81 FR 74777 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Student Assistance General Provisions-Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 208 (October 27, 2016)

Page Range		74777-74778
FR Document		2016-25954

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 81 Issue 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0116]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Student Assistance General Provisions--Satisfactory Academic Progress 
Policy

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Federal Student Aid (FSA)

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 revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 27, 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-
0116. 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: Student Assistance General Provisions--
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-0108.
    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: 33,543,341.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,470,256.
    Abstract: The Department of Education (the Department) is making 
this request is for an extension of the current approval of the 
policies and procedures for determining satisfactory academic progress 
(SAP) as required in Section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended (HEA). These regulations identify the policies and 
procedures to ensure that students are making satisfactory academic 
progress in their program at a pace and a level to receive or continue 
to receive Title IV, HEA program funds. If there is lapse in progress, 
the policy must identify how the student will be notified and what 
steps are available to a student not making satisfactory academic 
progress toward the completion of their program, and under what 
conditions a student who is not making satisfactory academic progress 
may continue to receive Title IV, HEA program funds.


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    Dated: October 24, 2016.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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the types of required sequences, extraction of any ‘‘free text’’ from information. This helps the Department
representation and annotation of the sequence annotations to facilitate assess the impact of its information
sequences, and sequence data structure. inclusion in the application description. collection requirements and minimize
The authoring tool should also Dated: October 21, 2016. the public’s reporting burden. It also
prompt entry of all required data, helps the public understand the
Michelle K. Lee,
prevent entry of sequences having fewer Department’s information collection
than ten specifically defined Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States requirements and provide the requested
nucleotides or fewer than four Patent and Trademark Office. data in the desired format. ED is
specifically defined amino acids, inform soliciting comments on the proposed
[FR Doc. 2016–25968 Filed 10–26–16; 8:45 am]
as to the possibility of optional information collection request (ICR) that
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annotations, and allow use of only is described below. The Department of
acceptable values or formats where Education is especially interested in
applicable, thereby enhancing public comment addressing the
submission quality. A sequence listing DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
following issues: (1) Is this collection
in WIPO Standard ST.26 XML format is [Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0116] necessary to the proper functions of the
not as easily human-readable as its
Department; (2) will this information be
ST.25 counterpart; therefore, the tool Agency Information Collection
should also provide a means for easily processed and used in a timely manner;
Activities; Comment Request; Student
viewing both the in-progress and (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
Assistance General Provisions—
completed sequence listing. (4) how might the Department enhance
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
Because the authoring tool is expected the quality, utility, and clarity of the
to prompt entry of all required data and AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), information to be collected; and (5) how
to allow use of only acceptable values Federal Student Aid (FSA) might the Department minimize the
or formats where applicable, a certain ACTION: Notice burden of this collection on the
level of validation occurs as data is respondents, including through the use
entered. The tool is further expected to SUMMARY: In accordance with the of information technology. Please note
include a separate validation function Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 that written comments received in
for use by both applicants and IPOs. U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is response to this notice will be
WIPO Standard ST.25 provides for a proposing a revision of an existing considered public records.
single numeric identifier <223> per information collection.
Title of Collection: Student Assistance
sequence to contain ‘‘free text’’ to DATES: Interested persons are invited to General Provisions—Satisfactory
describe sequence characteristics using submit comments on or before Academic Progress Policy.
non-language neutral vocabulary. Such December 27, 2016.
‘‘free text’’ is required to be repeated in OMB Control Number: 1845–0108.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
the main part of the application documents related to the information Type of Review: A revision of an
description in the language thereof in a collection listed in this notice, please existing information collection.
specific recommended section entitled use http://www.regulations.gov by Respondents/Affected Public: State,
‘‘Sequence Listing Free Text.’’ Such searching the Docket ID number ED– Local, and Tribal Governments;
repetition ensures that any ‘‘free text’’ 2016–ICCD–0116. Comments submitted Individuals or Households; Private
will be translated together with the in response to this notice should be Sector.
application description, precluding the submitted electronically through the
need for separate translation of the Total Estimated Number of Annual
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
sequence listing itself. In contrast, WIPO Responses: 33,543,341.
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Standard ST.26 allows use of ‘‘free text’’ Docket ID number or via postal mail, Total Estimated Number of Annual
as the value for multiple different commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Burden Hours: 1,470,256.
annotation qualifiers per sequence, and
Please note that comments submitted by Abstract: The Department of
due to the absence of procedural
fax or email and those submitted after Education (the Department) is making
requirements, repetition in the
the comment period will not be this request is for an extension of the
application is not required, although
accepted. Written requests for current approval of the policies and
such a requirement under the PCT and
information or comments submitted by procedures for determining satisfactory
by various IPOs is possible. In WIPO
postal mail or delivery should be academic progress (SAP) as required in
Standard ST.26, ‘‘free text’’ is limited to
addressed to the Director of the Section 484 of the Higher Education Act
a few short terms indispensable for
Information Collection Clearance of 1965, as amended (HEA). These
understanding a characteristic of a
Division, U.S. Department of Education, regulations identify the policies and
sequence, is preferably in the English
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room procedures to ensure that students are
language, and as part of the sequence
2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537. making satisfactory academic progress
data part of the sequence listing, must
not exceed 1000 characters composed of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For in their program at a pace and a level
printable characters from the Unicode specific questions related to collection to receive or continue to receive Title
Basic Latin code table. It is expected activities, please contact Beth IV, HEA program funds. If there is lapse
that most inventors providing sequence Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. in progress, the policy must identify
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The how the student will be notified and
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information are capable of providing
‘‘free text’’ in the English language. Department of Education (ED), in what steps are available to a student not
The Office invites comments on any accordance with the Paperwork making satisfactory academic progress
aspect of the authoring tool, and in Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. toward the completion of their program,
particular welcomes feedback on 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general and under what conditions a student
whether it is deemed necessary for the public and Federal agencies with an who is not making satisfactory academic
authoring tool to include a mechanism opportunity to comment on proposed, progress may continue to receive Title
for automatic identification and revised, and continuing collections of IV, HEA program funds.

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 27, 2016.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-377-4018.
FR Citation		81 FR 74777