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 

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as tuition, food, housing, health care 

(including mental health care) or child 

care. 

Additional Information: An 

emergency clearance approval for the 

use of the system is described below 

due to the following conditions: If this 

emergency collection is not approved, 

these emergency financial aid grants to 

students would be delayed. The 

pressing financial need of students due 

to the disruptions caused by the 

coronavirus would remain unmet, 

leaving students without the aid 

intended for such critical benefits as 

such as food, housing, course materials, 

technology, health care, and child-care 

expenses. 

Dated: January 12, 2021. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00889 Filed 1–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 19, 2021, 10:00 

a.m. 

PLACE: Open to the public via audio 

Webcast only.1

STATUS: OPEN. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

* Note—Items listed on the agenda 

may be deleted without further notice. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. 

For a recorded message listing items 

struck from or added to the meeting, call 

(202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 

public documents, however, may be 

viewed on line at the Commission’s 

website at http://

ferc.capitolconnection.org/ using the 

eLibrary link. 

1074TH—MEETING—OPEN MEETING

[January 19, 2021 10:00 a.m.] 

Item No. Docket No. Company 

ADMINISTRATIVE 

A-1 ........... AD21-1-000 ................................................................................... Agency Administrative Matters 

A-2 ........... AD21-2-000 ................................................................................... Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations 

ELECTRIC 

E-1 ........... RM20-10-000 ................................................................................. Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the 

Federal Power Act. 

E-2 ........... Omitted ..........................................................................................

E-3 ........... EL21-7-000 .................................................................................... Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC and Empire Generating Company, LLC v. New York Independent System Operator, Inc. 

E-4 ........... RR19-7-001 ................................................................................... North American Electric Reliability Corporation. 

E-5 ........... RM21-12-000 ................................................................................. Revisions to Regulations on Electric Reliability Organization Performance Assessments. 

E-6 ........... RM21-11-000 ................................................................................. Accounting and Reporting Treatment of Certain Renewable Energy Assets. 

E–7 .......... AC20–103–000 .............................................................................. Locke Lord LLP. 

E–8 .......... ER20-3040-001; ER20-3042-000; ER20-3042-001; 

ER20-3043-001; ER20-3044-001; ER20-3045-001; (not consolidated).

Southwestern Electric Power Company. 

E-9 ........... Omitted 

E-10 ......... Omitted 

E-11 ......... Omitted 

E-12 ......... Omitted 

E-13 ......... Omitted 

E-14 ......... Omitted 

E–15 ........ AD20-9-000 ................................................................................... Hybrid Resources. 

E-16 ......... Omitted 

E–17 ........ EL20-30-001 .................................................................................. Indiana Municipal Power Agency, and City of Lawrenceburg, Indiana v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., American Electric Power 

Service Corp., and Lawrenceburg Power, LLC. 

EL20-56-001 .................................................................................. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

E–18 ........ Omitted