[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13913-13914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06829]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0117]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 
2021-22 (With 2018-19 Continuation)

AGENCY: 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, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 8, 2019.

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-2018-ICCD-
0117. 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. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [email protected].

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: EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2019-20, 
2020-21, and 2021-22 (with 2018-19 continuation).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0925.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments .
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 61.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 126,880.
    Abstract: EDFacts is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) 
initiative, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics 
(NCES), to collect, analyze, report on, and promote the use of high-
quality, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (pre-K-12) performance data 
for use in education planning, policymaking, and management and budget 
decision making to improve outcomes for students. By centralizing data 
provided by state education agencies about state level data, local 
education agencies, and schools, NCES uses the EDFacts data to report 
on students, schools, staff, services, and education outcomes at the 
state, district, and school levels. The centralized approach provides 
ED users with the ability to efficiently analyze and report on 
submitted data and has reduced the reporting burden for state and local 
data producers through the use of streamlined data collection, 
analysis, and reporting tools. EDFacts collects information on behalf 
of ED grant and program offices for approximately 150 data groups for 
all 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and seven outlying areas 
and freely associated states (American Samoa, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the 
Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), and the Bureau of 
Indian Education (BIE). This request is to collect EDFacts data for the 
2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 school years. This collection package 
received public comments during a 60-day public comment period, which 
led to a number of revisions reflected in this request's documents, and 
is now being made available for the final, 30-day public comment 
period, after which further

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revisions may be made accordingly. Due to overlap in the timing of data 
collection activities between consecutive years of the EDFacts 
collection, we are carrying over in this submission the approved SY 
2018-19 data collection, which is scheduled to end in February 2020.

    Dated: April 3, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Clearance Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, 
Information Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-06829 Filed 4-5-19; 8:45 am]
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