[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31898-31899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13644]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0074]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request;
Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
AGENCY: Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 3, 2015.
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-2015-ICCD-
0074 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site
is not available. 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, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Rosa Olmeda, (202) 453-5968.
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: Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1870-0504.
Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,620.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,520,260.
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 education programs, has transformed the way in
which ED collects and uses data. For school years 2009-10 and 2011-12,
the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) was approved by OMB as part of
the EDFacts information collection (1875-0240). For school years 2013-
14 and 2015-16, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cleared the CRDC as a
separate collection from EDFacts. OCR used the most current EDFacts
information collection approved by OMB (1875-0240) as a model for the
2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDC information collection that was approved by
OMB (1870-0504) in February 2014. Similarly, the currently proposed
revised CRDC information collection for school year 2015-16 is modeled
after the most recent OMB-approved EDFacts information collection.
Except for a few data elements that were revised based on
recommendations received from various school districts and advice
received from experts across ED, the currently proposed CRDC
information collection for school year 2015-16 is identical to the
information collection for school year 2015-16 that was approved by OMB
in February 2014. As with previous CRDC collections, the purpose of the
2015-16 CRDC is to obtain vital data related to the civil rights laws'
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requirement that public local educational agencies and elementary and
secondary schools provide equal educational opportunity. ED seeks OMB
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect from school
districts, the elementary and secondary education data described in the
sections of Attachment A.
Dated: June 1, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-13644 Filed 6-3-15; 8:45 am]
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