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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Karen Epps, 

(202) 377–3711. 

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: Higher Education 

Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) I, II 

and III Data Collection Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0850. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,879. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 58,548. 

Abstract: This information collection 

requests approval for a revision to a 

previously approved collection that 

includes annual reporting requirements 

for the Higher Education Emergency 

Relief Fund (HEERF) program and 

obtains information on how the funds 

were used. Under the current 

unprecedented national health 

emergency, the legislative and executive 

branches of government have come 

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, the Coronavirus 

Response and Relief Supplemental 

Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), and the 

American Rescue Plan (ARP). Targeted 

relief to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) has been made available under 

the HEERF program. HEERF, originally 

established by Section 18004(a) of the 

CARES Act, Public Law 116–136 (March 

27, 2020) and expanded through 

CRRSAA and ARP, authorizes the 

Secretary of Education to allocate 

formula grant funds to participating 

IHEs to address impacts of the COVID– 

19 virus. This submission includes 

revisions to the HEERF data collection. 

In addition to reviewing the proposed 

revisions, ED requests institutions and 

other stakeholders respond to the 

directed questions found in Attachment 

A. 

Dated: June 17, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13232 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0092] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) 2022 Materials 

Update #1 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science 

(IES), National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 26, 

2021. 

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: National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 2022 Materials Update #1. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0928. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 689,477. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 422,443. 

Abstract: The National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP), 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), is a 

federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, technology and engineering 

literacy (TEL), and the arts. The 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 

107–279 Title III, section 303) requires 

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specified student groups and 

characteristics, including information 

organized by race/ethnicity, gender, 

socio-economic status, disability, and 

limited English proficiency. It requires 

fair and accurate presentation of 

achievement data and permits the 

collection of background, noncognitive, 

or descriptive information that is related 

to academic achievement and aids in 

fair reporting of results. The intent of 

the law is to provide representative 

sample data on student achievement for 

the nation, the states, and 

subpopulations of students and to 

monitor progress over time. NAEP 

consists of two assessment programs: 

The NAEP long-term trend (LTT) 

assessment and the main NAEP 

assessment. The LTT assessments are 

given at the national level only and are 

administered to students at ages 9, 13, 

and 17 in a manner that is very different 

from that used for the main NAEP 

assessments. LTT reports mathematics 

and reading results that present trend 

data since the 1970s. 

The request to conduct NAEP 2021, 

including operational assessments and 

pilot tests: Operational national/state/ 

TUDA Digitally Based Assessments 

(DBA) in mathematics and reading at 

grades 4 and 8, and Puerto Rico in 

mathematics at grades 4 and 8; and 

operational national DBA in U.S. history 

and civics at grade 8 was approved in 

April 2020, with further updates to the 

materials approved in July and 

November 2020. Throughout 2020 NCES 

worked with its contractors and with 

OMB to find the best way to plan for a 

data collection in schools in 2021, and 

as the coronavirus pandemic progressed 

over the course of the year, plans for 

NAEP 2020 data collection changed 

multiple times. In November 2020, the 

NCES Commissioner announced the 

delay of NAEP 2021 by one year to early 

2022. 

Since then, NAEP has continued to 

work to salvage any pieces of their data 

collection plans for 2021 and begin 

planning for NAEP 2022. NCES has 

used the drawn and notified sample 

from 2021 for two data collections that 

don’t include the student assessment 

that is central to the NAEP program, 

instead using that sample to collect 

information about basic school 

operations during the coronavirus 

pandemic (NAEP 2021 School Survey; 

OMB# 1850–0957) and a planned data 

collection seeking more detail about the 

experiences of teachers and school staff 

over the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 

school years (NAEP 2021 School and 

Teacher Questionnaire Special Study; 

OMB# 1850–0956). 

The request to conduct NAEP 

operational assessments in 2022, which 

will follow the traditional NAEP design 

which assesses each student in 60- 

minutes for one cognitive subject, was 

approved in May 2021. The 2022 data 

collection will consist of operational 

national/state/TUDA DBA in 

mathematics and reading at grades 4 

and 8, and Puerto Rico in mathematics 

at grades 4 and 8; and operational 

national DBA in U.S. history and civics 

at grade 8. In addition to the regular 

NAEP operational assessments delayed 

from 2021, this submission also 

contains materials for the LTT, which 

will be administered for at least one age 

group in 2022. This package is the first 

of two that are being submitted to 

update materials. An additional 30-day 

package will be submitted in August 

2021 in order to finalize all materials in 

time for the data collection in early 

2022. 

Dated: June 15, 2021. 

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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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

2021–2022 Award Year Deadline Dates 

for Reports and Other Records 

Associated With the Free Application 

for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the 

Federal Supplemental Educational 

Opportunity Grant Program (FSEOG) 

Program, the Federal Work-Study 

(FWS) Program, the Federal Pell Grant 

(Pell Grant) Program, the William D. 

Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) 

Program, the Teacher Education 

Assistance for College and Higher 

Education (TEACH) Grant Program, 

and the Iraq and Afghanistan Service 

Grant Program 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces 

deadline dates for the receipt of 

documents and other information from 

applicants and institutions participating 

in certain Federal student aid programs 

authorized under title IV of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), for the 2021–2022 award year. 

These programs, administered by the 

Department of Education (Department), 

provide financial assistance to students 

attending eligible postsecondary 

educational institutions to help them 

pay their educational costs. The Federal 

student aid programs (title IV, HEA 

programs) covered by this deadline date 

notice are the Pell Grant, Direct Loan, 

TEACH Grant, Iraq and Afghanistan 

Service Grant, and campus-based 

(FSEOG and FWS) programs. 

Assistance Listing Numbers: 84.007 

FSEOG Program; 84.033 FWS Program; 

84.063 Pell Grant Program; 84.268 

Direct Loan Program; 84.379 TEACH 

Grant Program; 84.408 Iraq and 

Afghanistan Service Grant Program. 

DATES: Deadline and Submission Dates: 

See Tables A and B at the end of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ruggless, U.S. Department of 

Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 

First Street NE, Union Center Plaza, 

Room 114B4, Washington, DC 20202– 

5345. Telephone: (202) 377–4098. 

Email: michael.ruggless@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table A—2021–2022 Award Year 

Deadline Dates by Which a Student 

Must Submit the FAFSA, by Which the 

Institution Must Receive the Student’s 

Institutional Student Information 

Record (ISIR) or Student Aid Report 

(SAR), and by Which the Institution 

Must Submit Verification Outcomes for 

Certain Students. 

Table A provides information and 

deadline dates for receipt of the FAFSA, 

corrections to and signatures for the 

FAFSA, ISIRs, and SARs, and 

verification documents. 

The deadline date for the receipt of a 

FAFSA by the Department’s Central 

Processing System is June 30, 2022, 

regardless of the method that the 

applicant uses to submit the FAFSA. 

The deadline date for the receipt of a 

signature page for the FAFSA (if 

required), corrections, notices of change 

of address or institution, or requests for 

a duplicate SAR is September 10, 2022. 

For all title IV, HEA programs, an ISIR 

or SAR for the student must be received 

by the institution no later than the 

student’s last date of enrollment for the 

2021–2022 award year or September 17, 

2022, whichever is earlier. Note that a 

FAFSA must be submitted and an ISIR 

or SAR received for the dependent 

student for whom a parent is applying 

for a Direct PLUS Loan. 

Except for students selected for 

Verification Tracking Groups V4 and 

V5, verification documents must be 

received by the institution no later than 

120 days after the student’s last date of 


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