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OMB Control No: 1840-0808	ICR Reference No: 202305-1840-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202104-1840-008
Agency/Subagency: ED/OPE	Agency Tracking No: ED-2023-SCC-0103
Title: Application for the Language Resource Centers (LRC) Program (1894-0001)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/24/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/22/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2023
Responses	27	0	27
Time Burden (Hours)	675	0	2,025
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This information collection (OMB 1840-0808) includes application instructions and forms for the Language Resource Centers (LRC) Program (CFDA Number 84.229A), authorized under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. Section 1123). The type of collection is an extension of the currently approved information collection (application). However, the hour burden of the collection decreases because of a Program Change due to Agency Discretion. This discretionary grant falls under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections, 1894-0001. The Language Resource Centers program provides grants to institutions of higher education to establish, strengthen, and operate national language resource and training centers for improving the nation’s capacity for teaching and learning foreign languages through teacher training, research, instructional materials development, and dissemination projects. This program responds to the ongoing national need for individuals with expertise and competence in world languages; advance national security by developing a pipeline of highly proficient linguists; and contribute to developing a globally competent workforce able to engage with a multilingual/multicultural clientele at home and abroad.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1123 Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965

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 40793	06/22/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 40793	06/22/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Application for the Language Resource Centers (LRC) Program	N/A

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	27	27	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	675	2,025	-1,350
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The type of collection is an extension of the existing application with 75 hours per response. There are no changes or adjustments to the existing application. However, the hour burden of the collection decreases by 1,350 hours because of a Program Change due to Agency Discretion. Because this application is only used once every four years, and the requested length of clearance is three years, we are calculating burden by averaging the annual hour burden over three years. Previously, the annual hour burden was calculated based on the full hours of a competition year. But since the competitions occur only once every four years, it is more accurate to average the annual burden over three years of clearance. Since the previous hour burden was 2,025, it is now being averaged over 3 years of OMB clearance, resulting in a decrease of 1,350 hours to 675 hours. There are no changes to the cost burden because the previously approved cost was already averaged over three years.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $9,446

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. No

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. No

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: Carolyn Collins 202 453-7854

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