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appropriateness, it remains a year-byyear determination. 

Prime Service Area Changes: There is 

no change to locations where TRICARE 

Prime will be offered. TRICARE Prime 

locations are a year-to-year 

determination and will be announced 

prior to the annual Open Season 

enrollment period. 

Enrollment Fee Payment by 

Allotment: TRICARE retirees and their 

family members must pay enrollment 

fees by allotment, where feasible. 

Payment by allotment is not required if 

a beneficiary does not receive retired 

pay (e.g., unremarried former spouses, 

survivors) or the retired pay does not 

cover the monthly enrollment fee 

amount. 

Effective December 17, 2020, Doctors 

of Podiatric Medicine or Podiatrists may 

prescribe physical therapy (PT) and 

occupational therapy (OT). 

Effective February 24, 2021, ablative 

fractional laser treatment for 

symptomatic scars resulting from burns 

and other trauma is covered for up to 

five-years. 

Added coverage of remote physiologic 

monitoring for chronic and acute 

conditions, including but not limited to 

weight, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, 

and respiratory flow monitoring. 

For more information, visit 

tricare.mil/changes or call your regional 

TRICARE contractor. 

Appendix A 

Certain beneficiary out-of-pocket costs 

(enrollment fees, premiums, catastrophic 

caps, deductibles, and copayments) are 

annually adjusted based on federal law and 

regulations, most notably by the annual 

retiree cost of living adjustment, or Cost of 

Living Adjustment (COLA). Currently, there 

is a difference in copayments between those 

who joined the military before January 1, 

2018, (Group A), and those who joined after 

that date (Group B). The retiree COLA will 

not be announced until mid-October 2021. 

As of June 2021, the projected COLA increase 

is 5.1 percent. Beneficiary out-of-pocket 

expenses impacted by the 2022 COLA will be 

posted to the tricare.mil/changes web page 

before the start of TRICARE Open Season, 

November 8, 2021 to December 13, 2021. 

Pharmacy Out-of-Pocket Expenses for CY 

2022 

TRICARE Pharmacy out-of-pocket 

expenses are listed in the table below that 

take effect on January 1, 2022. 

TABLE 1—PHARMACY COPAYMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 

Year 

Copayment 

amount for a 

30-day supply 

of a retail 

generic is: 

Copayment 

amount for a 

30-day supply 

of a retail 

formulary is: 

Copayment 

amount for a 

90-day supply 

of a mail order 

generic is: 

Copayment 

amount for a 

90-day supply 

of a mail order 

formulary is: 

Copayment 

amount for a 

90-day supply 

of a mail order 

non-formulary is: 

2022 ............................................. $14 $38 $12 $34 $68 

Dated: September 13, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20309 Filed 9–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0136] 

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 #2 

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 

21, 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 #2. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0928. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 690,917. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 422,683. 

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 

the assessment to collect data on 

specified student groups and 


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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 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, and the first 

update to the NAEP 2022 materials was 

approved in August 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 to 9-year-olds in 

2022. This package finalizes all 

materials in time for the data collection 

in early 2022. 

Dated: September 16, 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. 2021–20367 Filed 9–20–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0135] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; William 

D. Ford Direct Loan Program General 

Forbearance Request 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

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 

November 22, 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–0135. 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 Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018. 

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: William D. Ford 

Direct Loan Program General 

Forbearance Request. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0031. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,188,770. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 175,102. 

Abstract: Due to the effects of the 

COVID–19 pandemic and the 

suspension of the collection of loans, 


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