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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: Joint Consolidation 

Loan Separation Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW. 

Type of Review: New ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 74,000. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 24,051. 

Abstract: This is a new collection. The 

Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act 

(JCLSA), amended the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) to allow 

joint consolidation co-borrowers to 

apply to separate an existing joint Direct 

Consolidation Loan or Federal 

Consolidation Loan into individual 

Direct Consolidation Loans. The HEA, 

as amended by the JCLSA, requires joint 

consolidation loan borrowers to apply to 

the U.S. Department of Education if they 

wish to separate an existing joint 

consolidation loan into one or more 

individual Direct Consolidation Loans. 

The JCLSA allows for either joint 

application or separate application. 

Under the joint application option, each 

joint consolidation loan co-borrower 

applies for an individual Direct 

Consolidation Loan. Unless the coborrowers agree on an alternate amount 

specified in a divorce decree, court 

order, or settlement agreement, each coborrowers new individual Direct 

Consolidation Loan will be made for an 

amount equal to the co-borrowers’ 

portion of the remaining outstanding 

balance of the joint consolidation loan. 

Under the separate application option, a 

co-borrower who certifies that they have 

experienced an act of domestic violence 

or economic abuse from the other coborrower, or that they are unable to 

reasonably reach or access the loan 

information of the other co-borrower, 

may apply separately for a new 

individual Direct Consolidation Loan, 

without regard to whether or when the 

other co-borrower applies. In this 

circumstance, the applying coborrowers new Direct Consolidation 

Loan will be made for an amount equal 

to that individual’s portion of the joint 

consolidation loan, determined as 

described above for the joint application 

option. 

Dated: January 8, 2024. 

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. 2024–00486 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0007] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Family 

Educational Rights and Privacy Act 

(FERPA) Regulatory Requirements 

AGENCY: Office of Finance and 

Operations (OFO), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

12, 2024. 

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– 

2024–SCC–0007. 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 Regina Miles, 

202–260–3968. 

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: Family 

Educational Rights and Privacy Act 

(FERPA) Regulatory Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 1880–0543. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,293,021. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,914,593. 

Abstract: The Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 

requires that subject educational 

agencies and institutions notify parents 

and students of their rights under 

FERPA and requires that they record 

disclosures of personally identifiable 

information from education records, 

with certain exceptions. 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

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. 2024–00565 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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