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OMB Control No: 1810-0684	ICR Reference No: 200711-1810-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: ED/OESE	Agency Tracking No: 3379
Title: High School Equivalency Program (HEP) Annual Performance Report
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 11/27/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/27/2007
Terms of Clearance: Public comments suggest that the instructions for this annual report can be made clearer. In addition to the clarifications provided in response to comments, these clarifications should be made in the instructions themselves, prior to fielding the instrument. Also, since this ICR is meant to replace generic 524B, prior to resubmission and renewal of this ICR, ED will consider discontinuing the 524B. If ED does not discontinue 524B, ED's justification should be clearly explained in the supporting statement.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2010	36 Months From Approved
Responses	61	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,440	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	61	61
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,440	2,440
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: As a new collection, all this burden is considered new and a program change. The annual reporting burden is 2,440 hours. In previous years, the program office collected similar information (not in standardized form) through ED's generic APR form 524B.The reporting templates in the new customized APR will allow the program office to aggregate information for GPRA reporting and will increase data quality.

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