81_FR_91061 81 FR 90820 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Application and Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

81 FR 90820 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Application and Employment Certification for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 241 (December 15, 2016)

Page Range90820-90821
FR Document2016-30270

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 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 241 (Thursday, December 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90820-90821]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30270]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2016-ICCD-0144]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Application and Employment Certification for Public Service Loan 
Forgiveness

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 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 revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 13, 2017.

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-
0144. 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 Ian Foss, 202-377-3681.

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: Application and Employment Certification for 
Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-0110.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 728,419.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 364,210.
    Abstract: Final regulations for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness 
(PSLF) Program were published in the Federal Register on October 23, 
2008 (73 FR

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63256) and were codified in 34 CFR 685.219. These regulations require a 
borrower to submit an application for loan forgiveness to the U.S. 
Department of Education (the Department). To determine whether a 
borrower is eligible for loan forgiveness, the Department must confirm 
that the borrower was employed full-time by a qualifying public service 
organization at the time each of the required 120 payments was made. 
Because borrowers must make 120 payments on or after October 1, 2007 
before becoming eligible for forgiveness, the earliest that any 
borrower could apply for forgiveness under PSLF would be October 1, 
2017.
    The Department is creating an application for forgiveness and 
revising the Employment Certification Form which is already part of 
this collection. Pages 2 through 6 of the current Employment 
Certification Form will also be embedded in the application. Slight 
changes have been made to the language on the Employment Certification 
Form to increase consistency and understanding.

    Dated: December 13, 2016.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-30270 Filed 12-14-16; 8:45 am]
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90820 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 241 / Thursday, December 15, 2016 / Notices at improving student outcomes; (5) the an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large commercial delivery, or hand delivery. percentage of grantees that implement print, audiotape, or compact disc) on Please note that comments submitted by an evaluation that provides information request to the program contact person fax or email and those submitted after about the key elements and the listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION the comment period will not be approach of the project so as to facilitate CONTACT in section VII of this notice. accepted. Written requests for testing, development, or replication in Electronic Access to This Document: information or comments submitted by other settings; and (6) the cost per The official version of this document is postal mail or delivery should be student served by the grant. the document published in the Federal addressed to the Director of the Cumulative performance measures: Register. Free Internet access to the Information Collection Clearance (1) The percentage of grantees that reach official edition of the Federal Register Division, U.S. Department of Education, the targeted number of students and the Code of Federal Regulations is 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room specified in the application; (2) the available via the Federal Digital System 2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537. percentage of grantees that reached the at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For target number of high-need students can view this document, as well as all specific questions related to collection specified in the application; (3) the other documents of this Department activities, please contact Ian Foss, 202– percentage of grantees that use published in the Federal Register, in 377–3681. evaluation data to make changes to their text or Portable Document Format SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The practice(s); (4) the percentage of (PDF). To use PDF you must have grantees that implement a completed Department of Education (ED), in Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is accordance with the Paperwork well-designed, well-implemented and available free at the site. independent evaluation that provides Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. You may also access documents of the evidence of their effectiveness at 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general Department published in the Federal improving student outcomes; (5) the public and Federal agencies with an Register by using the article search percentage of grantees with a completed opportunity to comment on proposed, feature at: www.federalregister.gov. evaluation that provides information revised, and continuing collections of Specifically, through the advanced about the key elements and the information. This helps the Department search feature at this site, you can limit approach of the project so as to facilitate assess the impact of its information your search to documents published by testing, development or replication in collection requirements and minimize the Department. other settings; and (6) the cost per the public’s reporting burden. It also Dated: December 9, 2016. helps the public understand the student served by the grant. 5. Continuation Awards: In making a Nadya Chinoy Dabby, Department’s information collection continuation award under 34 CFR Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and requirements and provide the requested 75.253, the Secretary considers, among Improvement. data in the desired format. ED is other things: Whether a grantee has [FR Doc. 2016–30085 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am] soliciting comments on the proposed made substantial progress in achieving BILLING CODE 4000–01–P information collection request (ICR) that the goals and objectives of the project; is described below. The Department of whether the grantee has expended funds Education is especially interested in in a manner that is consistent with its DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION public comment addressing the approved application and budget; and, [Docket No. ED–2016–ICCD–0144] following issues: (1) Is this collection if the Secretary has established necessary to the proper functions of the performance measurement Agency Information Collection Department; (2) will this information be requirements, the performance targets in Activities; Comment Request; processed and used in a timely manner; the grantee’s approved application. Application and Employment (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; In making a continuation award, the Certification for Public Service Loan (4) how might the Department enhance Secretary also considers whether the Forgiveness the quality, utility, and clarity of the grantee is operating in compliance with information to be collected; and (5) how the assurances in its approved AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), might the Department minimize the application, including those applicable Department of Education (ED). burden of this collection on the to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use discrimination in programs or activities of information technology. Please note SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in receiving Federal financial assistance Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, response to this notice will be U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is considered public records. 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). proposing a revision of an existing Title of Collection: Application and VII. Agency Contact information collection. Employment Certification for Public DATES: Interested persons are invited to Service Loan Forgiveness. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Terpak, U.S. Department of submit comments on or before February OMB Control Number: 1845–0110. Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 13, 2017. Type of Review: A revision of an Room 4W312, Washington, DC 20202– ADDRESSES: To access and review all the existing information collection. 5900. Telephone: (202) 453–7122. FAX: documents related to the information Respondents/Affected Public: (202) 401–4123 or by email: eir@ed.gov. collection listed in this notice, please Individuals or Households. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the use http://www.regulations.gov by Total Estimated Number of Annual rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1– searching the Docket ID number ED– Responses: 728,419. 800–877–8339. 2016–ICCD–0144. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual in response to this notice should be Burden Hours: 364,210. VIII. Other Information submitted electronically through the Abstract: Final regulations for the Accessible Format: Individuals with Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) disabilities can obtain this document www.regulations.gov by selecting the Program were published in the Federal and a copy of the application package in Docket ID number or via postal mail, Register on October 23, 2008 (73 FR VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:19 Dec 14, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 241 / Thursday, December 15, 2016 / Notices 90821 63256) and were codified in 34 CFR Full Text of Announcement which practices improve student 685.219. These regulations require a I. Funding Opportunity Description achievement, for which types of borrower to submit an application for students, and in what contexts. loan forgiveness to the U.S. Department Purpose of Program: The Education The Department of Education of Education (the Department). To Innovation and Research (EIR) Program, (Department) awards three types of determine whether a borrower is eligible established under section 4611 of the grants under this program: ‘‘Early- for loan forgiveness, the Department Elementary and Secondary Education phase’’ grants, ‘‘Mid-phase’’ grants, and must confirm that the borrower was Act (ESEA), as amended by Every ‘‘Expansion’’ grants. These grants differ employed full-time by a qualifying Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), provides in terms of the level of prior evidence public service organization at the time funding to create, develop, implement, of effectiveness required for each of the required 120 payments was replicate, or take to scale consideration for funding, the made. Because borrowers must make entrepreneurial, evidence-based, field- expectations regarding the kind of 120 payments on or after October 1, initiated innovations to improve student evidence and information funded 2007 before becoming eligible for achievement (as defined in this notice) projects should produce, the level of forgiveness, the earliest that any and attainment for high-need students scale funded projects should reach, and, borrower could apply for forgiveness (as defined in this notice); and consequently, the amount of funding under PSLF would be October 1, 2017. rigorously evaluate such innovations. available to support each type of project. The EIR program is designed to generate Mid-phase grants provide funding to The Department is creating an and validate solutions to persistent support scaling of projects supported by application for forgiveness and revising educational challenges and to support moderate evidence (as defined in this the Employment Certification Form the expansion of effective solutions to notice) for at least one population or which is already part of this collection. serve substantially larger numbers of setting to the regional level (as defined Pages 2 through 6 of the current students. in this notice) or to the national level (as Employment Certification Form will The central design element of the EIR defined in this notice). This notice also be embedded in the application. program is its multi-tier structure that invites applications for Mid-phase Slight changes have been made to the links the amount of funding that an grants only. The notices inviting language on the Employment applicant may receive to the quality of applications for Early-phase and Certification Form to increase the evidence supporting the efficacy of Expansion grants are published consistency and understanding. the proposed project, with the elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Dated: December 13, 2016. expectation that projects that build this Register. Kate Mullan, evidence will advance through EIR’s Background: EIR builds on seven grant tiers. Applicants proposing years of investments—over $1.4 billion, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy innovative practices (as defined in this matched by over $200 million in private Officer, Office of Management. notice) that are supported by limited sector resources—from the Department’s [FR Doc. 2016–30270 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am] evidence can receive relatively small Investing in Innovation (i3) program in grants to support the development, a portfolio of practices that address BILLING CODE 4000–01–P iteration, and initial evaluation of the critical challenges in education and that practices; applicants proposing generate rigorous evaluations to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION practices supported by evidence from determine the practices’ effectiveness. i3 rigorous evaluations, such as large has generated new information Applications for New Awards; randomized controlled trials (as defined regarding effective educational practices Education Innovation and Research in this notice), can receive larger grant and increased evaluators’ capacity to Program—Mid-Phase Grants awards to support expansion across the conduct rigorous evaluations of student country. This structure provides learning outcomes that provide AGENCY:Office of Innovation and incentives for applicants to: (1) Explore actionable information for educators. Improvement, Department of Education. new ways of addressing persistent EIR is designed expand on the successes challenges that other educators can of i3 to offer new opportunities for ACTION: Notice. build on and learn from; (2) build States, districts, schools, and educators evidence of effectiveness of their to develop innovations and scale Overview Information practices; and (3) replicate and scale effective practices that address their Education Innovation and Research successful practices in new schools, most pressing challenges. Program—Mid-phase Grants. districts, and states while addressing the EIR Mid-phase projects are expected barriers to scale, such as cost structures to refine and expand the use of practices Notice inviting applications for new and implementation fidelity. with prior evidence of effectiveness, in awards for fiscal year (FY) 2017. All EIR projects are expected to order to improve outcomes for high- Catalog of Federal Domestic generate information regarding their need students. They are also expected to Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.411B effectiveness in order to inform EIR generate important information about an (Mid-phase Grants). grantees’ efforts to learn about and intervention’s effectiveness, including improve upon their efforts, and to help for whom and in which contexts a DATES: similar, non-EIR efforts across the practice is most effective. Applications Available: December 19, country benefit from EIR grantees’ To the extent possible, we intend to 2016. knowledge. By requiring that all fund multiple projects addressing rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: grantees conduct independent similar challenges. By so doing, we aim February 13, 2017. evaluations (as defined in this notice) of to accelerate the building of a their EIR projects, EIR ensures that its knowledge base of effective practices for Deadline for Transmittal of funded projects make a significant addressing these challenges and Applications: April 13, 2017. contribution to improving the quality increase the likelihood that grantees can Deadline for Intergovernmental and quantity of information available to learn from one another while still Review: June 13, 2017. practitioners and policymakers about exploring different approaches. We VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:19 Dec 14, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15DEN1.SGM 15DEN1


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DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before February 13, 2017.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Ian Foss, 202-377-3681.
FR Citation81 FR 90820 
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