[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70964-70965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27754]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2019-ICCD-0160]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Study 
of District and School Uses of Federal Education Funds

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 24, 2020.

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-2019-ICCD-
0160. 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 Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W-208B, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Stephanie Stullich, 202-245-6468.

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

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response to this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: Study of District and School Uses of Federal 
Education Funds.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 306.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 306.
    Abstract: The Study of District and School Uses of Federal 
Education Funds will examine targeting and resource allocation for five 
major federal education programs: Part A of Titles I, II, III, and IV 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--including school 
improvement grants provided under Section 1003 of Title I, Part A--as 
well as Title I, Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (IDEA). The study will collect detailed fiscal data from a 
nationally representative sample of 400 school districts, including 
budgets, plans, expenditure data, and personnel and payroll data. In 
addition, the study will collect data on allocations to districts and 
schools to examine how the distribution of funds varies in relation to 
program goals and student needs; survey district and school officials 
to explore such issues as the types of services and resources that are 
provided through the federal funds, coordination across programs, and 
use of flexibility; conduct interviews in nine site visits to districts 
to obtain more in-depth data; and analyze fiscal data.
    This package is the first of two OMB clearance requests for this 
study. This package requests approval for selection and recruitment of 
nationally representative samples of school districts and schools and 
collection of certain preliminary information from states (i.e., lists 
of subgrantees and suballocation amounts for each program, contact 
information for district program coordinators for each of the covered 
ESEA programs, and the state chart of accounts). A future submission 
will request OMB clearance for the data collection instruments for this 
study. We anticipate beginning collection of subgrantee lists and other 
preliminary information in May 2020 and launching the district- and 
school-level data collection in September 2020.

    Dated: December 18, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2019-27754 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
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