[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 135 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43287-43288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17718]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


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: U.S. Census Bureau Department of Commerce.
    Title: Annual Survey of Local Government Finances (School Systems).
    Form Number(s): F-33, F-33-1, F-33-L1, F-33-L2, F-33-L3.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0700.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3,737 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 3,500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.1 hours average over all forms.
    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 database 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.
    In this request, six new ``special processing'' items have been 
added to the F-33 data collection form for state

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payments made on behalf of the school systems. These items will make it 
possible for expenditure data to be more accurately reported at the 
functional level. Additionally, we are adding two new data collection 
forms. Form F-33-L2 is a supplemental letter that we will send to the 
school systems whose state education agencies cannot provide 
indebtedness information. Form F-33-L3 is a supplemental letter that we 
will send to the school systems whose state education agencies cannot 
provide assets and indebtedness information. This letter combines the 
items requested on the forms F-33-L1 and F-33-L2.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 161 and 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    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 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 7, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-17718 Filed 7-12-00; 8:45 am]
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