[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 12 (Thursday, January 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6313-6314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01192]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2020-SCC-0012]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Example Application for the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools 
Program

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 information collection.

DATES: The Department has requested emergency processing from OMB for 
this information collection request by January 14, 2021; and therefore, 
the

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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 
22, 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-0012. 
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 Andrew Brake, 202-260-0998.

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: Example Application for the Emergency 
Assistance to Non-Public Schools Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 20,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 40,000.
    Abstract: The Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools program is 
a reservation of funds under the Coronavirus Response and Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSA Act) to provide services 
or assistance to non-public schools. Under the EANS program, we will 
award grants by formula to each Governor with an approved Certification 
and Agreement to provide services or assistance to eligible non-public 
schools to address the impact that the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
19) has had, and continues to have, on non-public school students and 
teachers in the State. The CRRSA Act requires that State's collect 
applications from non-public schools in order to award these funds. 
This request is being made to allow the distribution of an example 
application States can use to collect the needed information from 
eligible non-public schools. States are not required to use this 
application and may create their own.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions:
     The Department of Education (Department) requests that the 
following collection of information, the example application for the 
Emergency Assistance to Non Public Schools (EANS) Program under section 
312(d) of the CRRSA Act, Public Law 116-260, be processed in accordance 
with section 1320.13 emergency processing of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act. Section 312(d)(3) of the CRRSA Act requires that any State 
educational agency receiving funds to provide services or assistance to 
non-public schools shall make an application for those services 
available to non-public schools no later than 30 days after the receipt 
of such funds. The Department announced the availability of the EANS 
funds on January 8, 2021 and will be awarding funds no later than 15 
days after receipt of a Governor's application.

    Dated: January 14, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-01192 Filed 1-19-21; 8:45 am]
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