[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40397-40398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17426]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2019-ICCD-0098]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; DC School Choice/DC Opportunity Scholarship Program 
Application

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary (OESE), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 13, 2019.

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-2019-ICCD-
0098. 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. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Norris Dickard, 202-453-6723.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 ED assess the impact of its information collection requirements 
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public 
understand ED's information

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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. ED is especially 
interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is 
this collection necessary to the proper functions of ED; (2) will this 
information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the 
estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might ED enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how 
might ED 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: DC School Choice Application.
    OMB Control Number: 1855-0015.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Abstract: The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, authorized by the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, and reauthorized in 2017 by 
the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Reauthorization 
Act, awarded a grant to Serving Our Children in order to administer 
scholarships to students who reside in the District of Columbia and 
come from households whose incomes do not exceed 185% of the poverty 
line. To assist in the student selection and assignment process, the 
information collected is used to determine the eligibility of those 
students who are interested in the available scholarships. Also, since 
the authorizing statute requires an evaluation we are proposing to 
collect certain family demographic information because they are 
important predictors of school success. Finally, we are asking to 
collect information about parental participation and satisfaction 
because these are key topics that the statute requires the evaluation 
to address. This request adds revised versions of two questions 
previously approved by OMB.

    Dated: August 9, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-17426 Filed 8-13-19; 8:45 am]
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