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and provided 60 days for public 

comment on the proposed extension, 88 

FR 59877 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The 

Commission received no relevant 

comments that addressed its PRA 

burden estimates. 

Burden Statement: The Commission 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,779. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 102. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 188,980. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: November 6, 2023. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 24–0001] 

HSN, Inc. 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission publishes in 

the Federal Register any settlement that 

it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act. 

Published below is a provisionally 

accepted Settlement Agreement with 

HSN, Inc., containing a civil penalty in 

the amount of $16,000,000 subject to the 

terms and conditions of the Settlement 

Agreement. The Commission voted 

unanimously (4–0) to provisionally 

accept the proposed Settlement 

Agreement and Order pertaining to 

HSN, Inc. Commissioners statements 

regarding the matter can be found here: 

https://www.cpsc.gov/Commissioners. 

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by November 

28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to 

Comment 24–C0001, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (240) 

863–8938 (mobile), (301) 504–7479 

(office); email: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth L. Jones, Trial Attorney, 

Division of Enforcement and Litigation, 

Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814; EJones@

cpsc.gov, 301–504–7510 (office). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Settlement Agreement and Order 

appear below. 

Dated: November 7, 2023. 

Sarah Bock, 

Paralegal Specialist. 

United States of America 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

In the Matter of: HSN, Inc., CPSC Docket 

No.: 24–C0001 

Settlement Agreement 

1. In accordance with the Consumer 

Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051– 

2089 (‘‘CPSA’’), and 16 CFR 1118.20, 

HSN, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including 

without limitation Ingenious Designs, 

LLC (collectively ‘‘HSN’’ or ‘‘the Firm’’), 

and the United States Consumer 

Product Safety Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CPSC’’), through its 

staff, hereby enter into this Settlement 

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’). The 

Agreement and the incorporated 

attached Order resolve staff’s charges set 

forth below. 

The Parties 

2. The Commission is an independent 

federal regulatory agency, established 

pursuant to, and responsible for, the 

enforcement of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2051–2089. By executing the 

Agreement, staff is acting on behalf of 

the Commission, pursuant to 16 CFR 

1118.20(b). The Commission issues the 

Order under the provisions of the CPSA. 

3. HSN is a corporation, organized 

and existing under the laws of the state 

of Delaware, with its principal place of 

business in St. Petersburg, Florida. 

Staff Charges 

4. Between 2002 and 2019, HSN 

imported and distributed in the United 

States approximately 5.4 million Joy 

Mangano brand ‘‘My Little Steamer®,’’ 

also sold as a ‘‘Deluxe’’ version and ‘‘My 

Little Steamer® Go Mini’’ (collectively, 

the ‘‘Steamers’’ or ‘‘Subject Products’’). 

5. The Subject Products are 

‘‘consumer products’’ that were 

‘‘import[ed]’’ and ‘‘distribut[ed] in 

commerce,’’ as those terms are defined 

or used in sections 3(a)(5), (8), and (9) 

of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5), (8), 

and (9). HSN is a ‘‘manufacturer’’ and 

‘‘distributor’’ of the Subject Products, as 

such terms are defined in sections 

3(a)(8) and (11) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2052(a)(8) and (11). 

Violation of CPSA Section 19(a)(4) 

6. The Subject Products contain a 

defect which could create a substantial 

product hazard or create an 

unreasonable risk of serious injury 

because the Subject Products expel, 

spray, or leak hot water during use, 

posing a serious burn hazard to 

consumers. 

7. By the end of 2012 and continuing 

into 2019, HSN had received numerous 

reports that the Subject Products would 

spray, expel, and/or leak hot water 

while in use, some resulting in serious 

and permanent injuries, a limited 

number of which constituted grievous 

bodily injury, as defined in 16 CFR 

1115.12(d). 

8. During the same time, HSN made 

several changes to the Steamers in an 

attempt to address the spraying, 

expelling, and/or leaking of hot water; 

however, HSN continued to receive 

numerous reports of the Steamers 

spraying, expelling, and/or leaking hot 

water. 

9. Despite possessing information that 

reasonably supported the conclusion 

that the Subject Products contained a 

defect that could create a substantial 

product hazard or created an 

unreasonable risk of serious injury, HSN 

did not immediately report to the 

Commission. 

10. By the time HSN filed an initial 

report with the Commission under 15 

U.S.C. 2064(b) concerning the Subject 

Products, the Firm had received 

approximately 400 complaints of the 

Steamers spraying or expelling hot 

water and approximately 700 additional 

reports of leaks, resulting in at least 91 

reports of injury, and 29 insurance 

claims alleging injuries, including 

reports of second and third-degree 

burns, scarring and one report of partial 

hearing loss. In addition, the Firm 

received via Online Reviews on the 

HSN website approximately 500 

complaints of the Steamers spraying or 

expelling hot water and approximately 

150 complaints of leaks, including 87 

reports of injury. 

11. The Commission and HSN jointly 

announced a recall of the Subject 

Products on May 26, 2021. 

Failure to Timely Report 

12. Despite having information 

reasonably supporting the conclusion 

that the Subject Products contained a 

defect which could create a substantial 

product hazard or created an 

unreasonable risk of serious injury or 

death, HSN did not notify the 

Commission immediately of such defect 

or risk, as required by sections 15(b)(3) 

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2064(b)(3), (4), in violation of section 

19(a)(4) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2068(a)(4). 

13. Because the information in HSN’s 

possession about the Subject Products 

constituted actual and presumed 

knowledge, HSN knowingly violated 

section 19(a)(4) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2068(a)(4), as the term ‘‘knowingly’’ is 

defined in section 20(d) of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2069(d). 

14. Pursuant to section 20 of the 

CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2069, HSN is subject to 

civil penalties for its knowing violation 

of section 19(a)(4) of the CPSA, 15 

U.S.C. 2068(a)(4). 

Response of HSN 

15. This Agreement does not 

constitute an admission by HSN to the 

staff’s charges as set forth in paragraphs 

6 through 14 above, including, without 

limitation, that the Subject Products 

contained a defect that could create a 

substantial product hazard or created an 

unreasonable risk of serious injury or 

death; that HSN failed to notify the 

Commission in a timely matter in 

accordance with section 15(b) of the 

CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2064(b); and that HSN 

knowingly violated section 19(a)(4) of 

the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2068(a)(4), as the 

term ‘‘knowingly’’ is defined in section 

20(d) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2069(d). 

16. At all relevant times, HSN 

represents that it had a product safety 

compliance program and took what it 

believed to be reasonable measures to 

monitor and evaluate potential product 

safety issues on an ongoing basis. 

17. HSN notified the Commission 

under Section 15(b) and conducted a 

voluntary recall of the Subject Products 

despite the fact that testing by a thirdparty lab only documented intermittent 

sputtering or dripping, and could not 

recreate spraying or expelling water 

with exemplars absent operating the 

Subject Products in a manner contrary 

to the Products’ warnings and 

instructions. 

18. HSN enters into this Agreement to 

settle this matter and to avoid the cost, 

distraction, delay, uncertainty, and 

inconvenience of protracted litigation or 

other proceedings. HSN does not admit 

that it violated the CPSA or any other 

law, and HSN’s willingness to enter into 

this Agreement and Order does not 

constitute, nor is it evidence of, an 

admission by HSN of liability, or 

violation of any law. 

Agreement of the Parties 

19. Under the CPSA, the Commission 

has jurisdiction over the matter 

involving the Subject Products and over 

HSN. 

20. The parties enter into the 

Agreement for settlement purposes only. 

The Agreement does not constitute an 

admission by HSN or a determination 

by the Commission that HSN violated 

the CPSA. 

21. In settlement of staff’s charges, 

HSN shall pay a civil penalty in the 

amount of sixteen million dollars 

($16,000,000). The $16,000,000 Payment 

shall be paid within thirty (30) calendar 

days after receiving service of the 

Commission’s final Order accepting the 

Agreement. All payments to be made 

under the Agreement shall constitute 

debts owing to the United States and 

shall be made by electronic wire transfer 

to the United States via http://

www.pay.gov, for allocation to, and 

credit against, the payment obligations 

of HSN under this Agreement. Failure to 

make such payment by the date 

specified in the Commission’s final 

Order shall constitute Default. 

22. The Commission or the United 

States may seek enforcement for any 

breach of, or any failure to comply with, 

any provision of this Agreement and 

Order in United States District Court, to 

seek relief including, but not limited to, 

collecting amounts due. 

23. All unpaid amounts, if any, due 

and owing under the Agreement, shall 

constitute a debt due and immediately 

owing by HSN to the United States, and 

interest shall accrue and be paid by 

HSN at the federal legal rate of interest 

set forth at 28 U.S.C. 1961(a) and (b) 

from the date of Default, until all 

amounts due have been paid in full 

(hereinafter ‘‘Default Payment Amount’’ 

and ‘‘Default Interest Balance’’). HSN 

shall consent to a Consent Judgment in 

the amount of the Default Payment 

Amount and Default Interest Balance, 

and the United States, at its sole option, 

may collect the entire Default Payment 

Amount and Default Interest Balance, or 

exercise any other rights granted by law 

or in equity, including, but not limited 

to, referring such matters for private 

collection, and HSN agrees not to 

contest, and hereby waives and 

discharges any defenses to, any 

collection action undertaken by the 

United States, or its agents or 

contractors, pursuant to this paragraph. 

HSN shall pay the United States all 

reasonable costs of collection and 

enforcement under this paragraph, 

respectively, including reasonable 

attorney’s fees and expenses. 

24. After staff receives this Agreement 

executed on behalf of HSN, staff shall 

promptly submit the Agreement to the 

Commission for provisional acceptance. 

Promptly following provisional 

acceptance of the Agreement by the 

Commission, the Agreement shall be 

placed on the public record and 

published in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in 16 CFR 1118.20(e). If the 

Commission does not receive any 

written request not to accept the 

Agreement within fifteen (15) calendar 

days, the Agreement shall be deemed 

finally accepted on the 16th calendar 

day after the date the Agreement is 

published in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 16 CFR 1118.20(f). 

25. This Agreement is conditioned 

upon, and subject to, the Commission’s 

final acceptance, as set forth above, and 

it is subject to the provisions of 16 CFR 

1118.20(h). Upon the later of: (i) the 

Commission’s final acceptance of this 

Agreement and service of the accepted 

Agreement upon HSN, and (ii) the date 

of issuance of the final Order, this 

Agreement shall be in full force and 

effect, and shall be binding upon the 

parties. 

26. Effective upon the later of: (1) the 

Commission’s final acceptance of the 

Agreement and service of the accepted 

Agreement upon HSN and (2) and the 

date of issuance of the final Order, for 

good and valuable consideration, HSN 

hereby expressly and irrevocably waives 

and agrees not to assert any past, 

present, or future rights to the following, 

in connection with the matter described 

in this Agreement: 

(i) an administrative or judicial 

hearing; 

(ii) judicial review or other challenge 

or contest of the Commission’s actions; 

(iii) a determination by the 

Commission of whether HSN failed to 

comply with the CPSA and the 

underlying regulations; 

(iv) a statement of findings of fact and 

conclusions of law; and 

(v) any claims under the Equal Access 

to Justice Act. 

27. HSN shall implement and 

maintain a compliance program 

(‘‘Compliance Program’’) designed to 

ensure compliance with the CPSA with 

respect to any consumer product 

imported, manufactured, distributed or 

sold by HSN, which shall contain the 

following elements: 

(i) written standards, policies, and 

procedures, including those designed to 

ensure that information that may relate 

to or impact CPSA compliance is 

conveyed effectively to personnel 

responsible for CPSA compliance, 

whether or not an injury has been 

reported; 

(ii) procedures and systems for 

tracking and reviewing claims, 

including warranty claims, and reports 

for safety concerns and for 

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actions when compliance deficiencies 

or violations are identified; 

(iii) procedures requiring that 

information required to be disclosed by 

HSN to the Commission is recorded, 

processed, and reported in accordance 

with applicable law; 

(iv) procedures requiring that all 

reporting made to the Commission is 

timely, truthful, complete, accurate, and 

in accordance with applicable law; 

(v) procedures requiring that prompt 

disclosure is made to HSN management 

of any significant deficiencies or 

material weaknesses in the design or 

operation of such internal controls that 

are reasonably likely to affect adversely, 

in any material respect, HSN’s ability to 

record, process and report to the 

Commission in accordance with 

applicable law; 

(vi) mechanisms to effectively 

communicate to all applicable HSN 

employees, through training programs 

or other means, compliance-related 

company policies and procedures to 

prevent violations of the CPSA; 

(vii) a mechanism for confidential 

employee reporting of compliancerelated questions or concerns to either a 

compliance officer or to another senior 

manager with authority to act as 

necessary; 

(viii) HSN senior management 

responsibility for, and general board 

oversight of, CPSA compliance, 

including the implementation of steps 

to ensure that incident and injury data 

is reviewed and analyzed for purposes 

of CPSA Section 15(b) reporting; 

(ix) For at least (3) years, an annual 

internal audit of the effectiveness of 

policies, procedures, systems, and 

training related to CPSA compliance 

that evaluates opportunities for 

improvement, deficiencies or 

weaknesses, and the Firm’s overall 

culture of compliance; and 

(x) retention of all CPSA compliancerelated records for at least five (5) years, 

and availability of such records to CPSC 

staff upon request. 

28. HSN shall submit a report under 

CPSA Section 16(b), sworn to under 

penalty of perjury: 

(i) describing in detail its compliance 

program and internal controls and the 

actions HSN has taken to comply with 

each subparagraph of paragraph 27; 

(ii) affirming that during the reporting 

period, HSN has reviewed its 

compliance program and internal 

controls, including the actions 

referenced in subparagraph (i) of this 

paragraph, for effectiveness, and that it 

complies with each subparagraph of 

paragraph 27, or describing in detail any 

non-compliance with any such 

subparagraph; and 

(iii) identifying the results of the 

annual internal audit referenced in 

paragraph 27(ix) and any changes or 

modifications made during the reporting 

period to HSN’s compliance program or 

internal controls to ensure compliance 

with the terms of the CPSA and, in 

particular, the requirements of CPSA 

Section 15 related to timely reporting. 

Such reports shall be submitted 

annually to the Director, Office of 

Compliance, Division of Enforcement 

and Litigation, for a period of three (3) 

years. The first report shall be submitted 

30 days after the close of the first 12- 

month reporting period, which begins 

on the date of the Commission’s Final 

Order of Acceptance of the Agreement, 

and successive reports shall be due 

annually on the same date thereafter. 

HSN is aware of the Commission’s 

position that failure to make such timely 

and accurate reports, as required by this 

Agreement and Order, may, without 

limitation, constitute a violation of 

Section 19(a)(3) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2068(a)(3), and may subject HSN to 

enforcement under Section 22 of the 

CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2071. 

29. Notwithstanding and in addition 

to the above, during the three-year 

reporting period and otherwise upon 

request, HSN shall promptly provide 

written documentation of any changes 

or modifications to its compliance 

program or internal controls and 

procedures, including the effective dates 

of the changes or modifications thereto. 

HSN shall cooperate fully and truthfully 

with staff and shall make available all 

non-privileged information and 

materials and personnel deemed 

necessary by staff to evaluate HSN’s 

compliance with the terms of the 

Agreement. 

30. The parties acknowledge and 

agree that the Commission may 

publicize the terms of the Agreement 

and the Order. 

31. HSN’s represents that the 

Agreement: 

(i) is entered into freely and 

voluntarily, without any degree of 

duress or compulsion whatsoever; 

(ii) has been duly authorized; and 

(iii) constitutes the valid and binding 

obligation of HSN, enforceable against 

HSN in accordance with its terms. The 

individuals signing the Agreement on 

behalf of HSN represent and warrant 

that they are duly authorized by HSN to 

execute the Agreement. 

32. The signatories represent that they 

are authorized to execute this 

Agreement. 

33. The Agreement is governed by the 

laws of the United States. 

34. The Agreement and the Order 

shall apply to, and be binding upon, 

HSN and each of its parents, successors, 

transferees, and assigns; and a violation 

of the Agreement or Order may subject 

HSN, and each of its parents, 

successors, transferees, and assigns, to 

appropriate legal action. 

35. The Agreement, any attachments, 

and the Order constitute the complete 

agreement between the parties on the 

subject matter contained therein. 

36. The Agreement may be used in 

interpreting the Order. Understandings, 

agreements, representations, or 

interpretations apart from those 

contained in the Agreement and the 

Order may not be used to vary or 

contradict their terms. For purposes of 

construction, the Agreement shall be 

deemed to have been drafted by both of 

the parties and shall not, therefore, be 

construed against any party, for that 

reason, in any subsequent dispute. 

37. The Agreement may not be 

waived, amended, modified, or 

otherwise altered, except as in 

accordance with the provisions of 16 

CFR 1118.20(h). The Agreement may be 

executed in counterparts. 

38. If any provision of the Agreement 

or the Order is held to be illegal, 

invalid, or unenforceable under present 

or future laws effective during the terms 

of the Agreement and the Order, such 

provision shall be fully severable. The 

balance of the Agreement and the Order 

shall remain in full force and effect, 

unless the Commission and HSN agree 

in writing that severing the provision 

materially affects the purpose of the 

Agreement and the Order. 

(Signatures on next page) 

HSN, Inc. 

Dated: 10/13/23. 

By: /s/ lllllllllllllllll

Eve DelSoldo, 

HSN, Inc., Senior Vice President. 

Dated: 10/13/23. 

By: /s/ lllllllllllllllll

Michelle F. Gillice, 

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Counsel 

to HSN, Inc. 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 

Mary B. Murphy, Director. 

Gregory M. Reyes, Supervisory Attorney. 

Dated: 10/13/23. 

By: /s/ lllllllllllllllll

Elizabeth L. Jones, Trial Attorney, Division of 

Enforcement and Litigation, Office of 

Compliance and Field Operations 

United States of America 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

In the Matter of: HSN, Inc., CPSC Docket 

No.: 24–C0001 

Order 

Upon consideration of the Settlement 

Agreement entered into between HSN, 

Inc. (‘‘HSN’’) and the U.S. Consumer 


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Product Safety Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CPSC’’), and the 

Commission having jurisdiction over 

the subject matter and over HSN, and it 

appearing that the Settlement 

Agreement is in the public interest, the 

Settlement Agreement is incorporated 

by reference and it is: 

Provisionally accepted and this Order 

issued on the 7th day of November, 

2023. 

By order of the Commission: 

lllllllllllllllllllll

Alberta E. Mills, Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0153] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Charter Online Management and 

Performance System (COMPS) State 

Entity 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 

December 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

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 Adrienne 

Hawkins, (202) 987–1248. 

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: Charter Online 

Management and Performance System 

(COMPS) State Entity Annual 

Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–NEW. 

Type of Review: New ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 80. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,040. 

Abstract: This request is for a new 

OMB approval to collect the Annual 

Performance Report (APR) data from 

Charter School Programs (CSP) State 

Entity (SE) 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: (1) provide financial 

assistance for the planning, program 

design, and initial implementation of 

charter schools; (2) increase the number 

of high-quality charter schools available 

to students across the United States; (3) 

evaluate the impact of charter schools 

on student achievement, families, and 

communities, and share best practices 

between charter schools and other 

public schools; (4) 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; (5) expand opportunities 

for children with disabilities, English 

learners, and other traditionally 

underserved students to attend charter 

schools and meet the challenging State 

academic standards; (6) 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 (7) 

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 SE 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 SE program 

Notice Inviting Applications (NIA). This 

collection request is a consolidation of 

all previously established program data 

collection efforts and provides a more 

comprehensive representation of grantee 

performance. 

Dated: November 6, 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0155] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Regional Educational Laboratories 

(REL) Peer Review: Pilot Data 

Collection Methods for Examining the 

Use of Research Evidence 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational 

Sciences (IES), 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). 


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