July 23 -- The Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE), Department of Education (ED), seeks public input on its proposal to annually solicit performance and related information from the states and outlying areas that receive adult education state grant funds under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The data are used to ensure that states and outlying areas meet the performance accountability requirements of AEFLA. Through this proposal, the Department is submitting a revised National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) Information Collection Request (ICR) to include additional data collection elements consistent with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) performance accountability requirements for the AEFLA program. These new data collection elements will become effective on July 1, 2021 and required to be included in the annual performance reports due on October 1, 2021.
Comments to OCTAE are due by September 21, 2020.
National Reporting System for Adult Education website:
https://www.nrsweb.org/
Draft 2021 reporting forms and supporting statement:
https://beta.regulations.gov/docket/ED-2020-SCC-0117/document
Federal Register notice:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/23/2020-15990/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-measures-and-methods-for-the-national
Point of contact: Cheryl Keenan, NRS Director, OCTAE cheryl.keenan@ed.gov 202-245-7810
