[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35640-35641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15244]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0079]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; NPEFS 
2015-2017: Common Core of Data (CCD) National Public Education 
Financial Survey

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES), 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 an extension of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 21, 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-
0079 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 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, (202) 502-7411.

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: NPEFS 2015-2017: Common Core of Data (CCD) 
National Public Education Financial Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0067.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: SEAs.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 5,264.
    Abstract: The National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is 
an annual collection of state-level finance data that has been included 
in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) since FY 1982 (school year 1981-
82). NPEFS provides function expenditures by salaries, benefits, 
purchased services, and supplies, and includes federal, state, and 
local revenues by source. The NPEFS collection includes data on all

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state-run schools from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, 
American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 
the Virgin Islands. NPEFS data are used for a wide variety of purposes, 
including to calculate federal program allocations such as states' 
``average per-pupil expenditure'' (SPPE) for elementary and secondary 
education, certain formula grant programs (e.g. Title I, Part A of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended, 
Impact Aid, and Indian Education programs). Furthermore, other federal 
programs, such as the Educational Technology State Grants program 
(Title II Part D of the ESEA), the Education for Homeless Children and 
Youth Program under Title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act, and the Teacher Quality State Grants program (Title II Part A of 
the ESEA) make use of SPPE data indirectly because their formulas are 
based, in whole or in part, on State Title I Part A allocations. This 
submission is to conduct the annual collection of state-level finance 
data for FY 2015-2017.

    Dated: June 17, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-15244 Filed 6-19-15; 8:45 am]
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