[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 82 (Friday, April 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22946-22947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09085]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0022]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and approval; Comment 
Request; National Study to Inform the 21st Century Community Learning 
Centers (CCLC) Program

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Sciences (IES), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 1, 2021.

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 information collection request by selecting ``Department of 
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show 
ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Comments may also be sent to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Erica Johnson, 202-245-7676.

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: National Study to Inform the 21st Century 
Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,228.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 397.
    Abstract: The 21st CCLC program funds services during non-school 
hours, primarily during the school year. The services aim to help 
students meet state academic standards, particularly for students in 
low-performing schools that serve high concentrations of low-income 
families. Most participants (71 percent) are students attending 
afterschool centers during the school year, with the remainder being 
family members (14 percent) or summer attendees (15 percent). 
Afterschool centers supported by program funds provide a broad range of 
activities and services, such as academic enrichment, physical 
activity, service learning, and activities to engage families. Program 
activities and services may play a crucial role in addressing the 
substantial learning loss and other challenges that have occurred as a 
result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    This study will have two components. The first is a national 
snapshot of strategies that afterschool centers in the 21st CCLC 
program use to serve their students and families. The national snapshot 
will complement and extend information from the program's annual 
performance measures by providing an in-depth understanding of the key 
outcomes centers aim to promote and the diverse ways their activities 
and services for students and families, supports for staff, and 
improvement strategies are designed to promote these outcomes. 
Describing these strategies can provide insights into ways that centers 
seek to address longer-term challenges, such as learning loss and 
trauma, stemming from the pandemic. The second component is an 
evaluation of a continuous quality improvement system implemented in 
the program's afterschool centers. The evaluation will examine the 
implementation and effectiveness of a system focused on improving staff 
practices that promote students' social and emotional skills. Promoting 
these skills may be particularly important to compensate for

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the effects of the pandemic, in light of evidence that remote learning 
has negatively affected students' social and emotional well-being.
    This package only requests clearance for data collection activities 
that will occur before March 2022 and impose burden on respondents. 
These activities, all part of the evaluation of a continuous quality 
improvement system (the study's second component), involve collecting 
parent/guardian questionnaires and permission forms, afterschool center 
coaching logs, and student afterschool attendance records.

    Dated: April 27, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-09085 Filed 4-29-21; 8:45 am]
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