[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51403-51404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18027]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and approval; 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 
September 21, 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

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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 
collection activities, please contact Beth Yeh, 202-205-5798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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 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 response to this notice 
will be considered public record.
    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: August 17, 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. 2022-18027 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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