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OMB Control No: 1820-0617	ICR Reference No: 202301-1820-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202111-1820-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/OSERS	Agency Tracking No: ED-2023-SCC-0010
Title: Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Payback Information Management System
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/18/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/12/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2025
Responses	12,026	0	11,790
Time Burden (Hours)	4,906	0	4,858
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: P.L. 114-95, section 302 (b) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) provides Long-Term Training grants to academic institutions to support scholarship assistance to students. Students who receive scholarships under this program are required to work within the public rehabilitation program, such as with a state vocational rehabilitation agency, or an agency or organization that has a service arrangement with a state vocational rehabilitation agency. The student is expected to work two years in such settings for every year of full-time scholarship support. The program regulations at 34 CFR 386.33-386.35 and 386.40-386.43 detail the payback provisions and the RSA scholars' requirements to comply with them. Section 302 (b)(2)(C) of the Act requires tracking of scholars’ employment status and location of former scholars supported under the grants in order to ensure that students are meeting the payback requirement. Scholars must provide requested information necessary to meet the exit certification requirements. In addition to meeting the requirement that all scholars be tracked, the information collected will provide performance data relevant to the rehabilitation fields and degrees pursued by RSA scholars, as well as the funds owed and the rehabilitation work completed by them. In summary, RSA is requesting a revision of the currently approved collection by adding a section titled State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Agency: RSA Job Board Posting, where RSA envisions State VR agencies may initiate posting of an open position on the RSA Job Board on a rolling basis as positions become available. This addition to the current collection will be a helpful resource to students who receive RSA support, graduate, and seek qualifying employment to fulfill their required service obligation. This collection package adds the participation of State VR agencies to the existing approved ICR. Job leads will be submitted electronically through the online RSA Payback Information Management System (PIMS). There is minimal estimated burden required to report job information using the PIMS system.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 114 - 95 302(b) Name of Law: Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 2348	01/13/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 22016	04/12/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	12,026	11,790	236
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,906	4,858	48
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This request is a result of a program change due to agency discretion to add the collection of optional job posting information from State VR agencies to the previously approved data collection. In addition, due to the same program change this request includes adding an item to the Scholar Training and Employment Record asking the scholar if the employment position they are reporting was obtained as a result of an RSA job board posting in PIMS. That additional item will not change the scholar burden estimate. With this change of adding the RSA Job Board we will collect data from grantees, scholars, employers, and State VR agencies increasing the time burden estimate to 4,905.2 total hours for 1820-0617.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $529,810

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Karen Holliday 202 245-7318

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