[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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