[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 236 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 79003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26928]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2020-SCC-0159]


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 Rehabilitation Services 
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing an extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 7, 2021.

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 particular information collection request by selecting 
``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then 
check ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Joseph Doney, 202-245-7526.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Department of Education (ED), 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 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education 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: An extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    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 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(Rehabilitation Act), as amended by Title IV of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), 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 WIOA. To fulfill its monitoring responsibility, RSA 
reviews a maximum of 15 VR agencies in each Federal fiscal year. In 
order to resolve findings of non-compliance, RSA requires that VR 
agencies develop a Corrective Action Plan (CAP). The CAP must contain 
the specific steps that the agency will take to resolve each finding, 
timelines for the completion of each step and methods for evaluating 
that the findings have been resolved. RSA requires the agency to report 
progress toward completion of the CAP on a quarterly basis.

    Dated: December 3, 2020.
Kate 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. 2020-26928 Filed 12-7-20; 8:45 am]
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