Edu Dept Extends Disability Job Funding Report Form
Published Date: 3/27/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education wants to keep collecting info using the Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17) without changing it. This affects state agencies that help people with disabilities get jobs and track their funding. You’ve got until May 26, 2026, to share your thoughts—no new costs or changes, just a smooth extension!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
RSA-17 Form Revised and Extended
The Department is requesting approval to revise the Vocational Rehabilitation Financial Report (RSA-17) and extend the revised form for three years. The notice lists OMB Control Number 1820-0017 and invites public comments by May 26, 2026.
Track Construction Obligations to Fix MOE Credit
The revised RSA-17 adds data elements to let Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) grantees track unliquidated obligations and liquidations for Establishment and Construction of Facilities for Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP) purposes by changing lines 28, 32, and 33. This change is intended to ensure a grantee may receive credit for non-Federal expenditures when maintenance-of-effort calculations are made.
Annual Reporting Burden and Responses
The Department estimates 312 annual responses to the RSA-17 and a total of 10,193 annual burden hours for respondents. These numbers describe the time burden state, local, and tribal governments will spend on the form each year.
RSA-17 Required Instead of SF-425
RSA explains that the RSA-17 is used instead of the SF-425 Federal Financial Report because the SF-425 does not capture the specific data elements needed for VR program financial compliance, including matching, maintenance of effort, carryover, and earmarking.
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