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for automated linking of K–12, teacher, 

postsecondary, workforce, career and 

technical education (CTE), adult 

education, and early childhood data. 

Historically, SLDS has collected 

information annually from State 

Education Agencies (SEAs) and has 

helped inform NCES ongoing evaluation 

and targeted technical assistance efforts 

to enhance the quality of the SLDS 

Program’s support to States regarding 

systems development, enhancement, 

and use. The request to conduct all 

activities related to SLDS 2021–2023, 

including materials and procedures, was 

approved by OMB in October 2021 

(OMB #1859–0933 v.10), 

This new request is to conduct all 

activities related to SLDS 2023–25, 

continuing usage of the Qualtrics 

information collection tool initiated in 

the 2023 collection. The appendices 

include updated communications, 

webinars, and Qualtrics instrument 

screenshots related to the SLDS 2023–25 

collection. While minor adjustments 

were made to questions and language, 

the primary change proposed in this 

package is a shift from an annual to a 

biennial collection. Nationwide, SLDS 

system capacity changes frequently (ex. 

Infrastructure enhancements, evolving 

P20W agency collaborations, State 

legislation impacts, etc.), but analysis 

demonstrates that the COVID–19 

pandemic stagnated the work to some 

extent. The 2019–20 Statistics in Brief 

and accompanying data file (anticipated 

May 2023 publication release) indicate 

very little change in results over the 

two-year period, indicating that shifting 

to an every-other-year collection would 

allow for more timely releases of data, 

with no adverse effect on the integrity 

of the information. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18538 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0152] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Annual 

Performance Report for Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

30, 2023. 

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– 

2023–SCC–0152. 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, 

the Department 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 

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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Nicole 

Josemans, 202–452–7111. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: Annual 

Performance Report for Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0777. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments; private 

sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 159. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,180. 

Abstract: Gaining Early Awareness 

and Readiness for Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP), created in the 

Higher Education Act Amendments of 

1998 (title IV, section 404A–404H), is a 

discretionary grant program which 

encourages applicants to provide 

support and maintain a commitment to 

eligible low-income students, including 

students with disabilities, to assist the 

students in obtaining a secondary 

school diploma and preparing for and 

succeeding in postsecondary education. 

GEAR UP provides grants to states and 

partnerships to provide services at highpoverty middle and high schools. GEAR 

UP grantees serve an entire cohort of 

students beginning no later than the 

seventh grade and follow them through 

graduation and, optionally, the first year 

of college. 

Gaining Early Awareness and 

Readiness for Undergraduate Programs 

(GEAR UP), created in the Higher 

Education Act Amendments of 1998 

(title IV, section 404A–404H), is a 

discretionary grant program which 

encourages applicants to provide 

support and maintain a commitment to 

eligible low-income students, including 

students with disabilities, to assist the 

students in obtaining a secondary 

school diploma and preparing for and 

succeeding in postsecondary education. 

GEAR UP provides grants to states and 

partnerships to provide services at highpoverty middle and high schools. GEAR 

UP grantees serve an entire cohort of 

students beginning no later than the 

seventh grade and follow them through 

graduation and, optionally, the first year 

of college. 


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The Annual Performance Report 

(APR) for Partnership and State Projects 

for GEAR UP is a required report that 

grant recipients must submit annually. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is for accountability. The data 

is used to report on progress in meeting 

the performance objectives of GEAR UP, 

program implementation, and student 

outcomes. The data collected includes 

budget data on Federal funds and match 

contributions, demographic data, and 

data regarding services provided to 

students. 

This submission requests to revise the 

APR in several places. New questions 

were added regarding the grant’s 

scholarship component and student 

postsecondary participation outcomes, 

and changes were made to questions 

about project financial status, 

participant demographics, and project 

services. 

Dated: August 24, 2023. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18627 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0151] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Charter 

Online Management and Performance 

System (COMPS) Developer Annual 

Performance Report 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

30, 2023. 

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– 

2023–SCC–0151. 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, 

the Department 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 

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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Stephanie 

Jones, 202–453–7835. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: Charter Online 

Management and Performance System 

(COMPS) Developer Annual 

Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 80. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,000. 

Abstract: This request is for a new 

OMB approval to collect the Annual 

Performance Report (APR) data from 

Charter School Programs (CSP) 

Developer grantees. The Charter School 

Programs (CSP) was originally 

authorized under title V, part B, subpart 

1, sections 5201 through 5211 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the 

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 

2001. For fiscal year 2017 and 

thereafter, ESEA has been amended by 

the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), 

(20 U.S.C. 7221–7221i), which reserves 

funds to improve education by 

supporting innovation in public 

education and to: (2) provide financial 

assistance for the planning, program 

design, and initial implementation of 

charter schools; (3) increase the number 

of high-quality charter schools available 

to students across the United States; (4) 

evaluate the impact of charter schools 

on student achievement, families, and 

communities, and share best practices 

between charter schools and other 

public schools; (5) encourage States to 

provide support to charter schools for 

facilities financing in an amount more 

nearly commensurate to the amount 

States typically provide for traditional 

public schools; (6) expand opportunities 

for children with disabilities, English 

learners, and other traditionally 

underserved students to attend charter 

schools and meet the challenging State 

academic standards; (7) support efforts 

to strengthen the charter school 

authorizing process to improve 

performance management, including 

transparency, oversight and monitoring 

(including financial audits), and 

evaluation of such schools; and (8) 

support quality, accountability, and 

transparency in the operational 

performance of all authorized public 

chartering agencies, including State 

educational agencies, local educational 

agencies, and other authorizing entities. 

The U.S. Department of Education 

(ED) is requesting authorization to 

collect data from CSP grantees within 

the Developer program through a new 

online platform. In 2022, ED began 

development of a new data collection 

system, the Charter Online Management 

and Performance System (COMPS), 

designed specifically to reduce the 

burden of reporting for users and 

increase validity of the overall data. 

This new collection consists of 

questions responsive to the actions 

established in the program’s final rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 6, 2022, as well as the Developer 

program Notice Inviting Applications 


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