Notice2021-27476
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel Data Collection Winter Collections Revision
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Published
December 20, 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 241 (Monday, December 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71879-71880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27476]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0169]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School
Pulse Panel Data Collection Winter Collections Revision
AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science (IES), 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 or before [December
17, 2021]. Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or
January 19, 2022.
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-0169.
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#cc858f88a3afa7a9b881abbe8ca9a8e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82cbc1c6ede1e9e7f6cfe5f0c2e7e6ace5edf4">[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 20202-4537.
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 Data Collection Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0963.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,280.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,752.
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.
Because this data collection is extremely high priority and time
sensitive, it will undergo Emergency Clearance. It will not go through
a 60-day public comment period and will only undergo a 30-day public
comment period after clearance has been granted. NCES has also
submitted a parallel ICR package to undergo the usual 60-day and 30-day
clearance processes so that data collection can continue beyond the
expiration of the 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 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.
Emergency Justification: In October 2021, the SPP was suspended for
the months of October, November, and December due to low response rates
for the first month of the collection (OMB 1850-0963 v6). During that
pause, the Institute of Education Sciences used that time to redesign
the study to improve response rates. A primary strategy for that was to
reduce burden in each month's collection and to rotate content to
address data needs of the agencies across months. Additionally, we are
actively recruiting schools in a more comprehensive manner in order to
start the January collection with a more robust, committed panel of
schools. This submission includes planned communication materials and
items to be collected in January, February, and March. The SPP study
itself is extremely important particularly now that COVID-19 has not
waned, and the pulse model is one that the agency will need after the
pandemic subsides for other quick-turnaround data needs.
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Dated: December 15, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and
Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-27476 Filed 12-17-21; 8:45 am]
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