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73This Statement does not impose any legal 

requirements on external parties, nor does it create 

or confer any substantive rights on external parties 

that could be enforceable in any administrative or 

civil proceeding. 

mandate any particular approach to 

serving LEP consumers.73

II. Signing Authority 

The Director of the Bureau, Kathleen 

L. Kraninger, having reviewed and 

approved this document, is delegating 

the authority to electronically sign this 

document to Grace Feola, a Bureau 

Federal Register Liaison, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

January 13, 2021. 

Grace Feola, 

Federal Register Liaison, Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01116 Filed 1–19–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

AGENCY: National Advisory Committee 

on Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI), Office of Postsecondary 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Announcement of the Senior 

Department Official’s (SDO) decisions. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides a link to 

the SDO’s decision letters associated 

with recommendations from NACIQI’s 

July 29 & 30, 2020 meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

NACIQI’s Statutory Authority and 

Function: NACIQI is established under 

section 114 of the HEA. NACIQI advises 

the Secretary of Education with respect 

to: 

• The establishment and enforcement 

of the standards of accrediting agencies 

or associations under subpart 2, part H, 

Title IV of the HEA, as amended. 

• The recognition of specific 

accrediting agencies or associations. 

• The preparation and publication of 

the list of nationally recognized 

accrediting agencies and associations. 

• The eligibility and certification 

process for institutions of higher 

education under Title IV of the HEA and 

part C, subchapter I, chapter 34, Title 

42, together with recommendations for 

improvement in such process. 

• The relationship between (1) 

accreditation of institutions of higher 

education and the certification and 

eligibility of such institutions, and (2) 

State licensing responsibilities with 

respect to such institutions. 

• Any other advisory function 

relating to accreditation and 

institutional eligibility that the 

Secretary of Education may prescribe by 

regulation. 

Link to the Senior Department 

Official’s Decision Letters: After NACIQI 

made its recognition recommendations 

to the SDO, pursuant to 34 Code of 

Federal Regulations CFR 602.34(g), each 

agency and the Department staff had the 

opportunity to submit comments on 

NACIQI’s recommendations to the SDO 

pursuant to 34 CFR 602.35. There was 

a separate SDO for the Higher Learning 

Commission (HLC). The SDO for HLC 

issued his decision on October 26, 2020. 

The SDO for all other agencies issued 

her decisions on October 28, 2020. A 

link to all the SDO decision letters, as 

well as a list of all the agencies 

reviewed at the July 29–30, 2020 

NACIQI meeting, are provided below. 

None of the agencies reviewed chose to 

appeal the SDO Decisions to the 

Secretary pursuant to 34 CFR 602.37(a). 

https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/erecognition/ 

PublicDocuments. 

Application for Renewal of Recognition 

(State Agency for the Approval of 

Vocational Education) 

Puerto Rico State Agency for the 

Approval of Public Postsecondary 

Vocational, Technical Institutions and 

Programs. 

Applications for Renewal of 

Recognition (State Agency for the 

Approval of Nurse Education) 

1. New York State Board of Regents, 

State Education Department, Office of 

the Professions (Nursing Education). 

2. Missouri State Board of Nursing. 

Application for Granting of Academic 

(Masters and Doctoral) Degrees by 

Federal Agencies and Institutions 

1. National Intelligence University: 

Undergoing Substantive Change 

(Reorganization/Command Change). 

2. U.S. Army Command and General 

Staff College: Undergoing Substantive 

Change (Curriculum Change). 

Agency Under Review and Evaluation 

during its period of recognition by the 

Department’s Office of Postsecondary 

Education Accreditation Group, in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in 34 CFR 602.33. 

Higher Learning Commission (HLC). 

Access to Records of the Meeting: The 

official report of the July 29 & 30, 2020 

meeting is posted on the NACIQI 

website. In addition, pursuant to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), at 5 U.S.C. App. 10(b), the 

public may request to inspect records of 

the meeting at 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC, by emailing 

aslrecordsmanager@ed.gov or by calling 

(202) 453–7415 to schedule an 

appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Alan Smith, Executive Director/ 

Designated Federal Official, NACIQI, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, Room 271–03, 

Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 

453–7757, or email: 

George.Alan.Smith@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. You also may 

access documents of the Department 

published in the Federal Register by 

using the article search feature at: 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1011c. 

Christopher McCaghren, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01222 Filed 1–19–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0012] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Example 

Application for the Emergency 

Assistance to Non-Public Schools 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

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 14, 2021; and therefore, the 


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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 22, 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–0012. 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 Andrew Brake, 

202–260–0998. 

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: Example 

Application for the Emergency 

Assistance to Non-Public Schools 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 40,000. 

Abstract: The Emergency Assistance 

to Non-Public Schools program is a 

reservation of funds under the 

Coronavirus Response and Relief 

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 

(CRRSA Act) to provide services or 

assistance to non-public schools. Under 

the EANS program, we will award 

grants by formula to each Governor with 

an approved Certification and 

Agreement to provide services or 

assistance to eligible non-public schools 

to address the impact that the 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 

has had, and continues to have, on nonpublic school students and teachers in 

the State. The CRRSA Act requires that 

State’s collect applications from nonpublic schools in order to award these 

funds. This request is being made to 

allow the distribution of an example 

application States can use to collect the 

needed information from eligible nonpublic schools. States are not required 

to use this application and may create 

their own. 

Additional Information: An 

emergency clearance approval for the 

use of the system is described below 

due to the following conditions: 

• The Department of Education 

(Department) requests that the following 

collection of information, the example 

application for the Emergency 

Assistance to Non Public Schools 

(EANS) Program under section 312(d) of 

the CRRSA Act, Public Law 116–260, be 

processed in accordance with section 

1320.13 emergency processing of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Section 

312(d)(3) of the CRRSA Act requires that 

any State educational agency receiving 

funds to provide services or assistance 

to non-public schools shall make an 

application for those services available 

to non-public schools no later than 30 

days after the receipt of such funds. The 

Department announced the availability 

of the EANS funds on January 8, 2021 

and will be awarding funds no later 

than 15 days after receipt of a 

Governor’s application. 

Dated: January 14, 2021. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0175] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Work Colleges Application and 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

22, 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 information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

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 


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