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Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Consolidated State Plan
Comment window open to December 4, 2026, on keeping the K-12 Consolidated State Plan paperwork as-is (OMB 1810-0576, Docket ED-2026-SCC-2938). FR 2026-20291.
Every state that takes federal K-12 money files a long plan with the U.S. Department of Education. The department wants to keep that paperwork the same for another round — and it is asking the public first.
The form is the Consolidated State Plan, OMB Control Number 1810-0576. It lets a state education agency, working with the Governor, apply for several Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs in one plan instead of many separate ones. It also covers guidance for peer review of state tests.
By the numbers: the department estimates 52 responses a year and 108,155 total burden hours. The request is an “extension without change,” so the form itself would not be rewritten.
Comments are due December 4, 2026, through regulations.gov under Docket ID ED-2026-SCC-2938. Questions about the collection go to Melissa Siry at 202-260-0926. Parents and school board members can comment too, not just state officials.
Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/05/2026-20291/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-consolidated-state-plan
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Source: the official public federal record 2026-20291 · Federal Register · 2026-20291 · 2026-20291.
This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.