Notice2022-17942
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2022-2024
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Published
August 22, 2022
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51402-51403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17942]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2022-SCC-0077]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2022-2024
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (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 revision of a currently approved information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 21, 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 (ICR) by selecting ``Department of
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check the ``Only
Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. <a href="http://Reginfo.gov">Reginfo.gov</a> provides two links
to view documents related to this information collection request.
Information collection forms and instructions may be found by clicking
on the ``View Information Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting
statements and other supporting documentation may be found by clicking
on the ``View Supporting Statement and Other Documents'' link.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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 ICR that
is described below. The Department is especially interested in public
comments 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 record.
Title of Collection: National Public Education Financial Survey
(NPEFS) 2022-2024.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0067.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 7,327.
Abstract: The National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is
an annual collection of state-level finance data that has been included
in the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of
Data (CCD) since FY 1982 (school year 1981-82). NPEFS provides function
expenditures by salaries, benefits, purchased services, and supplies,
and includes federal, state, and local revenues by source. The NPEFS
collection includes data on all state-run schools from the 50 states,
the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NPEFS data are used for a
wide variety of purposes, including to calculate federal program
allocations such as states' ``average per-pupil expenditure'' (SPPE)
for elementary and secondary education, certain formula grant programs
(e.g. Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (ESEA) as amended, Impact Aid, and Indian Education programs).
Furthermore, in addition to using the SPPE data as general information
on the financing of elementary and secondary education, the U.S.
Department of Education Secretary uses these data directly in
calculating allocations for certain formula grant programs, including,
but not limited to, title I, part A, of the ESEA, Impact Aid, and
Indian Education programs. Other programs, such as the Education for
Homeless Children and Youth program under title VII of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and the Student Support and Academic
Enrichment Grants under title IV, part A of the ESEA make use of SPPE
data indirectly because their
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formulas are based, in whole or in part, on State title I, part A,
allocations.
NCES's request to conduct the annual collection of state-level
finance data for FY 2019-2021 was approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) in August 2019 (OMB #1850-0067 v.17), and subsequent
submissions (OMB #1850-0067 v.18-22) addressed changes driven by the
global coronavirus pandemic as well as normal changes to include
updated contact materials and Federal Register Notices. In this package
NCES requests approval of the collection of National Public Education
Financial Survey (NPEFS) data covering fiscal years 2022 through 2024
(corresponding to school years 2021/22 through 2023/24), that will be
carried out in 2023 through 2025.
This NPEFS FY 2022-2024 request involves changes to the last
approved NPEFS data collection instrument (Appendix B.1) to: (1) add
new items to gather data on expenditures for specific sources of
coronavirus (COVID-19) federal assistance funds; (2) remove items from
the survey which ask for Title V, Part A expenditures; and (3) update
headers to make the formatting more consistent for use in the NPEFS web
application. This request also includes minor revisions to the Fiscal
Data Plan (Appendix B.2) to provide definitions and clarify the
questions related to the impact of COVID-19 on average daily
attendance. Furthermore, we have updated the NPEFS reporting
instructions (Appendix B.3) to add definitions for the new data items
in Section 8 and remove the data items for Title V, Part A.
Dated: August 16, 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. 2022-17942 Filed 8-19-22; 8:45 am]
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