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and Humphreys which have been 

designated for Individual Assistance or 

Public Assistance under Presidential 

major disaster declaration 4609–DR–TN 

(‘‘affected applicants’’). 

DATES: 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications for Affected Applicants: 

September 13, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: November 12, 2021. 

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 February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202– 

5900. Telephone: (202) 453–7122. 

Email: eir@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: 

On July 28, 2021, we published in the 

Federal Register (86 FR 40510) the NIA 

for EIR Early-phase Grants. Under the 

NIA, applications were due on August 

27, 2021. We are reopening this 

competition for five days for affected 

applicants to allow those applicants 

more time to prepare and submit their 

applications. 

Eligibility: 

The reopening of this competition 

applies to eligible applicants under the 

Early-phase Grants competition that are 

affected applicants. An eligible 

applicant for the Early-phase Grant 

competition is defined in the NIA. The 

federally declared disaster areas under 

this declaration are the jurisdictions 

identified by the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency under declaration 

4609–DR–TN in which assistance to 

individuals or public assistance has 

been authorized. To determine if you 

are an affected applicant, see the 

Emergency Declaration available at: 

www.fema.gov/disaster/4609 and 

https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4609/ 

designated-areas. 

An affected applicant submitting an 

application as part of the reopened 

competition must provide a certification 

in its application that it is located in a 

jurisdiction that is part of one of the 

applicable federally declared disaster 

areas and must provide appropriate 

supporting documentation, if requested. 

We are not reopening the application 

period for all applicants. Thus, 

applications from applicants that are not 

affected applicants may not be 

submitted as part of this reopened 

period for submission of applications. 

Note: All information in the NIA remains 

the same, except for the deadline date for 

affected applicants and the deadline for 

intergovernmental review. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261. 

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 Ryder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19283 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0131] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Early 

Childhood Longitudinal Study, 

Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 (ECLS– 

K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade 

Field Test Data Collection, National 

Sampling, and National Recruitment 

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 revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 8, 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–0131. 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 6W208B, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

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 


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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: Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 

of 2023–24 (ECLS–K:2024) Kindergarten 

and First-Grade Field Test Data 

Collection, National Sampling, and 

National Recruitment. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0750. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 20,895. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 15,599. 

Abstract: The Early Childhood 

Longitudinal Study (ECLS) program, 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

draws together information from 

multiple sources to provide rich, 

descriptive data on child development, 

early learning, and school progress. The 

ECLS program studies deliver national 

data on children’s status at birth and at 

various points thereafter; children’s 

transitions to non-parental care, early 

care and education programs, and 

school; and children’s experiences and 

growth through the elementary grades. 

The Early Childhood Longitudinal 

Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 

(ECLS–K:2024) is the fourth cohort in 

the series of early childhood 

longitudinal studies that began with the 

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, 

Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS– 

K) and continued with the Early 

Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth 

Cohort (ECLS–B), and the Early 

Childhood Longitudinal Study, 

Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS– 

K:2011). 

In preparation for the ECLS–K:2024 

data collections, several OMB packages 

have been cleared or have been planned 

for submission. Prior to the field test 

collection of data from parents of 

preschool-aged children, in-person 

focus groups with parents of 

preschoolers and usability testing of the 

preschool parent survey instruments 

were conducted in 2019 (OMB 1850– 

0803 v.246 and OMB 1850–0803 v.253, 

respectively). The field test with 

preschool parents was conducted in the 

spring of 2020 (OMB 1850–0750 v.19). 

In order to test recruitment messages 

and materials for the field test and 

national data collections, online focus 

groups with school administrators, 

teachers, and parents were conducted in 

fall 2019 and spring 2020 (OMB 1850– 

0803 v.255 & v.264). Additionally, 

usability testing of the kindergarten and 

first-grade field test instruments was 

conducted in early 2021 (OMB 1850– 

0803 v.280). 

This current request is to conduct a 

field test of the ECLS–K:2024 

kindergarten and first-grade data 

collection activities to evaluate the 

design of the national study’s 

kindergarten and first-grade surveys and 

child assessments, as well as the 

operational procedures (that is, 

sampling and recruitment) for the 

national kindergarten and first-grade 

data collections in the fall 2023, spring 

2024, and spring 2025. This data 

collection to evaluate the kindergarten 

and first-grade instruments and 

procedures is referred to throughout the 

remainder of this package as the K–1 

field test. District and school sampling 

and recruitment activities for the K–1 

field test will occur in spring 2022, 

while student sampling will occur in 

August and September 2022. From 

September through November 2022, 

trained study field staff will visit the 

participating schools to conduct inperson, one-on-one child assessments. 

Parents, teachers, and school 

administrators will also be asked to 

complete web surveys. As testing and 

development continues, it is anticipated 

that changes to the surveys, website 

language, and respondent materials will 

be necessary; a change request 

describing these changes will be 

submitted in spring 2022 prior to the K– 

1 field test data collection. Furthermore, 

this package also includes a request to 

conduct national district and school 

sampling and recruitment from fall 2022 

to spring 2023. These recruitment 

activities will closely mimic what will 

be done in the K–1 field test, but will 

occur over a much longer period of 

time. 

Dated: September 2, 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. 2021–19331 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0095] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Trends in International Mathematics 

and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) Field 

Test Data Collection and Main Study 

Sampling, Recruitment, and 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 revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

8, 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 


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