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Abstract: The NAEP 2021 School 

Survey is collecting data necessary to 

fully understand the impact of the 

COVID–19 pandemic on students and 

educators, including data on the status 

of in-person learning. These data shall 

be disaggregated by student 

demographics, including race, ethnicity, 

disability, English-language-learner 

status, and free or reduced lunch status 

or other appropriate indicators of family 

income.’’ With the participation of 

educators and school leaders across the 

country, NCES will be able to report the 

percentages of students who received 

instruction remotely, in-person, or in a 

hybrid instructional mode for selected 

districts, states, and the nation. NCES 

will provide these data for various 

student groups, in addition to 

information about attendance rates, in 

an online dashboard. These metrics are 

intended to provide stakeholders with a 

clear portrait of equity in the type, 

frequency, and amount of instruction 

students receive monthly across the 

nation, and in states and participating 

districts. As monthly data are collected, 

stakeholders will be able to track 

progress. In addition, a summative 

report will be provided at the end of the 

collection, relating the results to those 

from the NAEP 2021 School and 

Teacher Questionnaire. 

Additional Information: An 

emergency clearance approval for the 

use of the system is described due to the 

following conditions: NCES requests 

emergency clearance to comply with the 

January 21, 2021 Executive Order on 

Supporting the Reopening and 

Continuing Operation of Schools and 

Early Childhood Education Providers 

which states that the Department of 

Education must ‘‘coordinate with the 

Director of the Institute of Education 

Sciences to facilitate, consistent with 

applicable law, the collection of data 

necessary to fully understand the 

impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 

students and educators, including data 

on the status of in-person learning. 

These data shall be disaggregated by 

student demographics, including race, 

ethnicity, disability, English-languagelearner status, and free or reduced lunch 

status or other appropriate indicators of 

family income.’’ Normal clearance 

procedures would not allow IES to 

comply with the intent of this Executive 

Order. 

Dated: February 11, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03162 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0022] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; National 

Study To Inform the 21st Century 

Community Learning Centers (CCLC) 

Program 

AGENCY: Institute of Education 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 April 19, 

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–0022. 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 Erica Johnson, 

(202) 245–7676. 

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: National Study to 

Inform the 21st Century Community 

Learning Centers (CCLC) Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,228. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 397. 

Abstract: The 21st CCLC program 

funds services during non-school hours, 

primarily during the school year. The 

services aim to help students meet state 

academic standards, particularly for 

students in low-performing schools that 

serve high concentrations of low-income 

families. Most participants (71 percent) 

are students attending afterschool 

centers during the school year, with the 

remainder being family members (14 

percent) or summer attendees (15 

percent). Afterschool centers supported 

by program funds provide a broad range 

of activities and services, such as 

academic enrichment, physical activity, 

service learning, and activities to engage 

families. Program activities and services 

may play a crucial role in addressing the 

substantial learning loss and other 

challenges that have occurred as a result 

of the COVID–19 pandemic. 

This study will have two components. 

The first is a national snapshot of 

strategies that afterschool centers in the 

21st CCLC program use to serve their 

students and families. The national 

snapshot will complement and extend 

information from the program’s annual 

performance measures by providing an 

in-depth understanding of the key 

outcomes centers aim to promote and 

the diverse ways their activities and 

services for students and families, 

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strategies are designed to promote these 

outcomes. Describing these strategies 

can provide insights into ways that 

centers seek to address longer-term 

challenges, such as learning loss and 

trauma, stemming from the pandemic. 

The second component is an evaluation 

of a continuous quality improvement 

system implemented in the program’s 

afterschool centers. The evaluation will 

examine the implementation and 

effectiveness of a system focused on 

improving staff practices that promote 

students’ social and emotional skills. 

Promoting these skills may be 

particularly important to compensate for 

the effects of the pandemic, in light of 

evidence that remote learning has 

negatively affected students’ social and 

emotional well-being. 

This package only requests clearance 

for data collection activities that will 

occur before March 2022 and impose 

burden on respondents. These activities, 

all part of the evaluation of a continuous 

quality improvement system (the 

study’s second component), involve 

collecting parent/guardian 

questionnaires and permission forms, 

afterschool center coaching logs, and 

student afterschool attendance records. 

Dated: February 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. 2021–03163 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[EERE–2020–BT–CRT–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted an information 

collection request to the OMB for 

extension under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

information collection requests a threeyear extension of its Certification 

Reports, Compliance Statements, 

Application for a Test Procedure 

Waiver, and Recordkeeping for 

Consumer Products and Commercial/ 

Industrial Equipment subject to Energy 

or Water Conservation Standards. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

March 19, 2021. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the OMB Desk Officer of 

your intention to make a submission as 

soon as possible. The Desk Officer may 

be telephoned at (202) 395–4718. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Rivest, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, EE–5B, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586– 

7335. Email: 

ApplianceStandardsQuestions@

ee.doe.gov. 

Interested persons are encouraged to 

submit comments using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Alternatively, interested persons may 

submit comments, identified by docket 

number EERE–2020–BT–CRT–0018, by 

any of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: to 

InfoCollection2020CRT0018@

ee.doe.gov. Include docket number 

EERE–2020–BT–CRT–0018 in the 

subject line of the message. 

3. Postal Mail: Appliance and 

Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, Mailstop EE–5B, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a compact 

disc (‘‘CD’’), in which case it is not 

necessary to include printed copies. 

4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Appliance 

and Equipment Standards Program, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Office, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone: (202) 287–1445. If possible, 

please submit all items on a CD, in 

which case it is not necessary to include 

printed copies. 

No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be 

accepted. 

Docket: The docket for this activity, 

which includes Federal Register 

notices, comments, and other 

supporting documents/materials, is 

available for review at http://

www.regulations.gov. All documents in 

the docket are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. However, 

some documents listed in the index, 

such as those containing information 

that is exempt from public disclosure, 

may not be publicly available. 

The docket web page can be found at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2020-BT-CRT0018. The docket web page will contain 

simple instructions on how to access all 

documents, including public comments, 

in the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as 

amended (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 

and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR 

part 1320, require Federal agencies to 

issue two notices seeking public 

comment on information collection 

activities before OMB may approve 

paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C. 3506, 

3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1), and 

1320.12. On November 23, 2020, DOE 

published a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register soliciting comment on the 

information collection request for which 

it is now seeking OMB approval. See 85 

FR 74713. The proposed collection 

would cover all covered products and 

equipment subject to DOE’s regulatory 

requirements described in 10 CFR parts 

429, 430, and 431. DOE received three 

comments in response to this notice, 

which are discussed in section I of this 

document. 

I. Summary of Comments 

DOE requested comments as to 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility. 

In response, the Air-Conditioning, 

Heating, and Refrigeration Institute 

(AHRI) and Carrier stated that 

performance data reporting is necessary 

and proper to ensure that manufacturers 

are complying with energy conservation 

standards. (AHRI, No. 2 at p. 2; Carrier 

No. 4 at p. 1) 

AHRI stated that the scope of DOE’s 

reporting requirements are at times 

overbroad, which creates unnecessary 

burden. AHRI pointed to the Central Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pump reporting 

template as an example of 

overcollection and noted that it includes 

many more fields than DOE publishes 

on its public Compliance Certification 

Management System (CCMS) database. 

AHRI asked that DOE exercise greater 


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