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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1845-0007	ICR Reference No: 202604-1845-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202405-1845-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/FSA	Agency Tracking No: ED-2026-SCC-1222
Title: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan Program) Promissory Notes and related forms
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: 08/06/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/29/2026
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2029	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2027
Responses	12,422,843	0	9,862,685
Time Burden (Hours)	6,211,422	0	4,021,663
Cost Burden (Dollars)	181,374,628	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	12,422,843	9,862,685	1,869	2,558,289
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,211,422	4,021,663	935	2,188,824
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	181,374,628	0	46,731	181,327,897

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: The Department has updated burden numbers based on the most current information available to the Department, which is in part the reason for the increase in respondents and burden. When determining the numbers, the Department accounted for the decrease in form completion due to the elimination of Grad PLUS loans. The revision of this collection in 2024 inadvertently omitted certain aspects of burden and left out some entities. Updated burden and response numbers now include burden for all affected entities. The Department is requesting a total of 12,422,843 responses and 6,211,422 burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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: Carolyn Rose 202 803-1502

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