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OMB Control No: 2900-0261	ICR Reference No: 202305-2900-008
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201909-2900-008
Agency/Subagency: VA	Agency Tracking No: VBA-EDU-YA
Title: Application for Refund of Educational Contributions (VA Form 22-5281)
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: 09/19/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/16/2023
Terms of Clearance: OMB is approving this information collection request for a period of three years during which time the agency will request approval to extend or revise the collection if the agency seeks to continue the information collection activity beyond the period approved under this action.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2023
Responses	3,620	0	67
Time Burden (Hours)	603	0	11
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,620	67	3,553
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	603	11	592
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: In an effort to reach out to previous chapter 32 participants based on their last known address on file to make refunds, VA recently began a special project by sending out letters and attaching the VA Form 22-5281 advising the participant to request a refund by returning the form since they are no longer eligible to use the benefit. VA refunded 14,480 previous participants and continue to use other measures such as google search to locate the remaining population of participants with inactive chapter 32 records and remaining contributions. As a result of this effort to refund remaining contributions that still exist in this old program, it created an increase in the number of responses received for this renewal covering periods 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $9,357

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: Maribel Aponte 202 266-4688 maribel.aponte@va.gov

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