[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 25870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07818]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0019]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Vocational Rehabilitation Program Corrective Action Plan (CAP)

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), 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 reinstatement without change of a 
previously approved information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 13, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. 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 
collection activities, please contact Ed Vitelli, 202-987-1923.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Vocational Rehabilitation Program Corrective 
Action Plan (CAP).
    OMB Control Number: 1820-0694.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement without change of a previously 
approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 60.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 975.
    Abstract: Section 107(a)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(Rehabilitation Act) requires the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation 
Services Administration (RSA) to conduct annual reviews and periodic 
on-site monitoring of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program to 
determine whether a state agency is complying substantially with the 
provisions of its State Plan under section 101 of the Rehabilitation 
Act and with the evaluation standards and performance indicators 
established under section 106 of the Rehabilitation Act subject to the 
performance accountability provisions described in Section 116(b) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). To fulfill its 
monitoring responsibility, RSA reviews a maximum of 15 VR agencies in 
each Federal fiscal year. When, based on its monitoring, RSA determines 
that a state agency has not administered and operated the VR program in 
compliance with its State Plan, the Rehabilitation Act, and 
implementing regulations at 34 CFR part 361, the agency must develop a 
corrective action plan (CAP), established by RSA in accordance with the 
requirement of section 107(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act, for RSA 
approval within 45 days from the issuance of the final monitoring 
report.

    Dated: April 9, 2024.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-07818 Filed 4-11-24; 8:45 am]
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