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PERCENT OF INCOME PAID IN STATE TAXES BY STATE, DEPENDENCY STATUS, AND INCOME LEVEL—Continued 

State 

Parents of dependent students 

and independent students with 

dependents other than a 

spouse 

Dependent 

students and 

independent 

students 

without 

dependents 

other than a 

spouse Income under 

$15,000 

Income 

$15,000 & up 

All income 

New York ..................................................................................................................................... 10 9 7 

North Carolina .............................................................................................................................. 5 4 3 

North Dakota ................................................................................................................................ 2 1 1 

Ohio ............................................................................................................................................. 5 4 3 

Oklahoma ..................................................................................................................................... 3 2 2 

Oregon ......................................................................................................................................... 7 6 5 

Pennsylvania ................................................................................................................................ 5 4 3 

Rhode Island ................................................................................................................................ 6 5 4 

South Carolina ............................................................................................................................. 4 3 3 

South Dakota ............................................................................................................................... 2 1 1 

Tennessee ................................................................................................................................... 2 1 1 

Texas ........................................................................................................................................... 3 2 1 

Utah ............................................................................................................................................. 5 4 4 

Vermont ....................................................................................................................................... 6 5 3 

Virginia ......................................................................................................................................... 6 5 4 

Washington .................................................................................................................................. 3 2 1 

West Virginia ................................................................................................................................ 3 2 3 

Wisconsin ..................................................................................................................................... 6 5 4 

Wyoming ...................................................................................................................................... 2 1 1 

Other ............................................................................................................................................ 2 1 1 

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087rr. 

Richard Cordray, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15217 Filed 7–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0072] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Maintenance-of-Effort Requirements 

and Waiver Requests Under the 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund and 

the Governor’s Emergency Education 

Relief (GEER) Fund 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

18, 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 Britt Jung, 

(202) 453–6046. 

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: Maintenance-ofEffort Requirements and Waiver 

Requests under the Elementary and 

Secondary School Emergency Relief 

(ESSER) Fund and the Governor’s 

Emergency Education Relief (GEER) 

Fund. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0745. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 81. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 358. 

Abstract: This is a request for an 

extension without change of an existing 

information collection, 1810–0745. In 

recognition of the immense challenges 

facing students, educators, staff, 

schools, LEAs, and SEAs right now, 

Congress has made additional ESSER 

and GEER funds available to SEAs and 

LEAs to prevent, prepare for, and 

respond to COVID–19 through the 

CRRSA Act and, most recently and 

significantly, the ARP Act. It is critical 

that States and Governors receive clear 

guidance on the MOE requirements 

under the CRRSA Act and the ARP Act 

to inform their spending decisions and 

implementation plans for the GEER and 

ESSER programs as SEAs and LEAs 

prepare to help schools return safely to 

in-person instruction, maximize inperson instructional time, sustain the 

safe operation of schools, and address 

the academic, social, emotional, and 

mental health impacts of the COVID–19 

pandemic. This guidance and the 

associated collection provide States and 

Governors clear guidance they need to 

fully implement their GEER and ESSER 

programs. States and Governors have 

delayed distributing and spending funds 

due to the absence of guidance on the 

process for requesting waivers of MOE. 

Additionally, the Department will not 

be able to properly monitor GEER and 

ESSER recipients or provide technical 

assistance without collecting the MOE 

data and, when requested by States, 

grant MOE waiver requests. 

Dated: July 14, 2021. 

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. 2021–15283 Filed 7–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0106] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Application for the Educational 

Flexibility (Ed-Flex) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 17, 2021. 

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– 

2021–SCC–0106. 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 6W208C 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Christopher 

Fenton, (202) 453–5515. 

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: Application for the 

Educational Flexibility (Ed-Flex) 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0737. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 40. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,600. 

Abstract: The Educational Flexibility 

(Ed-Flex) program is authorized under 

the Education Flexibility Partnership 

Act of 1999 and was reauthorized by 

section 9207 of the Every Student 

Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Ed-Flex 

program allows the Secretary to 

authorize a State educational agency 

that serves an eligible State to waive 

statutory or regulatory requirements 

applicable to one or more the included 

programs for any local educational 

agency (LEAs), educational service 

agency, or school within the State. This 

information collection includes data 

reporting requirements that States must 

follow as part of the process of applying 

to be designated an Ed-Flex Partnership 

State. 


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