[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73994-73995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29924]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2012-ICCD-0063]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Annual Mandatory Collection of Elementary and Secondary
Education Data for EDFacts
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development,
Department of Education (ED).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2012-ICCD-
0063 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 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 Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Room 2E117, Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronically mail
[email protected]. Please do not send comments here.
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: Annual Mandatory Collection of Elementary and
Secondary Education Data for EDFacts.
OMB Control Number: 1875-0240.
Type of Review: Revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 55.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 116,325.
Abstract: The collection, use, and reporting of education data is
an integral component of the mission of the U.S. Department of
Education (ED). EDFacts, an ED initiative to put performance data at
the center of ED's policy, management, and budget decision-making
processes for all K-12 educational programs, has transformed the way in
which ED collects and uses data. EDFacts provides an electronic
submission system for state education agencies (SEAs), and centralizes
within ED the availability of the performance data supplied by SEAs to
enable better analysis and use in policy development, planning, and
management. ED is currently in the process of collecting data for the
2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13 school years as approved by OMB (1875-
0240). ED seeks another three-year approval for this collection. The
proposed collection includes the 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 school
years. (As part of this approval, it should be understood that ED is
authorized to collect the data about these school years over whatever
time is required to secure complete and accurate data from each state
education agency.) ED seeks OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction
Act to collect the elementary and secondary education data from state
education agencies as described in the five sections of Attachment B
that document all of the data groups. ED encourages the public to
review, at a minimum, Attachment C, which outlines the changes between
what is currently collected and what is newly proposed for collection.
To the extent that any of these proposed new data groups are not
available as of the 2013-14 school year, ED seeks to know from the SEA
data providers if those data will be available in future years. If
information for a data group is not currently available, please provide
information beyond the fact that it is not available. Are there
specific impediments to providing this data that you can describe? Is
the definition for the data group unclear or ambiguous? Do the
requested permitted values align with the way your state collects the
data? This is very important information because the collection of
these data is mandatory. ED also seeks to know if the SEA data
definitions are consistent and compatible with the EDFacts definitions
and accurately reflect the way data is stored and used for education by
state education agencies. The answers to these questions by the data
providers will influence the timing and content of the final EDFacts
proposal for the collection of these data.
Dated: December 6, 2012.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services,Office of Management.
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