[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 112 (Friday, June 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35533-35534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12562]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0074]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; DC 
School Choice Incentive 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 
proposing a new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 9, 2022.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2022-SCC-0074. 
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://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 PRA 
Coordinator of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland

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Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Beth Yeh, 202-205-5798.

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: DC School Choice Incentive Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Abstract: The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, authorized by the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004, and reauthorized in 2017 by 
the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Reauthorization 
Act, awarded a grant to Serving Our Children in order to administer 
scholarships to students who reside in the District of Columbia and 
come from households whose incomes do not exceed 185% of the poverty 
line. To assist in the student selection and assignment process, the 
information collected is used to determine the eligibility of those 
students who are interested in the available scholarships. Also, since 
the authorizing statute requires an evaluation, we are proposing to 
collect certain family demographic information because they are 
important predictors of school success. Finally, we are asking to 
collect information about parental participation and satisfaction 
because these are key topics that the statute requires the evaluation 
to address. This request makes two small changes to the questions 
previously approved by OMB. One is to add a question about how the 
families heard of Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The other is 
to add a check box in section 9 (relating to students with 
disabilities) pursuant to the competitive grant application 
instructions.
    Previously this information collection was approved under OMB 
#1855-0015. This program and the associated collection were moved to 
the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education within the Department. 
As such, it requires a new OMB number that corresponds with the OMB 
numbers for collections from the Office of Elementary and Secondary 
Education. For that reason, we are requesting a new information 
collection and will discontinue 1855-0015 when this request is 
approved.

    Dated: June 7, 2022.
Kun 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. 2022-12562 Filed 6-9-22; 8:45 am]
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