[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 192 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62285-62286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21797]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0159]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Vocational Rehabilitation Program Corrective Action Plan (CAP)

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing an extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 1, 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-0159. 
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

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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 Joseph Doney, 202-245-7526.

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 Program Corrective 
Action Plan (CAP).
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0694.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 60.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 975.
    Abstract: Section 107 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(Rehabilitation Act), as amended by Title IV of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), requires the Commissioner of the 
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews 
and periodic on-site monitoring of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) 
program to determine whether a state agency is complying substantially 
with the provisions of its State Plan under section 101 of the 
Rehabilitation Act and with the evaluation standards and performance 
indicators established under section 106 of the Rehabilitation Act 
subject to the performance accountability provisions described in 
Section 116(b) of WIOA. To fulfill its monitoring responsibility, RSA 
reviews a maximum of 15 VR agencies in each Federal fiscal year. In 
order to resolve findings of non-compliance, RSA requires that VR 
agencies develop a Corrective Action Plan (CAP). The CAP must contain 
the specific steps that the agency will take to resolve each finding, 
timelines for the completion of each step and methods for evaluating 
that the findings have been resolved. RSA requires the agency to report 
progress toward completion of the CAP on a quarterly basis.

    Dated: September 29, 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.
[FR Doc. 2020-21797 Filed 10-1-20; 8:45 am]
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