Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act,
Pub. L. No. 116-136 (March 27, 2020), authorizes the Secretary of
Education to allocate formula grant funds to participating
institutions of higher educations (IHEs). Section 18004(c) of the
CARES Act requires the IHEs to use no less than fifty percent of
the funds received to provide emergency financial aid grants to
students for expenses related to the disruption of campus
operations due to coronavirus (including eligible expenses under a
student’s cost of attendance such as food, housing, course
materials, technology, health care, and child care). This
collection includes application materials for those institutions
not included in the original formula-based allocation table under
18004(a)(1) because the requisite Integrated Postsecondary
Education Data System (IPEDS) enrollment data and Federal Student
Aid (FSA) Pell data were not available.
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.