Notice2023-03716
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Common Core of Data (CCD) School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) 2022-2024
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Published
February 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11421-11422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03716]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0120]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Common Core of Data (CCD) School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS)
2022-2024
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of
publication of this notice. Click on this link <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a> to access the site. 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 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.
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Title of Collection: Common Core of Data (CCD) School-Level Finance
Survey (SLFS) 2022-2024.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0930.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, local, and Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 331.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10,760.
Abstract: NCES annually publishes comprehensive data on the
finances of public elementary/secondary schools through the Common Core
of Data (CCD). For numerous years, these data have been released at the
state level through the National Public Education Financial Survey
(NPEFS) (OMB #1850-0067) and at the school district level through the
Local Education Agency (School District) Finance Survey (F-33). (OMB
#0607-0700). There is a significant demand for finance data at the
school level. Policymakers, researchers, and the public have long
voiced concerns about the equitable distribution of school funding
within and across school districts. School-level finance data addresses
the need for reliable and unbiased measures that can be utilized to
compare how resources are distributed among schools within local
districts. Education expenditure data are now available at the school
level through the School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS).
The School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) data collection is conducted
annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within
the U.S. Department of Education (ED). In November of 2018, the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) approved changes to the SLFS wherein
variables have been added to make the SLFS directly analogous to the F-
33 Survey and to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provisions on
reporting expenditures per-pupil at the local education agency (LEA)
and school-level. A previous package cleared in October 2021 approved
data collection for FY 2021, 2022, and 2023 (OMB #1850-0930 v.3). This
request includes considerable modifications to the previous package and
will allow NCES to conduct in 2023 through 2025 the SLFS for fiscal
years 2022 through 2024 (corresponding to school years 2021/22 through
2023/24) and to continue the collection of data that is analogous to
the current ESSA expenditures per pupil provision. As an important new
addition that is part of this request, the Department's Office of Civil
Rights (OCR) proposes to engage NCES to assist OCR with collecting
school level finance data as part of the Civil Rights Data Collection
(CRDC). Pursuant to its authority under the Department of Education
Organization Act (DEOA), as well as its regulations, OCR has determined
that the CRDC is necessary to ascertain or ensure compliance with the
civil rights laws within its jurisdiction, and therefore established it
as a mandatory collection.
Parts A and B of this submission present the justification for the
information collection and an explanation of the statistical methods
employed. Part C describes the SLFS instrument, Appendix A provides the
SEA communication materials that will be used to conduct the SLFS data
collection, Appendix B provides the SLFS data collection form and
instructions, and Appendix C provides the survey of SEA's school-level
finances fiscal data plan.
Dated: February 17, 2023.
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. 2023-03716 Filed 2-22-23; 8:45 am]
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