Notice2022-23425
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel 2023-24 Preliminary Field Activities
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Published
October 27, 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 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65047-65048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23425]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0132]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School
Pulse Panel 2023-24 Preliminary Field Activities
AGENCY: Institute of Educational 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 new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 27, 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-2022-SCC-0132.
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#b8f1fbfcd7dbd3ddccf5dfcaf8dddc96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d343e39121e161809301a0f3d1819531a120b">[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 PRA
Coordinator 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, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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 2023-24 Preliminary Field
Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 9,939.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,661.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel (SPP) is a 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. It 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, in cooperation with the U.S. Census Bureau. Due to the
immediate need to collect information from schools during the pandemic
to satisfy the requirement of Executive Order 14000, an emergency
clearance was issued to develop and field the first several monthly
collections of the SPP in 2021, and a full review of the SPP data
collection was completed in 2022 (OMB# 1850-0969). SPP's innovative
design and timely dissemination of findings have been used and cited
frequently among Department of Education senior leadership, the White
House Domestic Policy Counsel, the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Congressional
deliberations, and the media. The ongoing, growing interest by
stakeholders has resulted in the request for dedicated funding to
create an established NCES quick-turnaround data collection vehicle,
with the goal of standing up a post-pandemic panel to begin with the
2023-24 school year.
One notable difference for the next SPP study will be the addition
of a district-level survey. The purpose of the district component is
two-fold: (1) to collect data on topics that schools cannot report
about such as facilities, supply chain issues and finances; and (2) to
reduce burden on schools by allowing district staff to report on
district policies and school level data tracked at the district. The
district component will enhance the breadth of data that can be
collected in SPP. For the 23-24 school year, the survey may ask school
and district staff about a range of topics, including but not limited
to instructional mode offered; enrollment counts of subgroups of
students for various subject interests; strategies to address learning
recovery; safe and healthy school mitigation strategies; mental health
services; use of technology; information on staffing, nutrition
services, absenteeism, usage of federal funds, facilities, and overall
principal and district staff experiences. Some new content will be
rotated in and out monthly.
As in previous waves, for SPP 2023-24 roughly 5,000 (4,000 in an
initial sample and 1,000 in a reserve sample) public elementary,
middle, high, and combined-grade schools will be randomly selected to
participate in a panel. It is expected these schools will come from
roughly 3,000 districts with a reserve sample of 300 districts to
replace district refusals. The goal is national representation from
1,000 responding schools and districts to report national estimates.
School and district staff will be asked to provide requested data as
frequently as monthly during the 23-24 school year. This approach
provides the ability to collect detailed information on various topics
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while also assessing changes over time for items that are repeated.
Given the high demand for data collection, the content of the survey
will change monthly.
This request is to conduct the SPP 2023-24 preliminary activities,
including contacting and obtaining research approvals from public
school districts with an established research approval process
(``special contact districts''), notifying sampled schools and
districts of their selection for the survey, and inviting them to
complete short Screener Surveys to establish a point of contact at
their school and at the district.
Dated: October 24, 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. 2022-23425 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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