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The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Gainful
Employment Disclosure Template.
OMB Control Number: 1845–0107.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments;
Individuals or Households; Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 27,944,411.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 3,118,160.
Abstract: Under the new disclosure
requirements, an institution must
provide current and prospective
students with information about each of
its programs that prepares students for
gainful employment in a recognized
occupation (GE programs) using a
disclosure template provided by the
Secretary. The Secretary must specify
the information to be included on the
disclosure template in a notice
published in the Federal Register. In
accordance with the requirements of
§ 668.412 of the Gainful Employment
(GE) final regulations published in the
Federal Register on October 31, 2014
(79 FR 64890), as corrected on
December 4, 2014 (79 FR 71957), this
collection describes the items that must
be disclosed on the GE disclosure

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template. This request revises the
current information collection for the
disclosure template to reflect the new
disclosure requirements and provides
notice of the information that
institutions must disclose. The
Department is further requesting that
burden currently calculated for 1845–
0107 be discharged and transfer the
burden already calculated for § 668.412
regarding the GE disclosure
requirements from 1845–0123 to this
information collection.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0132]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request; 2018
Teaching and Learning International
Survey (TALIS 2018) Main Study
Recruitment and Field Test—
Questionnaires Change Request
National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use http://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2016–ICCD–0132. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
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400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E–347, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact NCES
Information Collections at
[email protected].
The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: 2018 Teaching and
Learning International Survey (TALIS
2018) Main Study Recruitment and
Field Test—Questionnaires Change
Request.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0888.
Type of Review: A reinstatement of a
previously approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,228.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,949.
Abstract: The Teaching and Learning
International Survey (TALIS) is an
international survey of teachers and
principals that focuses on the working
conditions of teachers and the teaching
and learning practices in schools. TALIS
was first administered in 2008 and is
conducted every five years. Having
participated in 2013 but not in 2008, the
United States will administer TALIS for

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the second time in 2018. TALIS is
sponsored by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD). In the United
States, TALIS is conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), of the Institute of Education
Sciences within the U.S. Department of
Education. TALIS 2018 will address
teacher training and professional
development, teachers’ appraisal, school
climate, school leadership, teachers’
instructional approaches, and teachers’
pedagogical practices. In February 2017,
TALIS 2018 field test will be conducted
to evaluate newly developed teacher
and school questionnaire items and test
the survey operations. NCES’s request to
recruit and conduct pre-survey activities
for the 2017 field test sample,
administer the field test, and recruit
schools for the 2018 main study sample
was approved in September 2016 (1850–
0888 v.5). This request amends the
TALIS 2018 Recruitment and Field Test
record with the final versions of the
adapted U.S. versions of the TALIS 2018
field trial questionnaires. We are
announcing a second 30-day comment
period for the TALIS 2018 Field Test to
include additional survey items in the
field test questionnaires, as recently
stipulated by OECD.
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer, Office of Management.
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Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
The SunShot Prize: Solar in Your
Community Challenge
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice; Release of prize
competition rules and process to
participate.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy
(DOE) gives notice of the official release
of rules for the SunShot Prize: Solar in
Your Community Challenge. The Solar
in your Community Challenge is a $5
million prize competition to expand
solar access to underserved segments,
specifically low-and-moderate-income
(LMI) communities; non-federal
governments (i.e. state, local, and tribal),
and non-profit organizations. The
Challenge supports the creation,

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The
America COMPETES Reauthorization
Act of 2010 (America COMPETES),
Public Law 111–358, enacted January 4,
2011, authorizes Federal agencies to
issue competitions to stimulate
innovations in technology, education,
and science.

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demonstration, and scaling of
innovative, replicable, and sustainable
business and financial models that can
successfully unlock solar access to these
underserved segments. A $500,000
Grand Prize will be awarded to the best
team that can most successfully
demonstrate a model and plan to scale
solar to low and moderate income
market segments. Other top teams will
compete to receive four final prizes
totaling $500,000 based on their
achievements and potential to scale up.
In addition to competing for final prizes,
DOE will award selected teams a total
of $2 million in seed awards and $2
million in technical assistance
throughout an 18-month performance
period starting in April 2017 based on
successful milestone completion. The
rules for the Challenge can be found at
www.solarinyourcommunity.org.
DATES: Submission to participate in the
Solar in Your Community Challenge
started on November 18, 2016 and ends
on March 17, 2017. The 18-month
performance period starts in April 2017
and ends in October 2018. Final prizes
are expected to be announced in January
2019. All dates are subject to change.
ADDRESSES: To apply, parties interested
in participating should visit
www.solarinyourcommunity.org and fill
out an application.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Odette Mucha, U.S. Department of
Energy, Mailstop EE–4S, 1000
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20585–0001. Telephone: (202) 287–
1862, Email:
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Subject of the Competition
The Solar in Your Community
Challenge is a $5 million competition
sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Energy’s (DOE) SunShot Initiative and
administered by State University of New
York Polytechnic Institute. The goal is
to expand solar access to underserved
segments, specifically low-andmoderate-income (LMI) communities,
non-federal governments (i.e. state,
local, and tribal), and non-profit
organizations. The Challenge supports
the creation, demonstration, and scaling
of innovative, replicable, and
sustainable business and financial
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solar access to these underserved
segments.
A $500,000 Grand Prize will be
awarded to the best team that can most
successfully demonstrate a model and
plan to scale solar to low and moderate
income markets. Top teams will also
compete to receive four additional final
prizes totaling $500,000 based on their
achievements and potential to scale up.
In addition to competing for final prizes,
DOE will award selected teams a total
of $2 million in seed awards and $2
million in technical assistance. Seed
awards will be granted incrementally
based on milestones during the 18month performance period.
Two types of teams can participate in
the Challenge: Project-focused and
program-focused teams. Both types of
teams will pursue solar efforts that
benefit LMI communities (e.g., residents
of public housing), municipal
governments (e.g., schools), or nonprofits (e.g., foodbanks) that aggregate to
25kW–5MW in size.
Project teams will pursue a portfolio
of new solar projects, while programteams will establish new initiatives that
support and enable these types of
projects. Any entity can lead the project
teams, but the teams should include a
wide range of partners (e.g., solar
developers, utilities, cities, financial
institutions, and community groups).
State, local, and/or tribal governments;
financial institutions; or utilities should
lead the program-focused teams.
The Rules for Being Eligible To
Participate in the Competition
The Challenge is open only to: (a)
Citizens or permanent residents of the
United States; and (b) private or nonfederal public entities, such as
townships, tribes, corporations, or other
organizations that are incorporated in
and maintain a primary place of
business in the United States. DOE
employees, employees of sponsoring
organizations, members of their
immediate families (spouses, children,
siblings, parents), and persons living in
the same household as such persons,
whether or not related, are not eligible
to participate in this competition.
Federal entities and federal employees,
acting within the scope of their
employment, are also not eligible to
participate in any portion of this
competition.
Applicants Planning To Participate as
Part of a Team Must Meet the Following
Qualifying Requirements
A team must have a single legal entity
representing the entire team. This entity
shall be designated the Team Lead. The
Team Lead is responsible for complying

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