the Director of the Programs (GEAR UP), created in the the Department. Information Collection Clearance Higher Education Act Amendments of Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, Division, U.S. Department of Education, 1070a–1, 1070b—1070b–4, 1070c—1070c–4, 1998 (Title IV, section 404A–404H), is a 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, discretionary grant program which 1070g, 1071—1087–2, 1087a–1087j, and Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 1087aa–1087ii; 42 U.S.C. 2751–2756b. encourages applicants to provide Washington, DC 20202. support and maintain a commitment to Delegation of Authority: The Secretary FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For eligible low-income students, including of Education has delegated authority to specific questions related to collection students with disabilities, to assist the Jamienne S. Studley, Deputy Under activities, please contact James Davis, students in obtaining a secondary Secretary, to perform the functions and 202–502–7802. school diploma and preparing for and duties of the Assistant Secretary for tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Postsecondary Education. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The succeeding in postsecondary education. Department of Education (ED), in GEAR UP provides grants to states and Dated: June 23, 2015. accordance with the Paperwork partnerships to provide services at high- Jamienne S. Studley, Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. poverty middle and high schools. GEAR Deputy Under Secretary. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general UP grantees serve an entire cohort of [FR Doc. 2015–15782 Filed 6–25–15; 8:45 am] public and Federal agencies with an students beginning no later than the BILLING CODE 4000–01–P opportunity to comment on proposed, seventh grade and follow them through VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 123 / Friday, June 26, 2015 / Notices 36789 graduation and, optionally, the first year make awards from the list of unfunded Competitive Priority 1 (Up to three of college. applicants from this competition, this points): Applicants that propose to form The purpose of the GEAR UP priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 a sustained and meaningful partnership partnership and state applications is to CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only with any relevant agency serving allow partnerships and states to apply applications that meet this priority. students with intellectual disabilities, for funding under the GEAR UP This priority is: such as a vocational rehabilitation program. A grant recipient must use grant funds agency. Dated: June 22, 2015. to establish a model comprehensive Note: Applicants addressing this Kate Mullan, transition and postsecondary program competitive priority are encouraged to for students with intellectual disabilities describe the components of their partnership, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy that: the expected contributions of each partner to Officer, Office of Management. (1) Serves students with intellectual the success of the project, and any disabilities; interagency agreement or other mechanism [FR Doc. 2015–15660 Filed 6–25–15; 8:45 am] for coordination they have with such entities. (2) Provides individual supports and BILLING CODE 4000–01–P services for the academic and social Competitive Priority 2 (Up to three inclusion of students with intellectual points): Applicants that provide disabilities in academic courses, institutionally owned or operated DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION extracurricular activities, and other housing for students attending the Applications for New Awards; aspects of the IHE’s regular institution that integrates students with Transition Programs for Students With postsecondary program; intellectual disabilities into the housing Intellectual Disabilities Into Higher (3) Provides a focus on academic offered to all students. Education enrichment, socialization, independent Competitive Priority 3 (Up to three living skills, including self-advocacy, points): Applicants that propose to AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary and integrated work experiences and involve in the model program Education, Department of Education. career skills that lead to gainful undergraduate or graduate students ACTION: Notice. employment; attending the IHE who are studying (4) Integrates person-centered special education, general education, Overview Information planning in the development of the vocational rehabilitation, assistive Transition Programs for Students with course of study for each student with an technology, or related fields. Intellectual Disabilities into Higher intellectual disability participating in Under this competition we are Education (TPSID)—Model the model program; particularly interested in applications (5) Participates with the coordinating that address the following priority. Comprehensive Transition and center established under section 777(b) Invitational Priority: For FY 2015 and Postsecondary Programs for Students of the HEA in the evaluation of the any subsequent year in which we make with Intellectual Disabilities Notice components of the model program; awards from the list of unfunded inviting applications for new awards for (6) Partners with one or more local applicants from this competition, this fiscal year (FY) 2015. educational agencies to support priority is an invitational priority. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance students with intellectual disabilities Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not (CFDA) Number: 84.407A. participating in the model program who give an application that meets this Dates: are still eligible for special education invitational priority a competitive or Applications Available: June 26, 2015. and related services under the absolute preference over other Deadline for Transmittal of Individuals with Disabilities Education applications. Applications: August 10, 2015. Act (IDEA); This priority is: Full Text of Announcement (7) Plans for the sustainability of the Applicants that propose to use TPSID model program after the end of the grant funds to build, extend, or enhance an I. Funding Opportunity Description period; and existing program, rather than to build a Purpose of Program: The purpose of (8) Creates and offers a meaningful new program from other non-Federal the TPSID Program is to support model credential for students with intellectual resources that are allocated to the demonstration programs that promote disabilities upon the completion of the program. Applicants responding to this the successful transition of students model program. priority should describe any existing with intellectual disabilities into higher Competitive Preference Priorities: In programs at their institutions, including education and to enable institutions of accordance with 34 CFR the number and characteristics of the higher education (IHEs), or consortia of 75.105(b)(2)(iv), these priorities are from students served, how well integrated IHEs, to create or expand high-quality, section 767(c)(3) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. students with intellectual disabilities inclusive model comprehensive 1140g(c)(3)). For FY 2015, and any are in regard to academic courses, transition and postsecondary programs subsequent year in which we make extracurricular activities, and other for students with intellectual awards from the list of unfunded aspects of the IHE’s regular disabilities. applicants from this competition, these postsecondary program, and describe Priorities: This notice contains one priorities are competitive preference how the TPSID grant will build upon absolute priority, three competitive priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), current efforts. preference priorities, and one we award up to an additional nine Definitions: The following definitions invitational priority. points to an applicant (up to three are from section 760 of the HEA (20 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Absolute Priority: In accordance with points for each of the three priorities) U.S.C. 1140). 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is that meets these priorities. An applicant Comprehensive transition and from allowable activities specified in may respond to none, one, two, or all postsecondary program for students the statute (see section 767 of the Higher three of these priorities and will receive with intellectual disabilities means a Education Act of 1965, as amended points based on its response to each degree, certificate, or nondegree (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1140g). For FY 2015 separate priority. program that— and any subsequent year in which we These priorities are: (A) Is offered by an IHE; VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:15 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26JNN1.SGM 26JNN1


Document Created: 2015-12-15 14:15:21
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 14:15:21
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 27, 2015.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact James Davis, 202-502-7802.
FR Citation80 FR 36788 
2024 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR