Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

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Federal Register: June 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 112)

Notices

Page 32787-32788

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

OMB Control No. 2900-0171

Agency Information Collection (Application and Enrollment

Certification for Individualized Tutorial Assistance) Activities Under

OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information through http://www.Regulations.gov or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB

Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to ``OMB

Control No. 2900-0171'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Records Management

Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, FAX (202) 273-0443 or e-mail denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900- 0171.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application and Enrollment Certification for Individualized

Tutorial Assistance (38 U.S.C. Chapters 30, 32, 35; 10 U.S.C. Chapter 1606; Section 903

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of Public Law 96-342, and the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and

Antiterrorism Act of 1986), VA Form 22-1990t.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0171.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Students receiving VA educational assistance and need tutoring to overcome a deficiency in one or more course complete VA

Form 22-1990t to apply for supplemental allowance for tutorial assistance. The student must provide the course or courses for which he or she requires tutoring, the number of hours and charges for each tutorial session and the name of the tutor. The tutor must certify that he or she provided tutoring at the specified charges and that he or she is not a close relative of the student. Certifying officials at the student's educational institution must certify that the tutoring was necessary for the student's pursuit of program; the tutor was qualified to conduct individualized tutorial assistance; and the charges for the tutoring did not exceed the customary charges for other students who receive the same tutorial assistance.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on February 15, 2008, at pages 8932-8933.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 600 hours.

Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.

Number of Responses Annually: 1,200.

Dated: May 30, 2008.

By direction of the Secretary.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Records Management Service.

FR Doc. E8-12897 Filed 6-9-08; 8:45 am

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