[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 206 (Friday, October 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67530-67531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23457]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2020-SCC-0130]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Program Annual Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a reinstatement with change of a previously approved 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection request by selecting 
``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then 
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kenneth Foushee, 202-453-7417.

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: Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Program Annual 
Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1840-0832.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement with change of a previously 
approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; 
Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 62.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,054.
    Abstract: Veterans Upward Bound (VUB), one of the U.S. Department 
of Education's Upward Bound programs, is designed to motivate and 
assist veterans in developing academic and other requisite skills 
necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary 
education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic 
skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction 
in the core subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to 
increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete 
postsecondary education programs.
    All Veterans Upward Bound projects must provide instruction in 
mathematics through pre-calculus, laboratory science, foreign language, 
composition, and literature. Projects may also provide short-term 
remedial or refresher courses for veterans who are high school 
graduates but have delayed pursuing postsecondary education. Projects 
are also expected to assist

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veterans in securing support services from other locally available 
resources such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans' 
associations, and other state and local agencies that serve veterans.
    The Department's annual performance report (APR) for VUB collects 
each current grantee's data at the participant level on services and 
performance over the course of a year. The Department uses the 
information conveyed in the performance report to assess a grantee's 
progress in meeting its approved goals and objectives and to evaluate a 
grantee's prior experience in accordance with the program regulations 
in 34 CFR 645.32. Grantees' annual performance reports also provide 
information on the outcomes of projects' work and of the VUB program as 
a whole. In addition, APR data allows the Department to respond to the 
reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act.

    Dated: October 19, 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. 2020-23457 Filed 10-22-20; 8:45 am]
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