80_FR_67601 80 FR 67390 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report

80 FR 67390 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 211 (November 2, 2015)

Page Range67390-67391
FR Document2015-27779

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 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67390-67391]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27779]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0128]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Office of Career, Technical and 
Adult Education (OCTAE).

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 
January 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-
0128. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. 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, Room 2E115, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Laura Messenger, (202) 245-7840.

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: Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance 
Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1830-0574.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 88.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 156.
    Abstract: The Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report form 
and instructions will be used by grantees to meet Department of 
Education deadline dates for submission of performance and financial 
reports for the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) 
Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE) discretionary grant 
programs, as required by the Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR 34 CFR 74.51, 74.52, 75.118, 75.253, 
75.590, and 80.40). The Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report 
will be used by OCTAE discretionary grant recipients in lieu of the ED 
524B Grant Performance Report and instructions because the ED 524B is 
not compatible with OCTAE-DATE(TM)s new Perkins Information Management 
System. Recipients of multi-year discretionary grants must submit 
interim performance reports, usually annually, for each year funding 
has been approved in order to receive a continuation award. The annual 
performance report should demonstrate whether substantial progress has 
been made toward meeting the approved goals and objectives of the 
project. OCTAE also requires recipients of `forward funded' grants that 
are awarded funds for their entire multi-year project up-front in a 
single grant award to submit an annual performance report. The Perkins 
Discretionary Grant Performance Report will be used for interim and 
final performance reporting. In both the annual and final performance 
reports, grantees are required to provide data on established 
performance measures for the grant program (e.g., Government 
Performance and Results Act measures) and on project performance 
measures that were included in the grantee(TM)s approved grant 
application, in order to demonstrate project success, impact and 
outcomes. The Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report form will 
also be used by grant recipients for other interim reporting such as 
quarterly or semi-annual performance and/or financial reporting.

    Dated: October 27, 2015.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-27779 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
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67390 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 211 / Monday, November 2, 2015 / Notices are originated and administered by timely customer service. Student loan Procedure Act pursuant to 5 U.S.C. participating institutions. Direct Loans, borrowers should expect effective 553(b). Because no notice of proposed Perkins Loans and FFELP loans are student loan servicing, including, but rulemaking is required, the Regulatory made pursuant to Title IV of the Higher not limited to, conduct related to Flexibility Act does not require an Education Act of 1965, as amended payment processing, servicing transfers, initial or final regulatory flexibility (HEA). The SAFRA Act enacted in 2010 customer requests for information, error analysis. 5 U.S.C. 603(a), 604(a). The ended new loan originations under the resolution, and disclosure of borrower Bureau has determined that this Policy FFELP program in 2010, but a repayment options and benefits. Such Guidance does not impose any new or significant number of loans remain conduct should account for and revise any existing recordkeeping, outstanding. Private student loans are recognize variations in loan features, reporting, or disclosure requirements on made by depository and non-depository terms, and borrower protections. covered entities or members of the financial institutions, states, institutions • Accurate and Actionable. Student public that would be collections of of higher education, and other entities. loan borrowers often depend on information requiring OMB approval Private loans are not governed by the servicers to provide basic information under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 Higher Education Act, but are subject to about account features, borrower U.S.C. 3501, et seq. other federal and state laws. All Federal protections, and loan terms. It is critical Dated: October 27, 2015. Direct Loans and some FFELP loans are that information provided to borrowers by student loan servicers be accurate Christopher D’Angelo, held by the Department of Education and serviced pursuant to contracts with and actionable. Information, including Chief of Staff, Bureau of Consumer Financial explanation and instructions regarding Protection. loan servicers and collection contractors. Servicing for Perkins Loans, borrowers’ loans and repayment [FR Doc. 2015–27775 Filed 10–30–15; 8:45 am] privately-held FFELP loans, and private options, should be presented in a BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P student loans is provided at the manner that best informs borrowers, direction of the current loan holder, and helps them achieve positive outcomes, servicing activities for Perkins and and mitigates the risk and costs of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FFELP loans are governed by rules and default. regulations laid out by law and through • Accountable. Student loan [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0128] the U.S. Department of Education. The servicers, whether for-profit, not-for- profit or government agencies, should Agency Information Collection economic incentives to provide servicing that best serves borrowers’, be accountable for serving borrowers Activities; Comment Request; Perkins loan holders’, and taxpayers’ needs vary fairly, efficiently and effectively. If Discretionary Grant Performance across the different types of student servicers fall short and violate federal or Report loans. state consumer financial laws, the HEA, AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), In addition, the respective loan types contractual requirements, or federal Office of Career, Technical and Adult come with varying levels of consumer regulations, borrowers, federal and state Education (OCTAE). protections and special benefits. Direct agencies and regulators, and law ACTION: Notice. Loans, in general, offer borrowers more enforcement officials should have protections than private or FFELP loans. access to appropriate channels for SUMMARY: In accordance with the Borrowers with FFELP loans continue to recourse, as authorized under law. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 consolidate into the Direct Loan • Transparent. The public, including U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is program to access certain protections student loan borrowers, may benefit proposing an extension of an existing and benefits including the Public from information about the performance information collection. Service Loan Forgiveness Program, the of private and federal student loans and DATES: Interested persons are invited to nonaccrual of interest for the practices of individual student loan lenders and servicers, including submit comments on or before January servicemembers serving in areas of information related to loan origination, 4, 2016. hostilities, and certain income-driven repayment plans. For federal loans, loan terms and conditions, borrower ADDRESSES: To access and review all the pursuant to provisions in the HEA, characteristics, portfolio composition, documents related to the information institutions of higher education are delinquency and default, payment plan collection listed in this notice, please required to provide certain disclosures enrollment, utilization of forbearance use http://www.regulations.gov by to borrowers that provide them with and deferment, the administration of searching the Docket ID number ED– clear and helpful information about borrower benefits and protections, and 2015–ICCD–0128. Comments submitted their loans and repayment options as the handling of borrower complaints. in response to this notice should be part of schools’ statutorily required The federal government already makes submitted electronically through the entrance and exit counseling duties. much of this information available for Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// The Departments and the Bureau federal student loans, and private-sector www.regulations.gov by selecting the intend to work closely with one another, lenders and servicers should follow suit. Docket ID number or via postal mail, consistent with their respective Portfolio performance data, including commercial delivery, or hand delivery. authorities, to strengthen servicing data at the individual servicer level, Please note that comments submitted by protections for student loan borrowers, should be available for all types of fax or email and those submitted after and will seek to ensure that student loan the comment period will not be asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES student loans. servicing is, where appropriate: accepted. Written requests for • Consistent. Student loan borrowers 2. Regulatory Requirements information or comments submitted by and servicers alike would benefit from This Policy Guidance is a non-binding postal mail or delivery should be a clear set of expectations for what general statement of policy. It does not addressed to the Director of the constitutes minimum requirements for establish any binding legal Information Collection Clearance services provided by student loan requirements. It is therefore exempt Division, U.S. Department of Education, servicers and servicer communications from notice and comment rulemaking 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room with borrowers, including adequate and requirements under the Administrative 2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:55 Oct 30, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM 02NON1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 211 / Monday, November 2, 2015 / Notices 67391 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Grant Performance Report and ADDRESSES: To access and review all the specific questions related to collection instructions because the ED 524B is not documents related to the information activities, please contact Laura compatible with OCTAE–DATE(TM)s collection listed in this notice, please Messenger, (202) 245–7840. new Perkins Information Management use http://www.regulations.gov by SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The System. Recipients of multi-year searching the Docket ID number ED– Department of Education (ED), in discretionary grants must submit 2015–ICCD–0127. Comments submitted accordance with the Paperwork interim performance reports, usually in response to this notice should be Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. annually, for each year funding has been submitted electronically through the 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general approved in order to receive a Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// public and Federal agencies with an continuation award. The annual www.regulations.gov by selecting the opportunity to comment on proposed, performance report should demonstrate Docket ID number or via postal mail, revised, and continuing collections of whether substantial progress has been commercial delivery, or hand delivery. information. This helps the Department made toward meeting the approved Please note that comments submitted by assess the impact of its information goals and objectives of the project. fax or email and those submitted after collection requirements and minimize OCTAE also requires recipients of the comment period will not be the public’s reporting burden. It also ‘forward funded’ grants that are accepted. Written requests for helps the public understand the awarded funds for their entire multi- information or comments submitted by Department’s information collection year project up-front in a single grant postal mail or delivery should be requirements and provide the requested award to submit an annual performance addressed to the Director of the data in the desired format. ED is report. The Perkins Discretionary Grant Information Collection Clearance soliciting comments on the proposed Performance Report will be used for Division, U.S. Department of Education, information collection request (ICR) that interim and final performance reporting. 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room is described below. The Department of In both the annual and final 2E115, Washington, DC 20202–4537. Education is especially interested in performance reports, grantees are FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For public comment addressing the required to provide data on established specific questions related to collection following issues: (1) Is this collection performance measures for the grant activities, please contact Inas El-Sabban, necessary to the proper functions of the program (e.g., Government Performance (202) 205–3810. Department; (2) will this information be and Results Act measures) and on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The processed and used in a timely manner; project performance measures that were Department of Education (ED), in (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; included in the grantee(TM)s approved accordance with the Paperwork (4) how might the Department enhance grant application, in order to Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. the quality, utility, and clarity of the demonstrate project success, impact and 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general information to be collected; and (5) how outcomes. The Perkins Discretionary public and Federal agencies with an might the Department minimize the Grant Performance Report form will also opportunity to comment on proposed, burden of this collection on the be used by grant recipients for other revised, and continuing collections of respondents, including through the use interim reporting such as quarterly or information. This helps the Department of information technology. Please note semi-annual performance and/or assess the impact of its information that written comments received in financial reporting. collection requirements and minimize response to this notice will be Dated: October 27, 2015. the public’s reporting burden. It also considered public records. Tomakie Washington, helps the public understand the Title of Collection: Perkins Acting Director, Information Collection Department’s information collection Discretionary Grant Performance Report. Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy requirements and provide the requested OMB Control Number: 1830–0574. Officer, Office of Management. data in the desired format. ED is Type of Review: An extension of an [FR Doc. 2015–27779 Filed 10–30–15; 8:45 am] soliciting comments on the proposed existing information collection. BILLING CODE 4000–01–P information collection request (ICR) that Respondents/Affected Public: State, is described below. The Department of Local and Tribal Governments. Education is especially interested in Total Estimated Number of Annual DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION public comment addressing the Responses: 88. following issues: (1) Is this collection [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0127] Total Estimated Number of Annual necessary to the proper functions of the Burden Hours: 156. Agency Information Collection Department; (2) will this information be Abstract: The Perkins Discretionary Activities; Comment Request; processed and used in a timely manner; Grant Performance Report form and Mathematics and Science Partnerships (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; instructions will be used by grantees to Program (4) how might the Department enhance meet Department of Education deadline the quality, utility, and clarity of the dates for submission of performance and AGENCY: Office of Elementary and information to be collected; and (5) how financial reports for the Office of Career, Secondary Education (OESE), might the Department minimize the Technical and Adult Education Department of Education (ED). burden of this collection on the (OCTAE) Division of Academic and ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use Technical Education (DATE) asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES of information technology. Please note discretionary grant programs, as SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in required by the Education Department Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 response to this notice will be General Administrative Regulations U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is considered public records. (EDGAR 34 CFR 74.51, 74.52, 75.118, proposing a revision of an existing Title of Collection: Mathematics and 75.253, 75.590, and 80.40). The Perkins information collection. Science Partnerships Program. Discretionary Grant Performance Report DATES: Interested persons are invited to OMB Control Number: 1810–0669. will be used by OCTAE discretionary submit comments on or before January Type of Review: A revision of an grant recipients in lieu of the ED 524B 4, 2016. existing information collection. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:55 Oct 30, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM 02NON1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 4, 2016.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Laura Messenger, (202) 245-7840.
FR Citation80 FR 67390 
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