[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19285-19286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06667]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0055]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Higher 
Education Act (HEA) Title II Report Cards on State Teacher 
Credentialing and Preparation

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 30, 2023.

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-2023-SCC-0055. 
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, the Department 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 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 Manager of the Strategic 
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 
Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Freddie Cross, 202-453-7224.

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. The Department is soliciting comments on the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 
The Department 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: Higher Education Act (HEA) Title II Report 
Cards on State Teacher Credentialing and Preparation.
    OMB Control Number: 1840-0744.
    Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; 
Private Sector.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,283.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 185,000.
    Abstract: This request is for a revision of the State Report Card 
and Institution and Program Report Card required by the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended in 2008 by the Higher Education 
Opportunity Act (HEOA). States must report annually on criteria and 
assessments required for initial teacher credentials using a State 
Report Card (SRC), and institutions of higher education (IHEs) with 
teacher preparation programs (TPP), and TPPs outside of IHEs, must 
report on key program elements on an Institution and Program Report 
Card (IPRC). IHEs and TPPs outside of IHEs report annually to their 
states on program elements, including program numbers, type, enrollment 
figures, demographics, completion rates, goals and assurances to the 
state. States, in turn, must report on TPP elements to the Secretary of 
Education in addition to information on assessment pass rates, state 
standards, initial credential types and requirements, numbers of 
credentials issued, TPP classification as at-risk or low-performing. 
The information from states, institutions, and programs is published 
annually in The Secretary's Report to Congress on Teacher Quality.
    The revisions to the IPRC consist of the following:
     A new sub-section about the impact of COVID-19 in Section 
I: Program Information. The section would have four questions in the 
first data collection year in which it is implemented, due to 
retrospective questions going back to academic year 2019-20, but only 
one question in subsequent data collection years.
     A new question about student completion rate in Section I: 
Program Information.
     Minor revisions to the gender and race/ethnicity 
categories in Section I: Program Information.
    The revisions to the SRC consist of the following:
     Two new items showing completion rate, total and by 
program, pre-loaded from the IPRC for state

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review, in Section I: Program Information.
     Five new multiple choice questions in Section VII: Teacher 
Shortages and Teacher Preparation, which are replacing three open text 
items.
     A new ``other'' response option for a multiple choice item 
in Section IX: Improvement Efforts.
     A new multiple choice and open text item in Section IX: 
Improvement Efforts.
     A new section (Section X) about the impact of COVID-19. 
The section would have three questions in the first data collection 
year in which it is implemented, due to retrospective questions going 
back to academic year 2019-20, but only one question in subsequent data 
collection years.
     Minor revisions to the gender and race/ethnicity 
categories in Section I: Program Information.

    Dated: March 27, 2023.
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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