[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4042-4043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00889]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0009]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
CRRSAA, Recipient's Funding Certification and Agreement (Proprietary 
Schools)

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), 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: The Department has requested emergency processing from OMB for 
this information collection request by January 12, 2021; and therefore, 
the regular clearance process is hereby being initiated to provide the 
public with the opportunity to comment under the full comment period. 
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before March 
16, 2021.

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-2021-SCC-0009. 
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 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Karen Epps, 202-453-6337.

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: CRRSAA, Recipient's Funding Certification and 
Agreement (Proprietary Schools).
    OMB Control Number: 1840-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,757.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,787.
    Abstract: Section 314(a)(4) of the Coronavirus Response and Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) (Pub. L. 116-260) 
provides funding for proprietary schools, to be used to make financial 
aid grants directly to students, which may be used for any component of 
the student's cost of attendance or for emergency costs that arise due 
to the coronavirus, such

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as tuition, food, housing, health care (including mental health care) 
or child care.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions: If 
this emergency collection is not approved, these emergency financial 
aid grants to students would be delayed. The pressing financial need of 
students due to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus would remain 
unmet, leaving students without the aid intended for such critical 
benefits as such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health 
care, and child-care expenses.

    Dated: January 12, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-00889 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]
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