[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7980-7981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02783]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2020-SCC-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-2)

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), 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 
April 13, 2020.

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-2020-SCC-0026. 
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 Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W-208D, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact David Steele, 202-245-6520.

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: Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report 
(RSA-2).
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0017.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 312.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,193.
    Abstract: The Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-2) 
collects data on the State Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR) 
program activities for agencies funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). The RSA-2 captures the Federal 
and non-Federal administrative expenditures for the VR program; 
Services to Groups Federal and non-Federal expenditures; American Job 
Center Infrastructure Federal and non-Federal expenditures; receipt, 
use and/or transfer of VR program income; financial data necessary to 
ensure Federal award requirements are met (e.g., match, maintenance of 
effort, and pre-employment transition services reservation of funds); 
and obligations and disbursements that occurred during the period of 
the award.
    The basic data comprising the RSA-2 are mandated by the 
Rehabilitation

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Act as specified in Section 101(a)(10)(D). Section 13 of the 
Rehabilitation Act requires the Commissioner of RSA to collect and 
report information to the Congress and the President through an Annual 
Report.
    The substantive revisions to the RSA-2 form were necessary to: Add 
data elements in order to implement amendments to the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act) made by title IV of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (e.g., those related to services 
to groups and pre-employment transition services); add data elements 
necessitated by the VR program's role as a core program in the one stop 
service delivery system and the jointly administered requirements of 
title I of WIOA (e.g., those related to one-stop center infrastructure 
costs and reporting periods); incorporate VR program-specific financial 
data elements, previously reported on the SF-425, necessary to ensure 
VR agencies comply with program requirements (e.g., match and 
maintenance of effort); and remove data elements that are duplicative 
of data collected in the RSA-911 Case Service Report. As a result of 
the revisions to this form, VR agencies will no longer be required to 
submit SF-425 reports for the VR program beginning with the FFY 2020 
grant awards. Difference noted above does not include the reduced 
burden resulting from VR agencies no longer having to submit these 
forms.

    Dated: February 7, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-02783 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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