Education Stabilization Fund-
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER
I/ESSER II/ARP ESSER Fund) Recipient Data Collection Form
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Emergency
01/26/2022
01/05/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
12/31/2024
14,652
14,652
2,051,943
2,051,280
0
0
Under the current unprecedented
national health emergency, the legislative and executive branches
of government have come together to offer relief to those
individuals and industries affected by the COVID-19 virus under the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L.
116-136) authorized on March 27, 2020, and expanded through the
Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA)
Act, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. The ESSER Fund awards
grants to SEAs and for the purpose of providing local educational
agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are LEAs, as well
as Outlying Areas, with emergency relief funds to address the
impact that Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had, and
continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools across the
Nation. This information collection requests emergency approval for
a revision to a previously approved collection that includes annual
reporting requirements to comply with the requirements of the ESSER
program and obtain information on how the funds were used by State
and Local Education Agencies. The only change to the recently
approved collection are the additional three questions to address
the use of SEA reserve funds. Please refer to Attachment A, which
includes the three changes.
Emergency processing is
necessary to provide states with sufficient time to collect the
required data regarding the use of SEA reserve funds.
Retrospectively creating this data after the activities have
concluded is much more burdensome than prospectively collecting the
data as the activities occur. The form currently collects
information regarding the use of SEA reserve funds at the LEA
level. However, questions addressing SEA use of Reserve Funds were
not included in the forms submitted for 60- and 30-day public
comment.
There is a burden increase of
663 hours due to the additional three questions, which address the
use of SEA reserve funds at the SEA level.
$1,621,118
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Gloria Tanner 202
453-5596
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.