[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79903-79904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22464]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0122]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Monitoring of Section 8546 Prohibition on Aiding and Abetting Sexual 
Abuse State Educational Agency Self-Assessment

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 
December 2, 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-0122. 
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#18515b5c777b737d6c557f6a587d7c367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="440d07002b272f21300923360421206a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 4C210, 
Washington, DC 20202-1200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Marcos Cerdeira, 202-453-5819.

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: Monitoring of Section 8546 Prohibition on 
Aiding and Abetting Sexual Abuse State Educational Agency Self-
Assessment.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new ICR.

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    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 212.
    Abstract: Section 8546 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as amended, (ESEA) requires that A State, State 
educational agency, or local educational agency in the case of a local 
educational agency that receives Federal funds under this Act shall 
have laws, regulations, or policies that prohibit any individual who is 
a school employee, contractor, or agent, or any State educational 
agency or local educational agency, from assisting a school employee, 
contractor, or agent in obtaining a new job, apart from the routine 
transmission of administrative and personnel files, if the individual 
or agency knows, or has probable cause to believe, that such school 
employee, contractor, or agent engaged in sexual misconduct regarding a 
minor or student in violation of the law. In order to understand state 
and local compliance with section 8546 and provide technical assistance 
to support state and local efforts to keep students safe from sexual 
predators in K12 school settings, staff in the Office of Elementary and 
Secondary Education (OESE) at the U.S. Department of Education (the 
Department) will implement this monitoring protocol.
    Congress included section 8546 as part of the ESEA reauthorized by 
the Every Student Succeeds Act and directed the Department to provide 
publicly available information on the status of each states compliance 
with this provision in the fiscal year 2024 Federal budget. 
Specifically, Congress directed the Department to brief the Committees 
on key actions completed and plans to ensure state and local compliance 
with the requirements of section 8546 of the ESEA not later than 90 
days after enactment of this fiscal year 2024 budget. Such briefing 
shall include a discussion of actions taken on recommendations from the 
Department-funded ``Study of State Policies to Prohibit Aiding and 
Abetting Sexual Misconduct in Schools, and other technical assistance 
and support, enforcement and accountability actions, implementation 
challenges, and the metrics the agency is using to measure improved 
State and local compliance with this section of the law. Not later than 
240 days after enactment, the Department is directed to publicly post a 
status report on State and local compliance and its plans to ensure 
State and local compliance with such section.
    This will be a new collection and rulemaking will not be involved.

    Dated: September 26, 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. 2024-22464 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
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