GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications Form	Modified
GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications Form	Modified
GEPA_427_REDLINE.docx Supplementary Document	2025-05-02
GEPA_427_REDLINE.docx Supplementary Document	2025-05-02
ICR Change Memo - GEPA.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2025-05-02
ICR Change Memo - GEPA.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2025-05-02
OMB 83C Change Form - GEPA.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-05-02
OMB 83C Change Form - GEPA.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-05-02
GEPA 427 Supporting Statement -2022 CLEAN_KKT-SSL-02062023.docx Supporting Statement A	2023-02-06
GEPA 427 Supporting Statement -2022 CLEAN_KKT-SSL-02062023.docx Supporting Statement A	2023-02-06

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
22859	GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications Form	Modified
22859	GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1894-0005	ICR Reference No: 202505-1894-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202207-1894-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/OS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications
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: 05/13/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/02/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2026	02/28/2026	02/28/2026
Responses	12,816	0	12,816
Time Burden (Hours)	38,448	0	38,448
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: On October 20, 1994, the Improving America's Schools Act, Public Law 103-382(The Act), became law. The Act added a provision to the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Section 427 of GEPA requires an applicant for assistance under Department programs to develop and describe in the grant application the steps it proposes to take to ensure equitable access to, and equitable participation in, its proposed project for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries. Applicants have responded to the GEPA 427 requirements for approximately the last 27 years, and the current form expires in June 2023. In response to the Agency's Equity Plan resulting from the President's Executive Order 13985, we now propose to update that form by expanding the number of questions from one to four. These four questions are intended to help applicants for Department grant funds to be more intentional and specific as to identifying barriers to equitable access and how they will address those barriers consistent with the requirements of section 427 of GEPA. As with the existing form, applicants retain the flexibility to determine and define for themselves the barriers to “equitable access” and “equitable participation” based on the design of their proposed grant projects and the participants and community the project proposes to serve.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 103 - 302 427 Name of Law: General Education Provisions Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 47733	08/04/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 65198	10/28/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
GEPA Section 427 Guidance for All Grant Applications	N/A	GEPA 427 Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	12,816	12,816	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	38,448	38,448	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $279,124

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

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 05/02/2025

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