Our mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

Higher Education Programs

March 22, 2013

Dear McNair Program Participants:

As you know, the McNair Program provides Federal financial assistance in the form of 

discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and combinations of those institutions for 

the purpose of providing academic and other support services to prepare low-income, firstgeneration college students for doctoral study. As you also know, McNair Program grantees are 

required to submit performance reports to collect consistent project data from all grantees.

The Department uses the information collected to make decisions on whether to issue noncompeting continuation grants to funded grantees under the McNair Program. In addition, the 

information contained in the reports is used to assess prior experience points during the 

competitive cycle of the program. 

The TRIO Programs Annual Performance Report (APR) System collects individual student 

records on individuals served by the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement 

Program. The individual student records include personally identifiable information such as 

social security number (SSN), name, date of birth, as well as information on each individual’s 

eligibility for services and the student’s academic progress.

Privacy Act Statement

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law No. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. 552a), you 

are hereby notified that the Department of Education is authorized to collect information to 

implement the Upward Bound [Student Support Services; Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate 

Achievement] program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Publ. 

Law 102-325, Sec. 402D). In accordance with this authority, the Department receives and 

maintains personal information on participants in the Upward Bound [Student Support Services: 

McNair] program. The principal purpose for collecting this information is to administer the 

program, including tracking and evaluating participant progress. Providing the information on 

this form, including a social security number (SSN) is voluntary; failure to disclose a SSN will 

not result in the denial of any right, benefit or privilege to which the participant is entitled. The 

information that is collected on this form will be retained in the program files and may be 

released to other Department officials in the performance of their official duties.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond 

to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The 

valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1840-0640 and expires 

XX/XX/XXXX. The time required to complete this information is estimated to average five 

hours per response 5 hours, including the time to review instructions, search existing data 
Our mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.

sources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. Response 

to this collection of information is required to maintain benefits. If you have any comments 

concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please 

write to the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. If you have 

comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission, write directly to: 

Federal TRIO Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, N.W., 7th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20006-8510.

Sincerely,

Federal TRIO Programs

U.S. Department of Education