96-16782. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34501-34502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16782]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this 
information collection. This request for comment is being made pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Comments should address the accuracy of the burden 
estimates and ways to minimize the burden including the use of 
automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of 
information technology, as well as other relevant aspects of the 
information collection.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposal for the 
collection of information should be received by no later than September 
3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans 
Benefits Administration (20M30), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420. All comments will become a 
matter of public record and will be summarized in the VBA request for 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. In this document the 
VBA is soliciting comments concerning the following information 
collection:
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0171.
    Title and Form Number: Application and Enrollment Certification for 
Individualized Tutorial Assistance, VA Form 22-1990t.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Need and Uses: The VA uses the information collected to determine 
eligibility for tutorial assistance. The form is sent by the applicant 
to the school for certification and transmission to the VA. The school 
will transmit the form to the appropriate VA regional office (i.e., 
Atlanta, Buffalo, Muskogee, or St. Louis) with jurisdiction over the 
area where the school is located. Without the information on this form, 
the VA would be unable to determine the applicant's eligibility for 
tutorial assistance.
    Current Actions: The VA is authorized to pay tutorial assistance 
under 38 U.S.C. chapters 30, 32 and 35, and under 10 U.S.C. chapter 
1606. Tutorial assistance is a supplementary allowance payable on a 
monthly basis for up to 12 months. The student must be training at one-
half time or more in a post-secondary degree program, and must have a 
deficiency in a unit course or subject that is required as part of, or 
prerequisite to, his or her approved program. The student uses VA Form 
22-1990t, Application and Enrollment Certification for Individualized 
Tutorial Assistance, to apply for the supplemental allowance. On the 
form the student provides information such as: name; Social Security 
Number; mailing address; telephone number; program and enrollment 
information; the course or courses for which he or she requires 
tutoring, the name of the tutor; and the date, number of hours and 
charges for each tutorial session. The tutor must verify that he or she 
provided the tutoring at the specified charges, and that he or she is 
not a close relative of the student. The Certifying Official at the 
student's school must verify that the tutoring was necessary for 
student's pursuit of a program, that the tutor was qualified, and that 
the charges for the tutoring did not exceed the customary charges for 
other students.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Jacquie McCray, Information Management Service (045A4), 
810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, Telephone [phone] 
or FAX [phone].

    Dated: June 24, 1996.

    By direction of the Secretary.
William T. Morgan,
Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 96-16782 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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