[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14550]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0109]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; CARES 
Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public 
Schools

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 collection.

DATES: Emergency approval by the OMB has been requested by July 1, 2020 
as it relates to the published Interim Final Rule on the CARES Act 
Programs; Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-Public 
Schools (85 FR 39479). Interested persons are invited to submit 
comments on or before September 8, 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-0109. 
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 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Andrew Brake, 202-453-6136.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since this collection was approved through 
emergency processing, the Department is providing the public with an 
opportunity to comment through the regular clearance process. This 
information collection will be transferred to the information 
collection requests, 1810-0741 and 1810-0743, to complete the comment 
period process. 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: CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to 
Students and Teachers in Non-Public Schools.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,900.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 76,393.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is issuing 
an interim final rule to clarify the requirement in section 18005 of 
Division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(CARES Act) that local educational agencies (LEAs) provide equitable 
services to students and teachers in non-public schools under the 
Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund) and the 
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) 
(collectively, the CARES Act programs). Section 18005(a) of the CARES 
Act requires an LEA that receives funds under the GEER Fund or the 
ESSER Fund to provide equitable services in the same manner as provided 
under section 1117 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (ESEA) to students and teachers in non-public schools, as 
determined in consultation with representatives of non-public schools. 
This is a request for an emergency paperwork clearance from OMB on the 
data collections associated with the interim final rule.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions:
    Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures 
established at 5 CFR part 1320, the U.S. Department of Education 
(Department) requests that the following collection of information, 
non-public school poverty count and enrollment data to be collected by 
local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive funds under the 
Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER Fund) and the 
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) 
(collectively, the CARES Act programs), be processed in accordance with 
Sec.  1320.13 Emergency Processing. The Department is issuing an 
interim final rule, Equitable Services to Students and Teachers in Non-
Public Schools, to clarify the requirement in section 18005 of Division 
B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) 
that LEAs provide equitable services to students and teachers in non-
public schools under the CARES Act programs. The Department has 
determined that LEAs must collect this information prior to the 
expiration of the time periods established under part 1320, and that 
approval of this information collection is essential for LEAs to 
effectively implement the interim final rule. Therefore, the Department 
is requesting emergency approval to provide LEAs the means to carry out 
the CARES Act programs as intended.

    Dated: July 1, 2020.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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