# 2024-31628: Agency Information Collection Activity: Recordkeeping at Flight Schools

2024-31628, Agency Information Collection Activity: Recordkeeping at Flight Schools, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-06, effective Comments must be received on or before March 7, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31628
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31628
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activity: Recordkeeping at Flight Schools
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-06
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before March 7, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

The VA wants your thoughts on updating how flight schools keep records for veterans using training benefits. This affects flight schools and veterans who attend them, aiming to make sure payments and course approvals are accurate. You’ve got until March 7, 2025, to share your ideas—no extra costs yet, just a chance to improve the process!

## Abstract

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Flight Schools Must Keep VA Records: cost, low. If you run a flight school, federal rules require you to keep records related to veterans using VA training benefits. The agency estimates 3,949 respondents with an annual burden of 1,316 hours total (about 20 minutes per respondent) and the recordkeeping is required annually.
- Records Ensure VA Payments and Approvals: benefit, low. If you are a veteran attending a flight school, the records kept by the school are used by State Approving Agencies and VA to decide whether courses should be approved and to check the accuracy of payments made to students. The notice seeks comment on this collection and sets a comment deadline of…
- Electronic Storage Allowed for Records: benefit, low. Flight schools have the option to store the required records electronically rather than only on paper. The rule explicitly says schools may store records electronically, which could affect how schools manage the estimated annual burden of 1,316 hours across 3,949 respondents.

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## Sources
- [2024-31628 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/06/2024-31628/agency-information-collection-activity-recordkeeping-at-flight-schools)
- [2024-31628 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-06/pdf/2024-31628.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31628 (as of 2026-06-08).