2600 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 / Notices 

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. 

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] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Meeting of the National Board for 

Education Sciences 

AGENCY: National Board for Education 

Sciences, Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda, time, and instructions to access 

or participate in the National Board for 

Education Sciences (hereafter referred to 

as NBES or Board) virtual meeting 

scheduled for January 29, 2024. This 

notice provides information about the 

meeting to members of the public who 

may be interested in virtually attending 

the meeting and/or how to provide 

written comment(s). 

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting will be 

conducted virtually via Microsoft 

Teams. 

DATES: The NBES meeting will be held 

on Monday, January 29, 2024, from 10 

a.m.–4 p.m. (EST). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellie 

Pelaez, DFO for NBES, U.S. Department 

of Education, IES: 550 12th Street SW, 

Office 4126–1, Washington, DC 20202, 

telephone: (202) 987–0359, email: 

ellie.pelaez@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is required by section 

1009(a)(2) of 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 

(Federal Advisory Committees). 

Statutory Authority and Function: 

The Board is authorized by section 116 

of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 

2002 (20 U.S.C. 9516). The Board is 

established as part of the U.S. 

Department of Education, IES, and shall, 

consistent with 20 U.S.C. 9514, 9515(b)- 

(c), and 9516 function as a board of 

directors for IES. The mission of IES is 

to provide national leadership in 

expanding fundamental knowledge and 

understanding of education from early 

childhood through postsecondary study, 

in order to provide parents, educators, 

students, researchers, policymakers, and 

the general public with reliable 

information about the condition and 

progress of education in the United 

States; educational practices that 

support learning and improve academic 

achievement and access to educational 

opportunities for all students; and the 

effectiveness of Federal and other 

education programs. 

The Board’s responsibilities are: (1) 

advise and consult with the Director of 

IES (Director) on the policies of IES; (2) 

consider and approve priorities 

proposed by the Director under 20 

U.S.C. 9515 to guide the work of IES; (3) 


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