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your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Katherine Neas, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Delegated the 

authority to perform the functions and duties 

of the Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04422 Filed 3–2–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0156] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

School Pulse Panel Data Collection 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 4, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

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 

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: School Pulse Panel 

Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 17,280. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,752. 

Abstract: The School Pulse Panel 

(SPP) is a new data collection originally 

designed to collect voluntary responses 

from a nationally representative sample 

of public schools to better understand 

how schools, students, and educators 

are responding to the ongoing stressors 

of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the 

immediate need to collect information 

from schools during the pandemic to 

satisfy the requirement of Executive 

Order 14000, an emergency clearance 

(OMB #1850–0963) was issued to 

develop and field the first several 

monthly collections of the SPP. This 

submission is seeking a request for a full 

review of the SPP data collection under 

the traditional clearance review process. 

The School Pulse Panel is conducted 

by the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of 

Education Sciences (IES), within the 

United States Department of Education. 

The purpose of the study is to collect 

extensive data on issues concerning the 

impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 

students and staff in U.S. public 

primary, middle, high, and combinedgrade schools. The survey asks school 

staff about a wide range of topics, 

including but not limited to 

instructional mode offered; enrollment 

counts of subgroups of students using 

various instructional modes; strategies 

to address pandemic-related learning 

needs; safe and healthy school 

mitigation strategies; mental health 

services; use of technology; information 

on staffing, nutrition services, principal/ 

parental/student/staff concerns, 

absenteeism, and overall principal 

experiences. It is planned that some 

new content will be rotated in (and 

some rotated out) monthly. This 

package includes items that were 

fielded as part of the January, February, 

and March collections, as well as 

proposed new content to be collected in 

April, May, and June. Subsequent new 

content area additions (estimated to take 

place on a quarterly basis) will take 

place as revisions with 30-day public 

comment periods for each subsequent 

quarterly collection and may be 

followed by change requests to further 

refine items for each month. 

The administration of the School 

Pulse Panel study is in direct response 

to President Biden’s Executive Order 

14000: Supporting the Reopening and 

Continuing Operation of Schools and 

Early Childhood Education Providers. It 

is one of the nation’s few sources of 

reliable data on a wealth of information 

focused on school reopening efforts, 

virus spread mitigation strategies, 

services offered for students and staff, 

and technology use, as reported by 

school principals and other staff in U.S. 

public schools. About 2,400 (1,200 in an 

initial sample and 1,200 in a reserve 

sample) public elementary, middle, 

high, and combined-grade schools have 

been initially selected to participate in 

a panel where school staff will be asked 

to provide requested data monthly 

during the 2021–22 school years. This 

approach provides the ability to collect 

detailed information on various topics 

while also assessing changes in 

reopening efforts over time. Given the 

high demand for data collection during 

this time, the content of the survey will 

likely change monthly. 

Dated: February 28, 2022. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

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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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

2022 Election Administration and 

Voting Survey; Survey and Submission 

to OMB of Proposed Collection of 

Information 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

EAC announces an information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. The EAC intends 

to submit this proposed information 


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collection (2022 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey, or 

EAVS) to the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget for approval. 

The 2022 EAVS asks election officials 

questions concerning voting and 

election administration, including the 

following topics: Voter registration; 

overseas and military voting; voting by 

mail; early in-person voting; polling 

operations; provisional voting; voter 

participation; election technology; 

election policy; and other related issues. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before April 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

electronically via https://

www.regulations.gov (docket ID: EAC– 

2021–0002). Written comments on the 

proposed information collection can 

also be sent to the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street 

NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, 

Attn: EAVS. 

Obtaining a Copy of the Survey: To 

obtain a free copy of the draft survey 

instrument: (1) Download a copy at 

https://www.regulations.gov (docket ID: 

EAC–2021–0002); or (2) write to the 

EAC (including your address and phone 

number) at U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 633 3rd Street NW, Suite 

200, Washington, DC 20001, Attn: 

EAVS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raymond Williams at 202–924–0794, or 

email research@eac.gov; U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street 

NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: 2022 Election 

Administration and Voting Survey; 

OMB Number Pending. 

Needs and Uses 

The EAC issues the EAVS to meet its 

obligations under the Help America 

Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) to serve as a 

national clearinghouse and resource for 

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compilation of information with respect 

to the administration of Federal 

elections; to fulfill both the EAC and the 

Department of Defense Federal Voting 

Assistance Program’s (FVAP) data 

collection requirements under the 

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); and 

meet its National Voter Registration Act 

(NVRA) mandate to collect information 

from states concerning the impact of 

that statute on the administration of 

Federal elections. In addition, under the 

NVRA, the EAC is responsible for 

collecting information and reporting, 

biennially, to Congress on the impact of 

that statute. The information the states 

are required to submit to the EAC for 

purposes of the NVRA report are found 

under Title 11 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. States that respond to 

questions in this survey concerning 

voter registration-related matters will 

meet their NVRA reporting 

requirements under 52 U.S.C. 20508 and 

EAC regulations. Finally, UOCAVA 

mandates that FVAP work with the EAC 

and chief state election officials to 

develop standards for reporting 

UOCAVA voting information (52 U.S.C. 

20302) and that FVAP will store the 

reported data and present the findings 

within the congressionally-mandated 

report to the President and Congress. 

Additionally, UOCAVA requires that 

‘‘not later than 90 days after the date of 

each regularly scheduled general 

election for Federal office, each state 

and unit of local government which 

administered the election shall (through 

the state, in the case of a unit of local 

government) submit a report to the EAC 

on the combined number of absentee 

ballots transmitted to absent uniformed 

services voters and overseas voters for 

the election and the combined number 

of such ballots which were returned by 

such voters and cast in the election, and 

shall make such a report available to the 

general public.’’ States that complete 

and timely submit the UOCAVA section 

of the survey to the EAC will fulfill their 

UOCAVA reporting requirement under 

52 U.S.C. 20302. In order to fulfill the 

above requirements, the EAC is seeking 

information relating to the period from 

the Federal general election day 2020 +1 

through the November 2022 Federal 

general election. The EAC will provide 

the data regarding UOCAVA voting to 

FVAP after data collection is completed. 

This data sharing reduces burden on 

local election offices because FVAP 

does not have to conduct its own data 

collection to meet its reporting 

requirements. 

Affected Public (Respondents): State 

or local governments, the District of 

Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Affected Public: State or local 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 56. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 235 

hours per collection, 117.5 hours 

annualized. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13,160 hours per collection, 

6,580 hours annualized. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

Comments: Public comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Amanda Joiner, 

Acting General Counsel, U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

President’s Council of Advisors on 

Science and Technology (PCAST) 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of partially-closed virtual 

meeting. Due to the COVID–19 

pandemic, this meeting will be held 

virtually for members of the public and 

in-person for PCAST members. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the President’s Council 

of Advisors on Science and Technology 

(PCAST). The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) requires that 

public notice of these meetings be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 24, 2022; 1:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: Information to participate 

virtually can be found on the PCAST 

website closer to the meeting at: 

www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST/meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Sarah Domnitz, Designated Federal 

Officer, PCAST, email: PCAST@

ostp.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PCAST is 

an advisory group of the nation’s 

leading scientists and engineers, 

appointed by the President to augment 

the science and technology advice 

available to him from the White House, 

cabinet departments, and other Federal 

agencies. See the Executive Order at 

whitehouse.gov. PCAST is consulted on 

and provides analyses and 

recommendations concerning a wide 

range of issues where understanding of 

science, technology, and innovation 

may bear on the policy choices before 

the President. The Designated Federal 

Officer is Dr. Sarah Domnitz. 

Information about PCAST can be found 

at: www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST. 


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