81 FR 41299 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and approval; Comment Request; Preschool Development Grants-Preschool Pay for Success Feasibility Pilot

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 122 (June 24, 2016)

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

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41299-41300]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14904]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0074]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and approval; Comment 
Request; Preschool Development Grants--Preschool Pay for Success 
Feasibility Pilot

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), 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 a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 25, 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-2016-ICCD-
0074. 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 2E-343, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Miriam Lund, 202-401-2871.

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

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of information technology. Please note that written comments received 
in response to this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: Preschool Development Grants--Preschool Pay 
for Success Feasibility Pilot.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 14.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,800.
    Abstract: Pay For Success (PFS) is an innovative contracting and 
financing model that tests and advances promising and proven 
interventions, while providing taxpayer (or other) dollars for 
successful outcomes for families, individuals, and communities. Through 
a PFS project, government (or another entity) enters into a contract 
with an investor to pay for services provided to specific people or 
communities once concrete, measurable outcomes have been achieved. 
Payments are made only if interventions achieve the outcomes agreed 
upon in advance. Where PFS financing is used, the government (or other 
entity) typically makes Outcomes Payments that cover the cost of 
services and also offer Investors a modest return, which typically 
amounts to a fraction of the short and long-term cost savings to the 
government (or other entity) from the successful outcomes.
    The first step in exploring implementing preschool services through 
PFS is a Feasibility Study. A Feasibility Study establishes whether PFS 
is viable, for a specific intervention, in a specific jurisdiction and 
geographic area. It identifies potential Outcome Measures for the 
project and evaluates the feasibility of implementing or scaling a 
specific intervention for an identified Target Population. The study 
analyzes and quantifies the fiscal benefits for government and societal 
benefits that result if the Outcome Measures are achieved for the 
target population. It may also identify statutory and legal barriers, 
as well as potential partners for PFS. This information collection is 
an application package for a competition that seeks to award grants for 
Feasibility Studies to measure the viability of preschool pay for 
success projects.

    Dated: June 20, 2016.
Tomakie Washington,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-14904 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am]
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