[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17121]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Annual Survey of Local Government Finances (School Systems).
    Form Number(s): F-33, F-33-1, F-33-L1.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0700.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,871 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 894.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 3.2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau collects education finance data 
as part of its Annual Survey of State and Local Governments. This 
survey is the only comprehensive source of public fiscal data collected 
on a nationwide scale using uniform definitions, concepts and 
procedures. The collection covers the revenues, expenditures, debt, and 
assets of all public school systems. This data collection has been 
coordinated with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 
The NCES uses this collection to satisfy its need for school system 
level finance data.
    Information on the finances of our public schools is vital to 
assessing their effectiveness. This data collection makes it possible 
to access a single data base to obtain information on such things as 
per pupil expenditures and the percent of state, local, and federal 
funding for each school system. Recently, as exemplified by the 
establishment of the America 2000 education goals, there has been 
increased interest in improving the Nation's public schools. One result 
of this intensified interest has been a significant increase in the 
demand for school finance data.
    The data to be collected is identical to the previous collection 
except as follows:
    1--In order to differentiate between payments made to public school 
systems and those made to private school systems, we are adding an item 
that identifies payments to private schools.
    2--In order to differentiate between payments made to public 
schools, those made to private schools, and those made to quasi-public 
charter schools, we are adding an item that identifies payments to 
charter schools.
    3--We are eliminating separate items that request expenditure data 
for business support, central support, and other support services and 
will collect them under a single combined heading, as respondents often 
do not separately collect the detail for these three functions.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Sections 161 and 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 24, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-17121 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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