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Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, 

Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to DON Information 

Management Control Office, 2000 Navy 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350, 

ATTN: Mrs. Sonya Martin or call 703– 

614–7585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Navy Personal Awards Form; 

OPNAV 1650/3; OMB Control Number: 

0703–NPAF. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of DON 

military awards is to provide deserving 

members of the Naval Service 

recognition for qualifying acts of valor 

or non-combat heroism, for 

exceptionally meritorious achievement 

or service, and for arduous or otherwise 

special service. Nominations for 

Personal Military Decorations are 

submitted on the OPNAV 1650/3 for 

Service Members (active duty, retired, 

and veterans), Foreign Military, and 

Midshipmen. An award nomination 

package must include an Award 

Recommendation form, Summary of 

Action narrative justification, and a 

proposed citation. For all awards for 

heroism, combat or non-combat, 

notarized statements by at least two 

eyewitnesses must be included. 

Midshipmen in the Naval Reserve 

Officer Training (NROTC) are generally 

eligible for military awards only when 

serving under orders on active duty. As 

an exception to the general policy, when 

not on active duty NROTC midshipmen 

are eligible for Personal Military 

Decorations for acts of non-combat 

heroism on the same basis as inactive 

members of the Navy Reserve. If a 

decoration is approved, the referral 

Member of Congress (MoC) will be 

informed and the Navy or Marine Corps 

will make arrangements for an 

appropriate presentation ceremony. If 

the nomination, or request for upgrade, 

is disapproved, the MoC will be 

informed and provided the reason(s) for 

disapproval. The authority to complete 

this collection effort is given by 

SECNAVINST 1650.1J, DON Military 

Awards Policy; DoD Instruction 

1348.33, DoD Military Decorations and 

Awards; and 10 U.S.C., Armed Forces. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 23. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 30. 

Average Burden per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Dated: November 14, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 3810–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0197] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, 

Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 (ECLS– 

K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade 

National Data Collection and Transfer 

School Recruitment 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), 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 

December 22, 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 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: Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 

of 2023–24 (ECLS–K:2024) Kindergarten 

and First-Grade National Data 

Collection and Transfer School 

Recruitment. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0750. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 157,586. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 83,612. 

Abstract: The Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program, 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

draws together information from 

multiple sources to provide rich, 

descriptive data on child development, 

early learning, and school progress. The 

ECLS program studies deliver national 

data on children’s status at birth and at 

various points thereafter; children’s 

transitions to nonparental care, early 

care and education programs, and 

school; and children’s experiences and 

growth through the elementary grades. 

The Early Childhood Longitudinal 

Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 

(ECLS–K:2024) is the fourth cohort in 

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longitudinal studies. The study will 

advance research in child development 

and early learning by providing a 

detailed and comprehensive source of 

current information on children’s early 

learning and development, transitions 

into kindergarten and beyond, and 

progress through school. The ECLS– 

K:2024 will provide data about the 

population of children who will be 

kindergartners in the 2023–24 school 

year. The ECLS–K:2024 will focus on 

children’s early school experiences 

continuing through the fifth grade, and 

will include collection of data from 

children, parents, teachers, and school 

administrators. 

The request to conduct the first three 

national data collection rounds for the 

ECLS–K:2024 was approved on April 7, 

2023 (OMB# 1850–0750 v.26). The 

ECLS–K:2024 fall kindergarten data 

collection will be conducted from 

August until December 2023, followed 

by the spring (March–July 2024) 

kindergarten round, and the spring 

(March–July 2025) first-grade round. 

Each of these rounds of data collection 

will involve advance school contacts, 

for example to conduct student 

sampling activities, collect teacher and 

school information, and locate families 

whose children may have moved 

schools. Future OMB packages will be 

submitted for the third-and fifth-grade 

field test (to be conducted in March– 

July 2026), as well as for the national 

spring (March–July 2027) third-grade 

round and the spring (March–July 2029) 

fifth-grade round. 

This current revision request 

(accompanied by 30 days of public 

comment) is to update study respondent 

materials, web and paper surveys, and 

website designs that will be used in the 

kindergarten and first-grade data 

collection activities. Many of the 

revisions in this package were made 

based on analyses of the fall 2022 field 

test data (OMB# 1850–0750 v.25), which 

informed changes to the design of the 

surveys and child assessment. Other 

changes occurred after further 

discussion on operational procedures. 

Revisions to the study instruments (and 

to some extent, the respondent materials 

and websites) are largely limited to 

changes to the spring kindergarten 

materials; an additional revision request 

will be submitted to OMB for revisions 

to the spring first-grade materials as 

additional discussions on design and 

operational procedures continue. 

National data collection work 

completed to date will also inform these 

future revisions. 

The requested changes do not affect 

the approved total cost to the federal 

government for conducting this study, 

but they do result in a small reduction 

to respondent burden. 

Dated: November 17, 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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25799 Filed 11–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Help America Vote College Program 

Service Day Mini-Grant Program 

AGENCY: Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity. 

SUMMARY: Through this Notice, EAC is 

announcing the fiscal year (FY) 2023 

Help America Vote College Program 

(HAVCP) Service Day Mini-Grant 

Program (Mini-Grant) Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO). 

DATES: Proposals must be submitted no 

later than 11:59 p.m. eastern time on 

Monday, December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Proposals must be 

submitted to HAVCP@eac.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Election Assistance Commission Office 

of Grants Management, Risa Garza, (202) 

740–1483, or at HAVCP@eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Program Description 

Assistance Listing Number: 90.400. 

Funding Opportunity Number: EAC– 

23–002. 

Funding Opportunity Title: Help 

America Vote College Program Service 

Day Mini-Grant Program. 

1. Purpose of the Program. The Help 

America Vote College Program (HAVCP) 

was established in 2004, and through 

fiscal year 2009, distributed over $2.3 

million to colleges and non-profits to 

recruit, train and support students 

serving as poll workers on Election Day. 

In 2023, the EAC introduced the HAVCP 

Service Day Mini-Grant (Mini-Grant) 

Program. The information in this NOFO 

is specific to the Service Day Mini-Grant 

Program. The Mini-Grant Program is 

designed to stimulate community action 

on college campuses and increase the 

visibility of the EAC’s National Poll 

Worker Recruitment Day and Help 

America Vote Day. In 2023, the EAC 

will make an additional $1 million 

available for the Help America Vote 

College Program with $50,000 to 

$150,000 set aside for the Service Day 

Mini-Grant Program. 

The purpose of this grant program is 

to: (1) Encourage students enrolled at 

institutions of higher education 

(including community colleges) to assist 

State and local governments in the 

administration of elections by serving as 

nonpartisan poll workers or assistants; 

(2) Encourage college students to 

become cognizant of the elections 

process and civic education, and to 

assist in the administration of elections 

in their community; and (3) Encourage 

state and local governments to use the 

services of the students participating in 

the program. 

College Student means any individual 

enrolled either on a part-time or fulltime basis in any undergraduate, 

graduate, or professional college 

accredited by an agency recognized by 

the U.S. Department of Education in the 

United States. 

2. Statutory and Regulatory Authority. 

The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) anticipates the 

availability of $1 million dollars in 

discretionary grant funding, enacted in 

the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations 

Act (Pub. L. No: 117–328), to support 

the Help America Vote College Program 

(HAVCP) authorized in the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), 

Public Law 107–252, Title V, Help 

America Vote College Program. Awards 

will be administered by the EAC. 

3. Performance Measurement. HAVCP 

Service Day Mini-Grant Program 

awardees will be required to report on 

the total number of college student 

participants served through the funded 

Service Day activities. The number of 

students served could include college 

student participants interacting with 

staff/volunteers tabling, attending a 

presentation or roundtable, or engaging 

through digital (i.e., social media, 

website), print (i.e., college newspaper), 

and/or audio platforms (i.e., radio show, 

podcast). 

B. Federal Award Information 

Service Day Program 

Funding Instrument: Discretionary 

Mini-Grant. 

Award Minimum: $3,000. 

Award Maximum: $10,000. 

Grant Period: 12 Months. 

Anticipated Funding Available: 

$50,000-$150,000. 

1. Funding Type. Funding will be 

provided in the form of a discretionary 

grant. EAC will authorize the Treasury 

Department to disburse funding 

identified in the agreement through the 

Payment Management System (PMS) to 

the applicant as an advance to be 

drawdown as expenses arise. Per 2 CFR 

200, the timing and amount of advance 


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