Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form
| Published date | 21 December 2018 |
| Record Number | 2018-27662 |
| Court | Education Department |
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65646-65647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27662]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0104]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES)
Standards and Survey Form
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension of an existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 22, 2019.
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-2018-ICCD-
0104. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086,
Washington, DC 20202-0023.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Beth Grebeldinger, 202-377-4018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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: Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings
Survey (RGEES) Standards and Survey Form.
OMB Control Number: 1845-0138.
Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 22,123.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 7,374.
Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of
the U.S. Department of Education (Department) is required by regulation
to develop an earnings survey to support gainful employment (GE)
program evaluations. The regulations specify that the Secretary of
Education will publish in the Federal Register the survey and the
standards required for its administration. NCES has developed the
Recent Graduates Employment and Earnings Survey (RGEES) Standards and
Survey Form. The RGEES can be used in a debt-to-earnings (D/E) ratio
appeal under the GE regulations as an alternative to the Social
Security administration earnings data.
Institutions that choose to submit alternate earnings appeal
information will survey all Title IV funded students who graduated from
GE programs during the same period that the Department used to
calculate the D/E ratios, or a comparable period as defined in
668.406(b)(3) of the regulations. The survey will provide an additional
source of earnings data for the Department to consider before
determining final D/E ratios for programs subject to the gainful
employment regulations. Programs with final D/E ratios that fail to
meet the minimum threshold may face sanctions, including the possible
loss of Title IV federal student financial aid program funds.
Dated: December 18, 2018.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-27662 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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