Notice2021-19158
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel Data Collection
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Published
September 7, 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 an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19158]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0130]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School
Pulse Panel Data Collection
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 an information collection.
DATES: The Department has requested emergency processing from OMB for
this information collection request by September 3, 2021. The
information collection will simultaneously follow the regular clearance
process where the Department will provide the public with the
opportunity to comment. Interested persons are invited to submit
comments on or before October 7, 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-0130.
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#8ac3c9cee5e9e1effec7edf8caefeea4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29606a6d464a424c5d644e5b694c4d074e465f">[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 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: 1850-0963.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Govt.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,280.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 26,352.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel is a new study conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute
of Education Sciences (IES), within the United States Department of
Education, 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. The survey will ask school
district staff and sampled school principals about topics such as
instructional mode offered; enrollment counts of subgroups of students
using various instructional modes; learning loss mitigation strategies;
safe and healthy school mitigation strategies; special education
services; use of technology; use of federal relief funds; and
information on staffing. Because this data collection is extremely high
priority and time sensitive, it will undergo Emergency Clearance. The
administration of the School Pulse Panel study is in direct response to
President Biden's Executive Order 14000: Supporting the Reopening and
Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education
Providers. 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 1200 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.
Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use
of the system is described below due to the following conditions:
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. Because this data collection is extremely
high priority and time sensitive, the Department is requesting
emergency processing.
Dated: August 31, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-19158 Filed 9-3-21; 8:45 am]
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