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continue to meet all requirements and 

selection criteria in 34 CFR 200.105 and 

200.106. 

7. Waiver authority. (a) At the end of 

the extension period, an SEA that is not 

yet approved consistent with 34 CFR 

200.107 to implement its innovative 

assessment system statewide may 

request a waiver from the Secretary 

consistent with section 8401 of the 

ESEA to delay the withdrawal of 

authority under paragraph (6) of this 

section for the purpose of providing the 

SEA with the time necessary to receive 

approval to transition to use of the 

innovative assessment system statewide 

under 34 CFR 200.107(b). 

(b) The Secretary may grant an SEA a 

one-year waiver to continue the IADA, 

if the SEA submits, in its request under 

paragraph (7)(a) of this section, evidence 

satisfactory to the Secretary that it— 

(1) Has met all of the requirements 

under paragraph (6)(a) of this section 

and of 34 CFR 200.105 and 200.106; and 

(2) Has a high-quality plan, including 

input from stakeholders under 34 CFR 

200.105(a)(2), for transition to statewide 

use of the innovative assessment 

system, including peer review 

consistent with 34 CFR 200.107, in a 

reasonable period of time. 

(c) In the case of a consortium of 

SEAs, the Secretary may grant a oneyear waiver consistent with paragraph 

(7)(a) of this section for the consortium 

as a whole or for individual member 

SEAs, as necessary. 

8. Return to the Statewide Assessment 

System. If the Secretary withdraws 

IADA consistent with paragraph (6) of 

this section, or if an SEA voluntarily 

terminates use of its innovative 

assessment system prior to the end of its 

demonstration authority, extension, or 

waiver period under paragraph (7) of 

this section, as applicable, the SEA 

must— 

(a) Return to using, in all LEAs and 

schools in the State, a statewide 

assessment that meets the requirements 

of section 1111(b)(2) of the Act; and 

(b) Provide timely notice to all 

participating LEAs and schools of the 

withdrawal of authority and the SEA’s 

plan for transition back to use of a 

statewide assessment. 

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the Department. 

Frank T. Brogan, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00882 Filed 1–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0008] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Trends 

in International Mathematics and 

Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test 

Sampling and Recruitment 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational 

Sciences (IES), Department of Education 

(ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing revision of a currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

16, 2021. 

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– 

2021–SCC–0008. 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, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 by fax or email and those 

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 PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208B, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

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 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: Trends in 

International Mathematics and Science 

Study (TIMSS 2023) Field Test 

Sampling and Recruitment. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0695. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,199. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,040. 

4042 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 10 / Friday, January 15, 2021 / Notices 

Abstract: The Trends in International 

Mathematics and Science Study 

(TIMSS), conducted by the National 

Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 

within the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED), is an international 

assessment of fourth and eighth grade 

students’ achievement in mathematics 

and science. Since its inception in 1995, 

TIMSS has continued to assess students 

every 4 years (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 

2011, 2015, and 2019), with the next 

TIMSS assessment, TIMSS 2023, being 

the eighth iteration of the study. In 

TIMSS 2023, approximately 65 

countries or education systems will 

participate. The United States will 

participate in TIMSS 2023 to continue 

to monitor the progress of its students 

compared to that of other nations and to 

provide data on factors that may 

influence student achievement. 

TIMSS is led by the International 

Association for the Evaluation of 

Educational Achievement (IEA), an 

international collective of research 

organizations and government agencies 

that create the frameworks used to 

develop the assessment, the survey 

instruments, and the study timeline. 

IEA decides and agrees upon a common 

set of standards, procedures, and 

timelines for collecting and reporting 

data, all of which must be followed by 

all participating countries. As a result, 

TIMSS can provide a reliable and 

comparable measure of student skills in 

participating countries. In the U.S., 

NCES conducts this study in 

collaboration with the IEA and several 

contractors to ensure proper 

implementation of the study and 

adoption of practices in adherence to 

the IEA’s standards. Participation in 

TIMSS is consistent with NCES’s 

mandate of acquiring and disseminating 

data on educational activities and 

student achievement in the United 

States compared with foreign nations 

[The Educational Sciences Reform Act 

of 2002 (ESRA 2002, 20 U.S.C. 9543)]. 

Because TIMSS is a collaborative 

effort among many parties, the United 

States must adhere to the international 

schedule set forth by the IEA, including 

the availability of final field test and 

main study plans as well as draft and 

final questionnaires. To meet the 

international data collection schedule, 

to align with recruitment for other NCES 

studies (e.g., the National Assessment of 

Education Progress, NAEP), and for 

schools to put the TIMSS 2023 field test 

assessment on their Spring 2022 

calendars, recruitment activities for the 

field test will begin in June of 2021. 

This package requests approval to 

conduct sampling and recruitment 

activities associated with the TIMSS 

2023 field test, which will be conducted 

in March and April 2022. 

Dated: January 11, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00802 Filed 1–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

CRRSAA, Recipient’s Funding 

Certification and Agreement 

(Proprietary Schools) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 

emergency review of a new information 

collection. 

DATES: The Department has requested 

emergency processing from OMB for 

this information collection request by 

January 12, 2021; and therefore, the 

regular clearance process is hereby 

being initiated to provide the public 

with the opportunity to comment under 

the full comment period. Interested 

persons are invited to submit comments 

on or before March 16, 2021. 

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– 

2021–SCC–0009. 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, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 by fax or email and those 

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 Director of the Strategic 

Collections and Clearance Governance 

and Strategy Division, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 

LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Karen Epps, 

202–453–6337. 

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: CRRSAA, 

Recipient’s Funding Certification and 

Agreement (Proprietary Schools). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,757. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8,787. 

Abstract: Section 314(a)(4) of the 

Coronavirus Response and Relief 

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 

(CRRSAA) (Pub. L. 116–260) provides 

funding for proprietary schools, to be 

used to make financial aid grants 

directly to students, which may be used 

for any component of the student’s cost 

of attendance or for emergency costs 

that arise due to the coronavirus, such