Grantee Reporting Form
-Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Annual Payback
Report
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
01/25/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2022
11,790
11,790
4,858
4,858
0
0
P.L. 114-95, section 302 (b) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by the Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) provides Long-Term Training grants to academic
institutions to support scholarship assistance to students.
Students who receive scholarships under this program are required
to work within the public rehabilitation program, such as with a
state vocational rehabilitation agency, or an agency or
organization that has a service arrangement with a state vocational
rehabilitation agency. The student is expected to work two years in
such settings for every year of full-time scholarship support. The
program regulations at 34 CFR 386.33-386.35 and 386.40-386.43
detail the payback provisions and the RSA scholars' requirements to
comply with them. Section 302 (b)(2)(C) of the Act requires
tracking of scholars’ employment status and location of former
scholars supported under the grants in order to ensure that
students are meeting the payback requirement. Scholars must provide
requested information necessary to meet the exit certification
requirements. In addition to meeting the requirement that all
scholars be tracked, the information collected will provide
performance data relevant to the rehabilitation fields and degrees
pursued by RSA scholars, as well as the funds owed and the
rehabilitation work completed by them. These data are used to
assess program effectiveness and efficiency, and to meet the
reporting requirements of P.L. 103-62 section 4 of the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). RSA is requesting an extension
of the currently approved collection for grantees (Institutions of
Higher Education), scholars, and employers to submit data
electronically through the online RSA Payback Information
Management System (PIMS). There is no substantial change in the
proposed data collected, nor estimated burden required to report
data using the PIMS system.
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.