[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44116-44117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14521]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0128]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant 
Program (TEACH Grant) Agreement To Serve or Repay

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 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 an extension without change of a currently 
approved information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 11, 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-0128. 
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 Beth Grebeldinger, (202) 377-
4018.

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: Teacher Education Assistance for College and 
Higher Education Grant Program (TEACH Grant) Agreement to Serve or 
Repay.
    OMB Control Number: 1845-0083.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50,793.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 25,397.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education is requesting a revision 
of the

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TEACH Grant Agreement currently approved under OMB No. 1845-0083. The 
Consider Teachers Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-49) made certain changes to 
the provisions governing the TEACH Grant Program in section 420N of the 
HEA, one of which was to replace the previous requirement for a TEACH 
Grant recipient to comply with the requirements for being a highly 
qualified teacher as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 with a requirement for the recipient to 
meet all state certification requirements for teaching (which may 
include meeting such requirements through certification obtained 
through alternative routes to teaching). To reflect this statutory 
change, we have modified the Agreement by replacing all references to 
the highly qualified teacher requirement with the new requirement and 
removing the definition of ``highly qualified teacher.'' We have also 
updated the section of the Agreement that describes the terms and 
conditions of Direct Unsubsidized Loans to reflect certain changes to 
the Direct Loan Program regulations that were made by a final rule 
published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2022 (87 FR 65904). In 
addition to making these updates to reflect statutory and regulatory 
changes, we have made minor, non-substantive wording changes in several 
places throughout the Agreement for greater clarity.

    Dated: July 5, 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-14521 Filed 7-10-23; 8:45 am]
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