Evaluation of the Pell Grant Experiments Under the Experimental Sites Initiative

ICR 201507-1850-006

OMB: 1850-0892

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2015-07-29
Supplementary Document
2015-07-29
Supporting Statement B
2015-07-29
Supporting Statement A
2015-07-29
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
202577 Modified
202576 Removed
ICR Details
1850-0892 201507-1850-006
Historical Active 201205-1850-002
ED/IES
Evaluation of the Pell Grant Experiments Under the Experimental Sites Initiative
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 09/25/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/04/2015
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2018 36 Months From Approved 09/30/2015
3,202 0 23,804
1,066 0 5,732
0 0 0

The Pell Grant Experiments evaluation is a two-part, seven-year demonstration study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education that focuses on the effects of expanded access to Pell grants on students' educational outcomes, employment and earnings. The primary outcome of interest is (1) educational enrollment and completion, and (2) measures of student debt and financial aid while secondary outcomes include (3) the employment status and earnings of students who participate in the study. This study consists of two experiments, each of which will examine the impact of a single change to the Pell grant eligibility criteria. The first experiment will relax the prohibition on receipt of Pell grants by students with a bachelors' degree. Individuals eligible for the first experiment must have a bachelor's degree, be unemployed or underemployed, and pursue a vocational training program up to one year in duration. The second experiment will reduce the minimum duration and intensity levels of programs that Pell grant recipients must participate in from 15 weeks with 600 minimum clock hours to 8 weeks with 150 minimum clock hours. Each experiment will operate through a set of PGE schools that provide education and training services that qualify as PGE programs. Participants in both experiments will be randomly assigned to either (1) a treatment group, which will have expanded access to Pell grants; or (2) a control group, which will not have access. Within both experiments, the treatment group will be very similar to the control at the time of random assignment except for access to Pell grants. Subsequent differences in the employment and earnings outcomes between treatment and control group members can then be attributed to Pell grant access. The first experiment will involve roughly 28 PGE schools with an average of 25 students participating per school. The second experiment will involve roughly 40 PGE schools with an average of 100 participating students per school. The expected sample of both experiments combined is approximately 4,700 students. Data for this evaluation will come from participants' FAFSA applications, PGE school administrative records, and SSA earnings statements. The study participant enrollment period is expected to last from November 2012 to June 2016. A data extracts from FAFSA applications will occur in summer 2015, 2017, and 2018. Administrative data extracts from PGE schools will also occur summer 2015, 2017, and 2018.

PL: Pub.L. 89 - 329 487A(b) Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  80 FR 30447 05/28/2015
80 FR 46253 08/04/2015
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
School Data Collection
PGE Student Survey

  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 3,202 23,804 0 -20,602 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,066 5,732 0 -4,666 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
There is an overall burden reduction because the student survey has been eliminated due to lower than expected response rates. Other than the survey documents being removed, the data collection documents remain the same as the currently approved collection.

$367,918
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Daphne Garcia 202 219-2024 daphne.garcia@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.
08/04/2015


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