Notice2021-12298
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel Preliminary Activities
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Published
June 11, 2021
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of a new information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31299-31300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12298]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0087]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School
Pulse Panel Preliminary Activities
AGENCY: Institute for Education Sciences (IES), National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an
emergency review of a new information collection.
DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by June 11, 2021.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 12,
2021.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by searching the Docket ID number ED-2021-SCC-0087.
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily
accept comments at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#034a40476c606866774e64714366672d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bff6fcfbd0dcd4dacbf2d8cdffdadb91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include the docket ID
number and the title of the information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the
Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW,
LBJ, Room 6W208B, Washington, DC 20202-8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of
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Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4)
how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department
minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information technology. Please note that written
comments received in response to this notice will be considered public
records.
Title of Collection: School Pulse Panel Preliminary Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Govt.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,120.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,086.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel is a new study to collect
extensive data on issues concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on students and staff in U.S. public primary, middle, high, and
combined-grade schools. It will be one of the nation's few sources of
reliable data on a wealth of information focused on school reopening
efforts, virus spread mitigation strategies, services offered for
students and staff, and technology use, as reported by school district
staff and principals in U.S. public schools. About 1,200 public
elementary, middle, high, and combined-grade schools will be selected
to participate in a panel where school and district staff will be asked
to provide requested data monthly during the 2021-22 school years. This
approach provides the ability to collect detailed information on
various topics while also assessing changes in reopening efforts over
time. Given the high demand for data collection during this time, the
content of the survey may change on a quarterly basis.
The School Pulse Panel is essentially a continuation of the
National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) 2021 School Survey
(OMB #1850-0957) that was fielded in the spring of 2021. That NAEP 2021
School Survey met the need of Executive Order 14000 by using an
existing sample and survey instrument to quickly collect information on
instructional mode offerings and enrollment counts of various subgroups
of students using the various instructional modes. The School Pulse
Panel intends to continue to collect this critical information, along
with other priority items for the White House, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, and Department of Education program offices
throughout the 2021-22 school year.
Additional Information: NCES requests emergency clearance to allow
us to comply with the January 21, 2021 Executive Order on Supporting
the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood
Education Providers which states that the Department of Education must
``coordinate with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences
to facilitate, consistent with applicable law, the collection of data
necessary to fully understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
students and educators, including data on the status of in-person
learning. These data shall be disaggregated by student demographics,
including race, ethnicity, disability, English-language-learner status,
and free or reduced lunch status or other appropriate indicators of
family income.'' Normal clearance procedures would not allow IES to
comply with the intent of this E.O. NCES will publish a Federal
Register Notice soliciting 30 days of public comment on this collection
concurrent with district and school recruitment.
Dated: June 8, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-12298 Filed 6-10-21; 8:45 am]
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