81 FR 1179 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 6 (January 11, 2016)

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 81, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1179-1180]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00264]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE), 
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 
February 10, 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.

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: 1,556.
    Abstract: The purpose of this information collection package--the 
Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report--is to gather narrative, 
financial, and performance data on all discretionary programs 
administered by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education's 
Division of Academic and Technical Education (OCTAE-DATE), 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 all OCTAE-DATE 
discretionary grant recipients in lieu of the ED 524B Grant Performance 
Report and Instructions because the ED 524B is not compatible with 
OCTAE-DATE's Perkins Information Management System.
    The Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report is (a) submitted 
electronically via OCTAE-DATE's Perkins Web Portal; (b) stored in 
OCTAE-DATE's Improving Program Performance Database; and (c) accessed 
through OCTAE-DATE's Perkins Information Management System (PIMS). The 
Perkins Information Management System includes an administrative 
console that enables OCTAE-DATE staff to--a) query the system by 
grantee, by program, and by state; (b) view narrative, financial, and 
performance data within and across programs; and (c) create customized 
reports.
    The Perkins Discretionary Grant Performance Report is a generic, 
single reporting instrument that combines all of the EDGAR performance 
and financial reporting requirements for discretionary grant recipients 
funded under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 (P.L. 109-270). 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-DATE 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.


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    Dated: January 5, 2016.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-00264 Filed 1-8-16; 8:45 am]
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