SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT SUBMISSION

**APPLICATION FOR GRANTS UNDER THE HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS
PROGRAM**

**(COLLEGE COST REDUCTION AND ACCESS ACT)**

# A. Justification

1.  Collection of the information is necessary so that the Secretary of
    Education can carry out the Hispanic-Serving Institutions program
    under the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. The
    information will be used in the evaluation process to determine
    whether proposed activities are consistent with legislated
    activities and to determine the dollar share of the Congressional
    appropriation to be awarded to successful applicants. The purpose of
    the Hispanic-Serving Institutions program is to assist eligible
    Hispanic-Serving Institutions to develop and carry out activities to
    improve and expand the institutions' capacity to serve Hispanic and
    other low-income students.

Information is collected under authority of Title IV, Part J, Section
499A(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the
College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) of 2007, (P.L. 110-84),
the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 34
CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99, and the
regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 606.2 (a) (b), 606.3, 606.4,
606.5, 606.6, 606.7, 606.10 (b) (c) (d), and 606.30. This discretionary
grant falls under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary
Grant Information Collections, 1890-0001.

2.  This collection of information is gathered electronically by the
    Department for the purpose of obtaining programmatic and budgetary
    information needed to evaluate applications and to make funding
    decisions based on the authorizing statute and the published
    selection criteria.

3.  The Office of Postsecondary Education is committed to the reduction
    of paperwork and has been collecting this information electronically
    since 2000. Electronic submission has reduced the burden for both
    the applicants and Department staff.

4.  The information submitted in each application is unique to each
    respondent. No other existing information collection can serve the
    purposes described in item 2.

5.  Not applicable -- small businesses or other small entities would not
    be impacted by this collection.

6.  This collection will be conducted annually, based on availability of
    funding for new grants under Title IV, Part J. If the collection
    were not conducted annually, appropriated funds could not be spent.

7.  There are no special circumstances as outlined in #7 of the
    instructions.

8.  Program staff will respond to any questions or comments resulting
    from the publication of the information collection in the *Federal
    Register* as required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d).

9.  No gifts or payments will be provided to respondents.

10. The Department's disclosure policies adhere to the provisions of the
    Privacy Act.

11. Questions of a sensitive nature are not included in this information
    collection.

12. Estimated hour burden of this collection of information is 3500
    hours. We estimate 100 respondents. Applications will be submitted
    annually.

**Estimated cost to respondents:**

##  Professionals 

> (100 personnel X 35 hours X \$35 per hour) \$122,500

##  Clerical 

> (50 personnel X 20 hours X \$15 per hour) \$ 15,000
>
> **Total estimated costs to respondents \$137,500**

13. The cost to respondents is shown in item 12 above.

14. **Estimated annual cost to the Federal Government:**

> Development and Approval Process
>
> (2 staff X 75 hours X \$37 per hour) \$ 5,550
>
> Printing
>
> (100 applications X \$3 per app) \$ 300
>
> Mailing
>
> (40 applications X \$.75 per copy) \$ 30
>
> Peer Review Planning and Coordination
>
> (30 days X 4 staff X \$280 per day) \$ 33,600
>
> Peer Review (Stipends and Training)
>
> (55 peer reviewers X \$1,000) \$ 55,000
>
> (30 alternates peer reviewers X \$100) \$ 3,000
>
> Analyses and Evaluation
>
> (30 days X 5 staff X \$280 per day) \$ 42,000
>
> Monitoring of Grants
>
> (160 days X 5 staff X \$280 per day) \$224,000
>
> World Wide Web Preparation for Posting
>
> (4 hours X 1 staff X \$35 per hour) \$ 140
>
> **Total estimated cost to the Federal Government \$ 363,620**

15. This is a new Program. All of the burden hours are new.

16. Results of the collected information will not be published.

17. This report will display the expiration date for the OMB approval of
    the information collection.

18. There are no exceptions to the certification statement.

**[B. Collections of Information Employing Statistical
Methods]{.underline}**

This collection of information does not employ statistical methods.