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that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: For the 

purposes of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the Department has 

established the following performance 

measures for the Javits program: (1) The 

number of students newly identified as 

gifted and talented under the program; 

(2) The number of underserved students 

newly identified as gifted and talented 

under the program; (3) The percentage 

of students newly identified as gifted 

and talented under the program who 

were served under the program; (4) The 

percentage of underserved students 

newly identified as gifted and talented 

under the program who were served by 

the program; (5) Of the students served 

under the program who were in tested 

grades, the percentage who made gains 

on State assessments in mathematics; (6) 

Of the students served under the 

program who were in tested grades, the 

percentage who made gains on State 

assessments in science; (7) Of the 

students served under the program who 

were in tested grades, the percentage 

who made gains on State assessments in 

reading; and (8) The number of teachers 

and other educators who received 

services that enable them to better 

identify and improve instruction for 

gifted and talented students. 

All grantees will be expected to 

submit an annual performance report 

that includes data addressing these 

performance measures to the extent that 

they apply to the grantee’s project. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Ruth E. Ryder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03369 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2022–SCC–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; HEERF 

Quarterly Budget and Expenditure 

Reporting 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 

emergency review of a revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

DATES: The Department is requesting 

emergency processing and OMB 

approval for this information collection 

by March 15, 2022; and therefore, the 

Department is requesting public 

comments by March 14, 2022. A regular 

clearance process is also hereby being 

initiated to provide the public with the 

opportunity to comment under the full 

comment period. Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on or before 

April 18, 2022. 

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– 

2022–SCC–0018. 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, 

ED 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 by fax or email and those 

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 PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208D, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Karen Epps, 

202–453–6337. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 


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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: HEERF Quarterly 

Budget and Expenditure Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0849. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,680. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 103,400. 

Abstract: Section 18004(a)(1) of the 

CARES Act, Public Law 116–136 (March 

27, 2020), authorizes the Secretary of 

Education to allocate formula grant 

funds to participating institutions of 

higher educations (IHEs). Section 

18004(c) of the CARES Act allows the 

IHEs to use up to one-half of the total 

funds received to cover any costs 

associated with the significant changes 

to the delivery of instruction due to the 

coronavirus (with specific exceptions). 

Section 18004(a)(2) of the CARES Act 

authorizes the Secretary to make awards 

under parts A and B of title III, parts A 

and B of title V, and subpart 4 of part 

A of title VII of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (‘‘HEA’’), to 

address needs directly related to the 

coronavirus. These awards are in 

addition to awards made in Section 

18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act. Section 

18004(a)(3) of the CARES Act, Pub. 

authorizes the Secretary to allocate 

funds for part B of Title VII of the HEA, 

for IHEs that the Secretary determines 

have the greatest unmet needs related to 

coronavirus. 

This information collection request 

includes additions and revisions to the 

quarterly budget and expenditure 

reporting form used by grantees under 

these sections of the CARES Act, as well 

as comparable sections of the 

Coronavirus Response and Relief 

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 

(CRRSAA) (Pub. L. 116–260) and the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 

(ARP) (Pub. L. 117–2). These revisions 

to the collection will ensure the 

Department will be able to more 

effectively monitor the use of funds by 

grantees that have received awards 

under these sections. The majority of 

the quarterly report aligns closely with 

the recently-approved annual reporting 

form, for which 60- and 30-day 

comment notices were published. 

Additional Information: The 

Department is requesting emergency 

approval to allow the revisions to be 

implemented and announced prior to 

the first quarter reporting deadline on 

April 10, 2022. If the Department is 

unable to implement the changes in 

time for this reporting deadline, the 

Department will be lacking critical 

information needed to monitor and 

provide technical assistance to HEERF 

grantees. Given the amount of HEERF 

funds that have been distributed, it is 

imperative that the Department has the 

information needed to ensure that all 

uses of funds are in accordance with the 

governing statutes and program 

guidance. 

Kate 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. 2022–03268 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Competitive Grants for State 

Assessments Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for 

the Competitive Grants for State 

Assessments program, Assistance 

Listing Number (ALN) 84.368A. This 

notice relates to the approved 

information collection under OMB 

control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 16, 

2022. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

March 18, 2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 27, 2021 

(86 FR 73264) and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on February 13, 2019, and, in 

part, describe the transition from the 

requirement to register in SAM.gov a 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to the implementation 

of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 

More information on the phase-out of 

DUNS numbers is available at https://

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Peasley, Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Room 3W106, Washington, 

DC 20202–6132. Telephone: (202) 453– 

7982. Email: ESEA.Assessment@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Competitive Grants for State 

Assessments (CGSA) program is to 

enhance the quality of assessment 

instruments and assessment systems 

used by States for measuring the 

academic achievement of elementary 

and secondary school students. 

Background: The Department 

recognizes the importance of highquality assessment systems, which 

include diagnostic, formative, interim, 

and summative assessments that are 

valid and reliable for the purposes for 

which they are used and that provide 

relevant and timely information to help 

educators, parents or caregivers, and 

policymakers support students at the 

student, classroom, school, and system 

levels. 

Statewide summative assessments are 

among multiple measures that can 

provide valuable information to 

students, parents or caregivers, 

educators, and the public about student 

outcomes and opportunity gaps. In its 

draft Frequently Asked Question 

document, Impact of COVID–19 on 

2021–2022 Accountability Systems 

Required under the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(ESEA),1 the Department encourages 

States to explore ‘‘opportunities to 

improve statewide summative 

assessments, which may include, 

consistent with ESEA section 

1111(b)(2)(B)(vi), the use of multiple 


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