Notice2022-04515
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel Data Collection
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Published
March 3, 2022
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 12161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04515]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2021-SCC-0156]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; School Pulse Panel Data Collection
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
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find
this information collection request by selecting ``Department of
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show
ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Comments may also be sent to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#652c26210a060e00110802172500014b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="561f151239353d33223b312416333278313920">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,280.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,752.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel (SPP) is a new data collection
originally designed to collect voluntary responses from a nationally
representative sample of public schools to better understand how
schools, students, and educators are responding to the ongoing
stressors of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the immediate need to
collect information from schools during the pandemic to satisfy the
requirement of Executive Order 14000, an emergency clearance (OMB
#1850-0963) was issued to develop and field the first several monthly
collections of the SPP. This submission is seeking a request for a full
review of the SPP data collection under the traditional clearance
review process.
The School Pulse Panel is conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), within the United States Department of Education. The
purpose of the study is 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
asks school staff about a wide range of topics, including but not
limited to instructional mode offered; enrollment counts of subgroups
of students using various instructional modes; strategies to address
pandemic-related learning needs; safe and healthy school mitigation
strategies; mental health services; use of technology; information on
staffing, nutrition services, principal/parental/student/staff
concerns, absenteeism, and overall principal experiences. It is planned
that some new content will be rotated in (and some rotated out)
monthly. This package includes items that were fielded as part of the
January, February, and March collections, as well as proposed new
content to be collected in April, May, and June. Subsequent new content
area additions (estimated to take place on a quarterly basis) will take
place as revisions with 30-day public comment periods for each
subsequent quarterly collection and may be followed by change requests
to further refine items for each month.
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 is 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 principals and other
staff in U.S. public schools. About 2,400 (1,200 in an initial sample
and 1,200 in a reserve sample) public elementary, middle, high, and
combined-grade schools have been initially selected to participate in a
panel where school 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 will
likely change monthly.
Dated: February 28, 2022.
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. 2022-04515 Filed 3-2-22; 8:45 am]
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