# 2026-12320: Education Dept Fixes Pell Program Form Requirement

2026-12320, State Workforce Pell Program Certification; Correction, is a Federal Register notice from Education Department published 2026-06-18, effective 2026-06-18; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-25).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12320
- As of: 2026-06-25
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12320
- Title: State Workforce Pell Program Certification; Correction
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Education Department
- Citation: 91 FR 36812
- Published: 2026-06-18
- Effective: 2026-06-18
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-25

## In one line

Education Dept Fixes Pell Program Form Requirement

## Summary

The Department of Education fixed a mistake about the State Workforce Pell Program form. They clarified that the form isn’t optional—it’s mandatory for states to fill out. This correction affects states involved in the program and keeps the paperwork rules clear, with no changes to deadlines or money.

## Abstract

On June 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education published a 30-day comment period notice in the Federal Register with FR DOC# 2026- 10917 (91 FR 32396, page 32396-32397) seeking public comment for an information collection entitled, "State Workforce Pell Program Certification." In the abstract section, the notice should be corrected from "[t]his would be an optional form" to "[t]his would be a mandatory form". The PRA Coordinator, Office of the Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

## Effects PRIA read

- State Workforce Pell Form Is Mandatory: cost, low. On June 1, 2026 the Department of Education published a notice about the State Workforce Pell Program and said the information-collection form would be optional. The Department corrected that language and clarified the form is mandatory for states to fill out; the notice had been a 30-day comment p…

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## Sources
- [2026-12320 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/18/2026-12320/state-workforce-pell-program-certification-correction)
- [2026-12320 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-18/pdf/2026-12320.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12320 (as of 2026-06-25).