Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
01/14/2025
12/03/2024
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2025
54
0
53
13,122
0
12,632
0
0
0
This information collection is used by the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to gather annual performance and financial data from eligible agencies under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. On August 30, 2024, the Department published for public comment, for a period of 60 days, a proposed request to extend this information collection request (ICR) for nine months to enable eligible agencies to meet their annual reporting requirements for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. On September 11, 2024, the Department published for public comment, for a period of 60 days, a proposed revision of this ICR for which three-year approval was requested so that eligible agencies could meet their reporting requirements for FYs 2024 through 2026. On September 23, 2024, ED corrected an error in the publication of the proposed revised instrument for the CAR and posted the correct version. Due to this error, on October 15, 2024, ED extended the public comment period on the CAR for two weeks, to November 26, 2024.
The Department proposed a consolidated information collection request that incorporates the extension for FY 2023 reporting that was published on August 30, 2024, and the proposed revision for FYs 2024 through 2026 reporting that was published on September 11, 2024. On December 3, 2024, the Department published in the Federal Register (89 FR 95760) a request for public comment for the consolidated request for a period of 30 days. The comment period ended on January 2, 2024.
This information collection request would extend current reporting requirements through FY 2025 and make revisions to these requirements for FY 2026. The proposed revisions would provide data specifications for the numerators and denominators used to calculate the performance indicators so that they are measured in a manner that is consistent with the law, collect data on participants in the middle grades to the extent such data are available, and collect data on the education and employment outcomes of CTE concentrators who have exited secondary education or who have completed a postsecondary program that is disaggregated by placement type, to the extent these data available. The proposed ICR also includes narrative questions about different aspects of an eligible agency's implementation of the law.
PL:
Pub.L. 115 - 224 110
Name of Law: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century
PL: Pub.L. 115 - 224 110 Name of Law: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century
Of the total burden hour increase of 490 hours, 252 hours are associated with the proposed addition of nine (9) narrative questions that (depending on the number of secondary program quality indicators a State reports data on) related to the following areas: (1) identification of CTE concentrators; (2) accountability for results; (3) size, scope, and quality; and (4) high-skill and high-wage occupations and industries. and the addition of a table that collects data on enrollment of middle grades students and their demographics beginning in the fourth year of the collection, to the extent such data are available to respondents. Our estimate assumes that the addition of the enrollment table would require state officials to increase the number of hours they spend to train eligible recipients to provide the enrollment data, clean the data they receive, and report the data to the Department. Since approval of this ICR, the U.S. Virgin Islands became a Perkins V grantee, increasing the number of respondents from 53 to 54.
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.
Perkins V CAR Guide for Submissions of Consolidated Annual Reports
1830-0569 Perkins CAR Responses to 30 Day Public Comments 01.13.2025FINAL.pdf
1830-0569 Perkins CAR Responses to 60-Day Public Comments 11-27-24.docx
Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006