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OMB Control No: 1840-0807	ICR Reference No: 202408-1840-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202402-1840-002
Agency/Subagency: ED/OPE	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Application for the National Resource Centers (NRC) Program (1894-0001)
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: 10/22/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/27/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2026
Responses	165	0	165
Time Burden (Hours)	11,550	0	4,455
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This information collection is a revision of the previously approved information collection (application). This revision would divide 1840-0807 into two separate applications: one for NRC and one for FLAS, which is how the applications appear in Grants.gov. Previously, both applications were combined into one information collection: the Application for the NRC and FLAS Fellowships Programs. The NRC application will maintain the OMB control number of 1840-0807, while the FLAS application will get a new OMB control (1840-0867). The primary purpose of the revision is to make changes to the NRC application to be consistent with the Final Rule to amend the regulations of the NRC and FLAS programs. The NRC application and technical review forms would be affected by the changes to the NRC selection criteria (CFR §§ 656.21, 656.22, and 656.23), which clarify interpretations of statutory language and redesign the selection criteria. The regulations remove ambiguity and redundancy in the selection criteria and definitions of key terms, improve the application process, and align the administration of the NRC program with the developments in modern foreign languages and area studies education.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1122 Name of Law: Title VI, Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1840-AD94	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 68738	08/27/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
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 National Resource Centers (NRC) Program

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	165	165	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,550	4,455	7,095
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a revision, as the result of a program change due to agency discretion, of the previously approved information collection (application), the primary purpose of which is to be consistent with a Final Rule to amend the regulations of the NRC and FLAS programs. The NRC application would be affected by the changes to the NRC selection criteria (§§ 656.21, 656.22, and 656.23), which clarify interpretations of statutory language and redesign the selection criteria. The regulations remove ambiguity and redundancy in the selection criteria and definitions of key terms, improve the application process, and align the administration of the programs with the developments in modern foreign languages and area studies education. Based on a commenter’s assertion that our previous calculations severely underestimated the burden hours and costs of this collection, the proposed selection criteria changes would increase the original hour burden per response by 7,095, from 4,455 to 11,550.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $29,883

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: Sara Starke 2025027688

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