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• Program Performance Measure 4: 

The cost efficiency of the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities program 

includes the percentage of milestones 

achieved in the current annual 

performance report period and the 

percentage of funds spent during the 

current fiscal year. 

• Long-term Program Performance 

Measure: The percentage of States 

receiving special education technical 

assistance and dissemination services 

regarding scientifically or evidencebased practices for infants, toddlers, 

children, and youth with disabilities 

that successfully promote the 

implementation of those practices in 

school districts and service agencies. 

The measures apply to projects 

funded under this competition, and 

grantees are required to submit data on 

these measures as directed by OSEP. 

Grantees will be required to report 

information on their project’s 

performance in annual and final 

performance reports to the Department 

(34 CFR 75.590). 

The Department will also closely 

monitor the extent to which the 

products and services provided by the 

Center meet needs identified by 

stakeholders and may require the Center 

to report on such alignment in their 

annual and final performance reports. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

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Code of Federal Regulations at 

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the Department. 

David Cantrell, 

Deputy Director, Office of Special Education 

Programs, Delegated the authority to perform 

the functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04665 Filed 3–5–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2020–FSA–0145] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a New Matching 

Program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended by the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 and the Computer Matching and 

Privacy Protections Amendments of 

1990 (Privacy Act), and Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

guidance on the conduct of matching 

programs, notice is hereby given of the 

re-establishment of the matching 

program between the Department of 

Education (ED or Department) (recipient 

agency) and the Social Security 

Administration (SSA) (source agency) to 

assist the Department in its obligation to 

ensure that applicants for student 

financial assistance under title IV of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), satisfy eligibility 

requirements. 

DATES: The period of this matching 

program is estimated to cover the 18- 

month period from April 11, 2021 

through October 10, 2022. However, the 

computer matching agreement (CMA) 

will become applicable at the later of 

the following two dates: April 11, 2021, 

or 30 days after the publication of this 

notice, on March 8, 2021, unless 

comments have been received from 

interested members of the public 

requiring modification and 

republication of the notice. The 

matching program will continue for 18 

months after the applicable date and 

may be extended for up to an additional 

12 months, if the respective agency Data 

Integrity Boards (DIBs) determine that 

the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(D) have been met. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under the ‘‘help’’ tab. 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about this new 

matching program, address them to: 

Gerard Duffey, Management and 

Program Analyst, Wanamaker Building, 

U.S. Department of Education, Federal 

Student Aid, 100 Penn Square East, 

Suite 509.B10, Philadelphia, PA 19107. 

Telephone: (215) 656–3249. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerard Duffey, Management and 

Program Analyst, Wanamaker Building, 

U.S. Department of Education, Federal 

Student Aid, 100 Penn Square East, 

Suite 509.B10, Philadelphia, PA 19107. 

Telephone: (215) 656–3249. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act; OMB 


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Final Guidance Interpreting the 

Provisions of Public Law 100–503, the 

Computer Matching and Privacy 

Protection Act of 1988, published in the 

Federal Register on June 19, 1989 (54 

FR 25818); and OMB Circular No. A– 

108, notice is hereby provided of the reestablishment of the matching program 

between SSA and ED to assist ED in the 

verification of Social Security numbers 

(SSNs) and confirmation of citizenship 

status as recorded in SSA records in 

order to verify the eligibility of 

applicants for student financial 

assistance under title IV of the HEA. 

Participating Agencies 

ED and SSA. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

ED is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under sections 

428B(f) (20 U.S.C. 1078–2(f)), 483(a)(12) 

(20 U.S.C. 1090(a)(12)), 484(g) (20 U.S.C. 

1091(g)), and 484(p) (20 U.S.C. 1091(p)) 

of the HEA. 

SSA is authorized to participate in the 

matching program under section 1106 of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1306)) 

and the regulations promulgated 

pursuant to that section (20 CFR part 

401). Section 7213 of the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

2004 provides SSA authority to add a 

death indicator to verification routines 

that SSA determines to be appropriate. 

The legal authority for ED and SSA to 

disclose information under the 

matching program also includes 

subsection (b)(3) of the Privacy Act ((5 

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). 

Purpose(s) 

The purpose of this matching program 

between ED and SSA is to assist the 

Secretary of Education with verification 

of immigration status and SSNs under 

20 U.S.C. 1091(g) and (p). SSA will 

verify the issuance of an SSN and a date 

of death (if applicable) to students and 

the parent(s) of dependent students, and 

will confirm the citizenship status of 

those students applying for financial 

assistance programs authorized under 

title IV of the HEA. Verification of this 

information by SSA will help ED satisfy 

its obligation to ensure that individuals 

applying for financial assistance meet 

eligibility requirements of the HEA. 

Verification by this matching program 

effectuates the purpose of the HEA 

because it provides an efficient and 

comprehensive method of verifying the 

accuracy of each individual’s SSN, date 

of death if applicable, and claim to a 

citizenship status that permits that 

individual to qualify for title IV, HEA 

assistance. 

Categories of Individuals 

ED’s systems of records involved in 

the matching program maintain 

information on individuals who apply 

for Federal student financial assistance 

through the Free Application for Federal 

Student Aid (FAFSA) and on 

individuals who apply to receive Person 

Authentication Service (PAS) 

Credentials, a user ID, and a password 

to electronically access their FAFSA 

record. 

SSA’s system of records involved in 

the matching program maintains records 

about each individual who has applied 

for, and obtained, an SSN. 

Categories of Records 

ED’s systems of records involved in 

the matching program contain (1) the 

information to determine an applicant’s 

eligibility for Federal student financial 

assistance, and (2) the applicant’s 

information to receive PAS Credentials, 

a user ID, and a password. The specific 

data elements that ED will transmit to 

SSA are: students’ and parent(s) of 

dependent students’ SSN, first name, 

last name, and date of birth (DOB). 

SSA’s system of records involved in 

the matching program maintains 

information required to apply for, and 

obtain, an SSN. The specific data 

elements that SSA will send back to ED 

include: SSN, first name, last name, 

DOB, and an SSA verification code on 

each record to indicate the match 

results. The verification codes are: 1 = 

No match on SSN, 3 = SSN match, name 

match, no match on DOB, 5 = SSN 

match, no match on name, DOB not 

checked, 6 = SSN not verified, Blank = 

SSN match, name match, DOB match. 

SSA will also send a date of death if one 

is present on SSA’s database for the 

record. Records returned from SSA also 

will include a citizenship status code as 

follows: A = U.S. citizen, B = legal alien, 

eligible to work, C = legal alien, not 

eligible to work, D = other, E = alien, 

student restricted, F = conditionally 

legalized alien, * = foreign born, Blank 

= domestic born (U.S. citizen), N = 

unable to verify citizenship due to no 

match on name, DOB, or SSN. 

System(s) of Records 

There are two ED systems of records 

involved in the disclosure of 

information from ED to SSA in this 

matching program. The first is entitled, 

‘‘Federal Student Aid Application File’’ 

(18–11–01), last published in the 

Federal Register on October 29, 2019 

(84 FR 57856). (See https://

www2.ed.gov/notices/ed-pia.html#fsa) 

(Note: the ED Central Processing System 

(CPS) is the ED information system that 

processes data from the Federal Student 

Aid Application File). The second is 

entitled, ‘‘Person Authentication Service 

(PAS)’’ (18–11–12) published in the 

Federal Register on March 20, 2015 (80 

FR 14981). In addition, ED will 

maintain the information that it receives 

back from SSA in the foregoing ED 

systems of records and in the Common 

Origination and Disbursement (COD) 

system of records (18–11–02), which 

was last published in the Federal 

Register on August 16, 2019 (84 FR 

41979). (See https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2019/08/16/2019-17615/privacy-act-of1974-system-of-records.) 

SSA’s system of records involved in 

this matching program is entitled, 

‘‘Master Files of Social Security Number 

(SSN) Holders and SSN Applications’’ 

(Enumeration System) 60–0058, last 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 29, 2010 (75 FR 82121), July 

5, 2013 (78 FR 40542), February 13, 

2014 (79 FR 8780), July 3, 2018 (83 FR 

31250), and November 1, 2018 (83 FR 

54969). 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, or audiotape) by contacting the 

contact person listed in the preceding 

paragraph. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. 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 Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also 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. 

Mark Brown, 

Chief Operating Officer Federal Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04710 Filed 3–5–21; 8:45 am] 

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