[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33880-33881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15293]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0147]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights (OCR), 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 an existing information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
August 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2016-ICCD-
0147. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 216-34,
Washington, DC 20202-4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to the
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
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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 Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,621.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,521,827.
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 collections that were approved by
OMB (1870-0504). Similarly, the currently proposed revised CRDC
information collection for school year 2017-18 is modeled after the
most recent OMB-approved EDFacts information collection (1850-0925).
For the 2017-18 CRDC, OCR is proposing few changes, and those changes
will have the net effect of reducing burden on school districts. As
with previous CRDC collections, the purpose of the 2017-18 CRDC is to
obtain vital data related to the civil rights laws' requirement that
public local educational agencies (LEAs) and elementary and secondary
schools provide equal educational opportunity. ED has analyzed the uses
of many data elements collected in the 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDCs and
sought advice from experts across ED to refine, improve, and where
appropriate, add or remove data elements from the collection. ED also
made the CRDC data definitions and metrics consistent with other
mandatory collections across ED wherever possible. ED seeks OMB
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect from LEAs, the
elementary and secondary education data described in the sections of
Attachment A. In addition, ED requests that LEAs and other stakeholders
respond to the directed questions found in Attachment A-5.
Dated: July 17, 2017.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-15293 Filed 7-20-17; 8:45 am]
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