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Information Collection Request

The Secretary of the Department of Education's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, and the Comparability of Medical and Veterinary Medical Programs

ICR 201507-1840-001 · OMB 1840-0788 · Historical Active

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2015-12-04
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
22120 Modified
218343 New
218342 New
ICR Details
1840-0788 201507-1840-001
Historical Active 201210-1840-003
ED/OPE
The Secretary of the Department of Education's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, and the Comparability of Medical and Veterinary Medical Programs
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 02/24/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/15/2015
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
02/28/2019 36 Months From Approved 02/29/2016
127 0 167
828 0 4,885
0 0 0
In compliance with Title 34 CFR Part 602.10 and 603.24 (for state agencies approval of vocational education and nurse education), the information collected consists of petitions, reports, and accreditation notifications. The information collected is required to determine if accrediting agencies or foreign medical and foreign veterinary medical programs comply and are comparable to the Secretary of Education's criteria for recognition outlined in 34 CFR 600.55 and CFR 600.56. The information is used to allow the Secretary to make determinations on new, extension and/or continuing recognition or comparability status. Only postsecondary institutions and countries deemed to be using comparable standards obtain Title IV funding for its students.
US Code: 20 USC 1099b Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA)
  
PL: Pub.L. 110 - 315 600.56(a)(4) Name of Law: Higher Educaiton Opportunity Act (HEOA), as amended
Not associated with rulemaking
  80 FR 24794 09/30/2015
80 FR 77616 12/15/2015
Yes
  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 127 167 4 0 -44 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 828 4,885 48 0 -4,105 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No
Data collection and burden for this collection are related to requirements from 34 CFR 602, 34 CFR 603, 34 CFR 600.55, and 34 CFR 600.56. Four respondents/responses and 48 burden hours are being added to this collection for foreign veterinary medical programs (34 CFR 600.56) since these new reporting requirements have just gone into effect 7/1/15. However, for the overall collection, burden is being reduced from 4885 currently approved burden hours to 828 burden hours requested for this revised collection (this - 4105 reduction is considered as an adjustment) due to an overstatement of respondents/responses and burden hours in the currently approved collection. This overall reduction in burden is primarily due to a correction being made because the burden was not provided on an annual basis in the past.
$0
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Herman Bounds 202 219-7011 herman.bounds@ed.gov
  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.
12/15/2015