[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 2600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00663]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2023-SCC-0130]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Stronger Connections Grant Program Annual Performance Report

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department 
of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
February 15, 2024.

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 Sarah Newman, 202-453-6956.

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: Stronger Connections Grant Program Annual 
Performance Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10,053.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 40,636.
    Abstract: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) provides $1 
billion in funding to State educational agencies (SEAs) to be 
distributed under Title IV, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The BSCA specifies that SEAs must make 
competitive subgrants to high-need local educational agencies (LEAs), 
as determined by the SEA, for activities to support safe and healthy 
students under section 4108 of the ESEA. The Department of Education 
has designated BSCA section 4108 funds as the Stronger Connections 
grant program.
    This is a new information collection request for the Stronger 
Connections grant program annual performance reporting. Under the 
Education Department's General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR, 
Section 75.720), grantees shall submit annual performance reports. In 
addition, in order to receive a Stronger Connections grant award, SEAs 
were required to submit an assurance that the SEA will submit such 
other information as the Secretary may later require, such as (1) the 
identification of the LEAs awarded Stronger Connections grant funds, 
(2) how the SEA and its LEAs are using Stronger Connections grant 
funds, and (3) Whether the SEA will evaluate the effectiveness of the 
SCG program, including the effectiveness of LEA use of SCG funds and, 
if so, how it will do so.
    As part of the public comment period review, ED requests that SEAs 
and its other stakeholders respond to the directed questions found in 
Attachment A.

    Dated: January 10, 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. 2024-00663 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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