81 FR 59986 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Foreign Schools Eligibility Criteria Apply To Participate in Title IV HEA Programs
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 169 (August 31, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 169 (August 31, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-20990 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2016)] [Notices] [Page 59986] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-20990] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0095] Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Foreign Schools Eligibility Criteria Apply To Participate in Title IV HEA Programs AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 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 October 31, 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- 0095. 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-347, Washington, DC 20202-4537. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-377-4018. 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: Foreign Schools Eligibility Criteria Apply to Participate in Title IV HEA Programs. OMB Control Number: 1845-0105. Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Individuals or Households; Private Sector. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,135. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 398. Abstract: The information in 34 CFR 600.54, 600.55, 600.56 and 600.57 is used by the Department during the initial review for eligibility certification, recertification and annual evaluations. These regulations help ensure that all foreign institutions participating in the Title IV, Higher Education Act (HEA) Programs are meeting the minimum participation standards. Dated: August 26, 2016. Kate Mullan, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management. [FR Doc. 2016-20990 Filed 8-30-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Register by using the article search public and Federal agencies with an
Karmon Simms-Coates, U.S. Department feature at: www.federalregister.gov. opportunity to comment on proposed,
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue Specifically, through the advanced revised, and continuing collections of
SW., Room 5W250, Washington, DC search feature at this site, you can limit information. This helps the Department
20202. Telephone: (202) 453–7917 or by your search to documents published by assess the impact of its information
email: karmon.simms-coates@ed.gov. the Department. collection requirements and minimize
If you use a telecommunications Dated: August 26, 2016. the public’s reporting burden. It also
device for the deaf or a text telephone, helps the public understand the
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
call the Federal Relay Service, toll free,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department’s information collection
at 1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can Planning and Innovation, Delegated the requirements and provide the requested
Duties of the Assistant Secretary for data in the desired format. ED is
obtain this document in an accessible Postsecondary Education.
format (e.g., braille, large print, soliciting comments on the proposed
[FR Doc. 2016–21006 Filed 8–30–16; 8:45 am] information collection request (ICR) that
audiotape, or compact disc) on request
to the contact person listed under FOR BILLING CODE 4000–01–P is described below. The Department of
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Education is especially interested in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: public comment addressing the
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
following issues: (1) Is this collection
Background [Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0095] necessary to the proper functions of the
On June 4, 2014, the Department of Department; (2) will this information be
Education published two notices in the Agency Information Collection processed and used in a timely manner;
Federal Register (79 FR 32241 (State Activities; Comment Request; Foreign (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
Grants) and 79 FR 32249 (Partnership Schools Eligibility Criteria Apply To (4) how might the Department enhance
Grants)) inviting applications for FY Participate in Title IV HEA Programs
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
2014 State and partnership new awards AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), information to be collected; and (5) how
under the GEAR UP Program. Department of Education (ED). might the Department minimize the
In response to the notices, we
ACTION: Notice. burden of this collection on the
received a number of high-quality
respondents, including through the use
applications. Many applications that SUMMARY: In accordance with the
received high scores by peer reviewers of information technology. Please note
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 that written comments received in
were not selected for funding. U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
To conserve funding that would have response to this notice will be
proposing a revision of an existing
been required for a peer review of new considered public records.
information collection.
grant applications submitted under this DATES: Interested persons are invited to Title of Collection: Foreign Schools
program and instead use those limited submit comments on or before October Eligibility Criteria Apply to Participate
funds to support grant activities, the FY 31, 2016. in Title IV HEA Programs.
2015 GEAR UP grantees were selected
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1845–0105.
from the State and partnership slates
documents related to the information Type of Review: A revision of an
developed during the FY 2014
collection listed in this notice, please existing information collection.
competition using the priority, selection
use http://www.regulations.gov by
criteria, and application requirements Respondents/Affected Public: State,
searching the Docket ID number ED–
referenced in the June 2014 notice. A Local, and Tribal Governments;
2016–ICCD–0095. Comments submitted
number of high-quality applications Individuals or Households; Private
in response to this notice should be
from the 2014 competition were not Sector.
submitted electronically through the
funded in 2014 or 2015. We will select
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Total Estimated Number of Annual
new grantees in FY 2016 from the
www.regulations.gov by selecting the Responses: 4,135.
existing State and partnership slates
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
developed in FY 2014 for the same Total Estimated Number of Annual
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
reasons and in the same manner as we Burden Hours: 398.
Please note that comments submitted by
did in FY 2015. Abstract: The information in 34 CFR
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be 600.54, 600.55, 600.56 and 600.57 is
21–1070a–28.
Electronic Access to This Document: accepted. Written requests for used by the Department during the
The official version of this document is information or comments submitted by initial review for eligibility certification,
the document published in the Federal postal mail or delivery should be recertification and annual evaluations.
Register. Free Internet access to the addressed to the Director of the These regulations help ensure that all
official edition of the Federal Register Information Collection Clearance foreign institutions participating in the
and the Code of Federal Regulations is Division, U.S. Department of Education, Title IV, Higher Education Act (HEA)
available via the Federal Digital System 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room Programs are meeting the minimum
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537. participation standards.
can view this document, as well as all FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Dated: August 26, 2016.
other documents of this Department specific questions related to collection
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activities, please contact Beth Kate Mullan,
published in the Federal Register, in
Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. Acting Director, Information Collection
text or Adobe Portable Document
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Officer, Office of Management.
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is Department of Education (ED), in
[FR Doc. 2016–20990 Filed 8–30–16; 8:45 am]
available free at this site. accordance with the Paperwork
You may also access documents of the Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
Department published in the Federal 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
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| Contact | For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-377-4018. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 59986 |
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