[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 84127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24272]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0097]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Education Stabilization Fund--Elementary and Secondary School 
Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER Fund) Recipient Data 
Collection Form

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 revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 20, 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 Britt Jung, 202-453-6046.

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: Education Stabilization Fund--Elementary and 
Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER 
Fund) Recipient Data Collection Form.
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0749.
    Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 14,652.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,051,280.
    Abstract: Under the COVID national health emergency, the 
legislative and executive branches of government came together to offer 
relief to those individuals and industries affected by the COVID-19 
virus under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) 
Act (Pub. L. 116-136) authorized on March 27, 2020, and expanded 
through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations 
(CRRSA) Act, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. The Elementary and 
Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund awards grants to SEAs 
and for the purpose of providing local educational agencies (LEAs), 
including charter schools that are LEAs, with emergency relief funds to 
address the impact that Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has 
had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across 
the Nation.
    This information collection requests approval for a revision to a 
previously approved collection that includes annual reporting 
requirements to comply with the requirements of the ESSER program and 
obtain information on how the funds were used by State and Local 
Education Agencies. This revision includes updates to the reporting 
dates minor language updates that do not impact the burden of the 
collection. No new questions are being added.
    The information will be reviewed by U.S. Department of Education 
(Department) employees to ensure that ESSER funds are used in 
accordance with applicable requirements under the CARES, CRRSA, and ARP 
Acts and will be shared with the public to promote transparency 
regarding the allocation and uses of funds. Furthermore, the 
information collected will be analyzed to provide aggregate statistics 
on SEA and LEA use of Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) funds to 
address the impacts of the COVID-19 virus on students and schools. The 
collection was used for a similar purpose in the first three years of 
its administration, with reporting made public in 2021, 2022, and 2024.

    Dated: October 16, 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. 2024-24272 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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