8896 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 10, 2021 / Notices 

by the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (IES), within the 

U.S. Department of Education. As with 

prior SSOCS collections, NCES has 

entered into an interagency agreement 

with the Census Bureau to administer 

the 2022 collection. 

This request is to conduct the 2022 

administration of the School Survey on 

Crime and Safety (SSOCS). As part of 

SSOCS:2022 development, cognitive 

testing on new COVID–19 pandemic 

items will be conducted during the 

winter and spring of 2021, scheduled to 

be completed in late-spring 2021. The 

wording and design of these items may 

be modified in response to the findings 

of this testing and, as such, will be 

updated in a change request, tentatively 

scheduled for October 2021. 

Dated: February 4, 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. 2021–02686 Filed 2–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2020–SCC–0143] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Study of Financial Aid Supports for 

GEAR UP Students 

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 a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

12, 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 Daphne Garcia, 

202–245–6592. 

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: Study of Financial 

Aid Supports for GEAR UP Students. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Tribal, and Local Governments Total 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 42. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 95. 

Abstract: This is a congressionallymandated evaluation of the scholarship 

component of the Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

program. Established in the 1998 Higher 

Education Act (HEA), GEAR UP 

provides competitive, multi-year grants 

to states and local partnerships to 

prepare students attending high-poverty 

middle and high schools for college 

enrollment and success. State grantees 

must use at least half of their funds to 

provide college scholarships to GEAR 

UP students unless they receive a 

waiver from the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED). 

How GEAR UP grantees provide 

scholarships to support students’ 

enrollment and persistence in college is 

of interest for several reasons. First, this 

component distinguishes GEAR UP 

from other federal college access 

programs that serve primarily lowincome students or those from high 

need schools. Second, the 2008 HEA 

reauthorization gave state grantees 

flexibility in how they implement and 

fund the scholarships. While program 

statute requires states to set aside at 

least half of their GEAR UP funds to 

provide scholarships (states that do are 

referred to as ‘‘set-aside states’’), states 

may be granted a waiver to devote all of 

their GEAR UP funds to other activities 

(referred to as ‘‘waiver states’’) if they 

can ensure that GEAR UP students have 

access to alternative scholarship 

funds—such as those that are statefunded. The reauthorization also 

changed other aspects of the scholarship 

component, such as the minimum 

amount and which students must be 

eligible to receive this financial aid. 

Little information is available about 

how states are carrying out these 

requirements or the challenges they face 

in administering this part of the GEAR 

UP program. The data collection for this 

study will examine the scholarship 

practices of all states that received a 

GEAR UP grant since fiscal year 2011, 

the first year the scholarship changes 

went into effect. ED plans to use the 

study results to inform program 

improvement, both current efforts and 

in the future through the upcoming 

reauthorization of the HEA. 

Dated: February 4, 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. 2021–02685 Filed 2–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER21–1036–000] 

Griddy Energy LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced Griddy Energy LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of