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OMB Control No: 1845-0171	ICR Reference No: 202411-1845-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202302-1845-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/FSA	Agency Tracking No: ED-2023-SCC-0037
Title: Prison Education Program Application
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/21/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 11/04/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2026	06/30/2026	06/30/2026
Responses	800	0	600
Time Burden (Hours)	800	0	6,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This is a request for an OMB83 Simple Change to update this information collection following the transfer/incorporation of the majority of the Prison Education Program (PEP) application approved under 1845-0171 into the information collection 1845-0012, the electronic Application to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (e-App). This request is to retain only the certifications for Postsecondary Institutions and Oversight Entities under this information collection. Due to the transfer of the majority of the PEP application to the e-App, there is a decrease in the total number of hours to complete the required certifications while updating the number of respondents to accurately reflect the number of institutions and the corresponding oversight entities that will complete the certification.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 1091 Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 20 USC 1091 Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended

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 12353	02/27/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 31499	05/17/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Prison Education Program Application	N/A
Prison Education Program Application	N/A

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	800	600	0	200
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	800	6,000	-5,200	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This is a request for an OMB 83C Simple Change to this information collection. We anticipate 800 respondents at 1 hour per response for a total of 800 hours. This collection initially was approved with 600 respondents and responses and 6,000 burden hours. With the transfer of the majority of the Prison Education Program application from this standalone collection to information collection 1845-0012, the electronic Application to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (e-App) approved on September 25, 2024, we are now requesting the corresponding adjustment to identify only the certification burden requirements which remain in 1845-0171. For this Simple Change the original number of respondents and responses increased from 600 to 800 due to a correction in the number of filers; however there is an overall decrease in hours due to the previous application portion of this information collection 6,000 hours minus the certification burden of 800 hours which remains in this information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $150,000

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: Beth Grebeldinger 202 708-8242

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