[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45135-45136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18468]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2019-ICCD-0100]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2019
Immediate Aid To Restart School Operations
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, ED is
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an
emergency review of a new information collection.
DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by before August 30,
2019. A regular clearance process is also hereby being initiated.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before October
28, 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-
0100. 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 9086,
Washington, DC 20202-0023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Molly Budman, 202-453-5791.
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
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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: 2019 Immediate Aid to Restart School
Operations.
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: 31.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,240.
Abstract: This is an emergency collection request for 2019
Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations. The Additional Supplemental
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 116-20, hereafter
referred to as the Disaster Supplemental) was signed into law by
President Trump on June 6, 2019. The law provides $165 million for
education-related disaster recovery activities for certain natural
disasters in 2018 and 2019 for which a major disaster or emergency
(covered disasters) has been declared by the President.
The Department of Education plans to use the discretion afforded to
the Secretary by the Disaster Supplemental to implement four programs:
Immediate Aid to Restart School Operations program (Restart), Emergency
Impact Aid for Displaced Students (EIA), Emergency Assistance to
Institutions of Higher Education program (Emergency Assistance to
IHEs), and Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project
SERV).
Under this request, the Department is seeking emergency clearance
for the 2019 Restart Program. Under this program, the Department will
award Restart funding to SEAs, which, in turn, will provide assistance
to LEAs to defray expenses related to the restart of operations in, the
reopening of, and the re-enrollment of students in elementary and
secondary schools that serve an area affected by a covered disaster.
Due to the severe impact (e.g., physical, social, emotional) of the
covered programs and the degree to which they have disrupted teaching
and learning, we are requesting emergency clearance by August 30, 2019.
In light of the late enactment of the Disaster Supplemental and the
fact that the 2018-2019 school year is effectively over, it is critical
that these data are collected quickly, to enable ED to make timely
payments and provide necessary relief.
Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use
of the system is described below due to the following conditions:
The Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act
of 2019, signed into law by President Trump on June 06, 2019, included
new funding to support disaster relief. The U.S. Department of
Education (Department) will award up to $165 million to assist K-12
schools and school districts in meeting the educational needs of
students affected by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut,
Super Typhoon Yutu, and wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions
occurring in calendar year 2018 and tornadoes and floods occurring in
calendar year 2019 in those areas for which a major disaster or
emergency is declared under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and
5190).This disaster assistance will help schools and school districts
return to their full capabilities as quickly and effectively as
possible. Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Department requests that OMB
review and approved this collection by August 30, 2019 under its
emergency procedures, based on harm to public due to an unanticipated/
unforeseen natural disaster event that occurred beyond ED's control.
Dated: August 22, 2019.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-18468 Filed 8-27-19; 8:45 am]
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