[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47398-47399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16544]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2022-SCC-0092]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Charter School Programs Application: State Entity Grants, Developer 
Grants, and Charter Management Organization Grants

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department 
of Education (Department or 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 review 
of an extension of an information collection.

DATES: The Department requested emergency processing from OMB for this 
information collection request (ICR) and received approval on July 5, 
2022; 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 September 2, 2022.

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 (ICR) by selecting ``Department of 
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check the ``Only 
Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Reginfo.gov provides two links 
to view documents related to this information collection request. 
Information collection forms and instructions may be found by clicking 
on the ``View Information Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting 
statements and other supporting documentation may be found by clicking 
on the ``View Supporting Statement and Other Documents'' link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
these information collection activities, please contact Stephanie 
Jones, 202-453-7835.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, in accordance with the PRA 
(44 U.S.C. 3506(copyright)(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 ICR that is described below. The Department is 
especially interested in public comments 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

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response to this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: Charter School Programs Application: State 
Entity Grants, Developer Grants, and Charter Management Organization 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0767.
    Type of Review: Extension of an information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 365.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 21,900.
    Abstract: The Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools 
Program (CSP) is authorized under Title IV, Part C of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student 
Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. 7221-7221j). On March 14, 2022, the Department 
published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Priorities, 
Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria for CSP Grants to 
State Entities (SE Grants), Grants to Charter Management Organizations 
for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO 
Grants), and Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New 
Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality 
Charter Schools (Developer Grants) (Vol. 87, No. 49, pages 14197-14210) 
(CSP NPP). Specifically, the Department proposed new priorities, 
application requirements, assurances, definitions, and selection 
criteria to create results-driven policies to help promote positive 
student outcomes, student and staff diversity, educator and community 
empowerment, promising practices, and accountability, including fiscal 
transparency and responsibility, in charter schools supported with CSP 
funds, which can serve as models for other charter schools. Based on 
the CSP NPP and public comments, the Department issued a notice of 
final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for 
CSP SE Grants, CMO Grants and Developer Grants (CSP NFP), which 
published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2022. The final 
priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the 
CSP NFP are intended to supplement existing statutory and regulatory 
requirements governing CSP SE Grants, CMO Grants, and Developer Grants. 
The Charter School Programs Office of the Department is requesting 
continued approval of this information collection for CSP SE Grants, 
CMO Grants, and Developer Grants generally; and for the CSP NFP, which 
requires the submission of a needs analysis and information regarding 
contracts with for-profit management organizations. The CSP (Assistance 
Listing Numbers (ALN) 84.282, including SE Grants (84.282A), CMO Grants 
(84.282M), and Developer Grants (84.282B and 84.282E)) is a competitive 
discretionary grant program. The grant applications submitted for this 
program are evaluated based on how well an applicant addresses the 
selection criteria (and any competitive preference priorities) and are 
used to determine applicant eligibility and award amounts for projects 
selected for funding.

    Dated: July 28, 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.
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