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Authority: Section 114 of the HEA of 

1964, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1011c). 

Antoinette Flores, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning and Innovation, Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0016] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; High 

School Equivalency Program (HEP) 

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 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

29, 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–0016. 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 Katrina 

Ballard, (202) 987–0702. 

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: High School 

Equivalency Program (HEP) Annual 

Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0684. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 54. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,242. 

Abstract: This is a request for a 

revision of the 1810–0684 High School 

Equivalency Program (HEP) Annual 

Performance Report collection. These 

revisions include language 

replacements, removals, and additions 

that are intended to ensure compliance 

with EDGAR 34 CFR 75.110 and OMB 

Circular A–110, improve the clarity of 

instructions and data collection, and 

remove duplicative language. 

Substantive changes include the 

addition of a data element related to 

mode of instruction. For a complete list 

of revisions, please see the attached 

summary, which will be shared with the 

public and OMB as a supplemental 

document. The Office of Migrant 

Education (OME) is collecting 

information for the High School 

Equivalency Program (HEP) which is 

authorized under Title IV, Section 418A 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended by Section 408 of the Higher 

Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)(20 

U.S.C. 1070d–2) (special programs for 

students whose families are engaged in 

migrant and seasonal farm work) and 2 

CFR 200.328 which requires that 

recipients of discretionary grants submit 

an Annual Performance Report (APR) to 

best inform improvements in program 

outcomes and productivity. 

Although the Education Department 

continues to use the generic 524B, OME 

is requesting to continue the use of a 

customized APR that goes beyond the 

generic 524B APR to facilitate the 

collection of more standardized and 

comprehensive data to inform 

performance indicators, to improve the 

overall quality of data collected, and to 

increase the quality of data that can be 

used to inform policy decisions. 

Although the Education Department 

continues to use the generic 524B, OME 

is requesting to continue the use of a 

customized APR that goes beyond the 

generic 524B APR to facilitate the 

collection of more standardized and 

comprehensive data to inform 

Government Performance Results Act 

(GPRA) indicators, to improve the 

overall quality of data collected, and to 

increase the quality of data that can be 

used to inform policy decisions. 

Dated: January 23, 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. 

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