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selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

(202) 245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: School Pulse Panel 

2023–24 Quarter 3 Revision. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0975. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 53,955. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 10,175. 

Abstract: The School Pulse Panel is 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), part of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 

within the United States Department of 

Education. Initially, the purpose of the 

study was to collect extensive real-time 

data on issues brought to light by the 

COVID–19 pandemic on students and 

staff, as well as other important 

education-related issues that could 

inform data-driven policy decisions, in 

U.S. public primary, middle, high, and 

combined-grade schools and districts. 

Specifically, this was accomplished by 

collecting data on, among other things, 

the percentage of the student body 

starting the school year behind grade 

level, the types of learning recovery 

strategies being implemented and the 

perceived effectiveness of those 

strategies, classroom behavioral 

concerns, mental health services 

provided, and staffing issues. NCES was 

able to capture each of these pieces in 

an expedited fashion and report out 

findings in a matter of weeks, providing 

rich information to help tell the full 

story of what students, staff, and 

administrators were battling on a daily 

basis. The success of the quickturnaround nature of the SPP was a 

clear indication of the immense value of 

having a real-time data collection 

vehicle readily available to capture 

content on prominent events occurring 

in the school environment. Therefore, 

stakeholders and ED leadership have 

asked NCES to continue this type of 

data collection methodology for the 

2023–24 school year and beyond with 

content extending beyond COVID–19 

pandemic impacts on the education 

environment. 

The preliminary activities package 

was formally cleared in February 2023 

(OMB# 1850–0975 v.1) and the SPP 

monthly data collection package was 

formally cleared in June 2023 (OMB# 

1850–0975 v.2). A change request (v.3) 

was cleared in July 2023 to make 

changes to the September and October 

instruments and August 2023–January 

2024 communication materials. A 

second quarterly package was formally 

cleared in October 2023 (OMB# 1850– 

0975 v.4), which contained the 

November 2023–January 2024 

questionnaires and the February 2024– 

June 2024 communication materials. A 

change request (v.5) was cleared in 

October 2023 to make changes to the 

December 2023 and January 2024 

instruments; content on these surveys 

was undergoing cognitive testing during 

the 30-day public comment period. The 

purpose of this memo is to accompany 

a revision (v.6) and to describe the 

changes to the research materials 

contained in that revision. The new 

revision is focused on a 30-day public 

comment period on new items (within 

the scope of the research domains 

previously established) to be collected 

on the February 2024, March 2024, and 

April 2024 instruments (Appendix C3). 

These items are considered very close to 

final and will go through minimal 

testing with school personnel to 

examine any comprehension concerns 

with item wording. Feedback from this 

testing, as well as additional input from 

SPP stakeholders, will result in 

modifications and additions that will be 

reflected in future change requests. 

Dated: October 24, 2023. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2023–FSA–0135] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: This matching program will 

assist the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department or ED) in its obligation to 

ensure that borrowers who either owe 

balances on or who have had any of 

loans made under title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA) written off due to default for the 

Federal Perkins Loan Program, the 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 

Program, the Federal Family Education 

Loan (FFEL) Program, or the Federal 

Insured Student Loan (FISL) Program or 

with Teacher Education Assistance for 

College and Higher Education (TEACH) 

Grant service obligations (referred to 

collectively herein as ‘‘title IV loans’’) 

more efficiently and effectively are able 

to obtain Total and Permanent Disability 

(TPD) discharges of their title IV loans. 

DATES: Submit your comments on the 

proposed re-establishment of the 

matching program on or before 

November 29, 2023. 

The matching program will become 

effective on the later of the following 

two dates: (1) December 1, 2023, or (2) 

30 days after the publication of this 

notice, on October 30, 2023, 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 effective date and may 

be renewed for up to an additional 12 

months if, within 3 months prior to the 

expiration of the 18 months, the 

respective Data Integrity Boards of ED 

and the U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) determine that the 

conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 

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

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at regulations.gov. However, if 

you require an accommodation or 

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comments via regulations.gov, please 

contact the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The Department will not 

accept comments submitted by fax or by 

email, or comments submitted after the 

comment period. To ensure that the 

Department does 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 ‘‘FAQ’’ tab. 

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: 

Brenda Vigna, Division Chief, Program 

Contract Management Group, Federal 

Student Aid, U.S. Department of 

Education, 830 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20202–5320. 

Telephone: (202) 567–1931. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), you may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended (Privacy Act) (5 

U.S.C. 552a); Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) 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 re-establishment of the 

matching program between the 

Department and VA. 

Participating Agencies 

The U.S. Department of Education 

and the U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program 

The Department’s legal authority to 

enter into the matching program and to 

disclose information thereunder is 

sections 420N(c), 437(a)(1), 455(a)(1), 

and 464(c)(1)(F)(ii & iii) of the HEA (20 

U.S.C. 1070g–2(c), 1087(a)(1), 

1087e(a)(1), and 1087dd(c)(1)(F)(ii & 

iii)). VA’s legal authority to enter into 

this matching program is 38 U.S. Code 

§ 5106. 

Purpose(s) 

This matching program will assist the 

Department in its obligation to ensure 

that borrowers of title IV loans more 

efficiently and effectively are able to 

obtain TPD discharge of their title IV 

loans. The Department will proactively 

send notices to borrowers with title IV 

loans who VA has designated as (1) 

having a service-connected disability 

rating that is 100 percent disabling, or 

(2) being totally disabled based on an 

individual unemployability rating, 

informing them that the Department 

will discharge the borrower’s title IV 

loans no earlier than 61 days after the 

date that the Department sends the 

notification to the borrower, unless the 

borrower chooses to have their title IV 

loans discharged earlier by contacting 

ED or chooses to opt out of the TPD 

discharge within 60 days from the date 

that the Department sends the 

notification to the borrower. The 

Department’s notices also will inform 

these borrowers that the Department has 

accepted information obtained from the 

VA in lieu of the borrower’s submission 

of a VA Statement and the borrower’s 

TPD loan discharge application, thereby 

simplifying the TPD discharge process 

for borrowers. 

Categories of Individuals 

This matching program covers 

veterans whom VA has designated as 

having a service-connected disability 

rating that is 100 percent disabling or 

being totally disabled based on an 

individual unemployability rating, as 

described in 38 CFR 3.4(b) and 3.340, 

and who have title IV loans (as defined 

above). 

Categories of Records 

This matching program covers the 

following records on the 

aforementioned individuals: the name 

(first, middle, and last), date of birth 

(DOB), and Social Security number 

(SSN), the 100% disabling serviceconnected disability rating or the 

individuals unemployability rating, and 

the disability determination date. 

System(s) of Records 

VA will use the VA system of records 

entitled ‘‘Compensation, Pension, 

Education, and Vocational 

Rehabilitation and Employment 

Records—VA’’ (58VA21/22/28), last 

published in full in the Federal Register 

on November 8, 2021 (86 FR 61858). VA 

has determined that routine use 39 in 

the foregoing system of records is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the information is collected and 

contains appropriate Privacy Act 

disclosure authority. 

The Department will match 

information obtained from the VA with 

Department records maintained in the 

Department’s system of records entitled 

‘‘National Student Loan Data System 

(NSLDS)’’ (18–11–06). The NSLDS 

system of records notice was last 

published in full in the Federal Register 

on June 28, 2023 (88 FR 41934). 

The Department will also maintain 

matched information obtained from VA 

in the Department’s system of records 

entitled ‘‘Common Services for 

Borrowers (CSB) (18–11–16).’’ The CSB 

system of records notice was last 

published in full in the Federal Register 

on July 27, 2023 (88 FR 48449). 

Accessible Format: By request to Lisa 

Tessitore, Program Operations 

Specialist, Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education, 830 First 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20202–5320, 

telephone: (202) 377–3249, individuals 

with disabilities can obtain this 

document 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, compact 

disc, or other accessible format. 

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. 

Richard Cordray, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

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