[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 112 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31478-31480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12411]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; School District Review Program

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information

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collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on December 22, 2020, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: School District Review Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0987.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension, 
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 102.
     Annotation Phase: 51.
     Verification Phase: 51.
    Average Hours per Response: 40 hours.
     Annotation Phase: 30 hours.
     Verification Phase: 10 hours.
    Burden Hours: 2,040 hours.
     Annotation Phase: 1,530 hours.
     Verification Phase: 510 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The School District Review Program (SDRP) is one of 
many voluntary geographic partnership programs at the U.S. Census 
Bureau. The SDRP collects school district information and boundaries to 
update the Census Bureau's geographic database of addresses, streets, 
and boundaries on an annual basis. The Census Bureau uses its 
geographic database to tie demographic data from surveys and the 
decennial census to locations and areas, such as cities, school 
districts, and counties. To tabulate statistics by localities, the 
Census Bureau must have accurate addresses and boundaries.
    While the geographic programs differ in requirements, timeframe, 
and participants, SDRP and the other geographic programs all follow the 
same basic process. The Census Bureau invites eligible participants to 
the program. For SDRP, the sponsor, the National Center for Education 
Statistics invites the state departments of education/state Title I 
coordinators to designate mapping coordinators. If they elect to 
participate in the program, participants receive a copy of the 
boundaries the Census Bureau has on file. SDRP participants receive 
free customized mapping software. Participants review the boundaries in 
the Census Bureau provided digital maps and update them if needed. The 
mapping coordinator collects updates from local school districts, state 
education officials, county planners, and state data centers, and 
ensures completion of submissions within the SDRP's timeframe. The 
respondents for the SDRP are the Title I coordinators and mapping 
coordinators from the fifty states and the District of Columbia. 
Participants return their updates to the Census Bureau. The Census 
Bureau then updates its geographic database with boundary updates from 
participants to use the newly updated boundaries to tabulate 
statistics.
    The Census Bureau requests state officials to review and update the 
school district information the Census Bureau has on file, through the 
SDRP. The school district information obtained through this program 
will assist in forming the Census Bureau's estimates of the number of 
children age five through seventeen, in families in poverty, for each 
school district. State officials will provide the Census Bureau with 
updates and corrections to the Federal School District Local Education 
Agency identification numbers, school district boundaries, school 
names, grade ranges, and levels for which each school district is 
financially responsible.
    These Census Bureau estimates are the basis of the Title I 
allocation for each school district. The SDRP is of vital importance 
for each state's allocation under Title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act as amended by Every Student Succeeds Act of 
2015, Public Law 114-95. The U.S. Department of Education uses these 
estimates to allocate more than $14 billion in Title I funding 
annually.
    The SDRP encompasses Type 1 and Type 2 school districts as defined 
by the NCES. Type 1 is a local school district that is not a component 
of a supervisory union. Type 2 is a local school district component of 
a supervisory union sharing a superintendent and administrative 
services with other local school districts.
    The SDRP consists of two phases--the Annotation and Verification 
Phases. In the Annotation Phase, the Census Bureau provides mapping 
coordinators with materials containing the most current school district 
boundaries and information the Census Bureau has on file for their 
state. Mapping coordinators review the data and submit changes to the 
school district boundaries or associated information to the Census 
Bureau. The Census Bureau reviews and processes the information 
submitted by mapping coordinators, and the Census Bureau updates all 
verified changes into the Master Address File/Topologically Integrated 
Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) database. In the 
Verification Phase, mapping coordinators verify that the Census Bureau 
accurately and completely updated the MAF/TIGER database with updates 
submitted during the Annotation Phase.
    In the Annotation Phase, mapping coordinators gather school 
district updates from school district superintendents and other state 
officials and use Census Bureau-provided materials to review and update 
school district boundaries, names, codes, and geographic relationships. 
The Census Bureau provides mapping coordinators with school district 
listings, spatial data in shapefile format, blank submission logs, and 
Geographic Update Partnership Software (GUPS). The school district 
listings consist of school district inventories, school names, levels, 
grade ranges, and other data about school districts within their state. 
If the mapping coordinator has non-spatial updates (e.g., name changes, 
simple consolidations, simple dissolutions, and others), the mapping 
coordinator updates the Census Bureau provided submission log with 
those changes. If a mapping coordinator needs to perform spatial 
updates to a school district boundary, the mapping coordinator uses 
Census Bureau provided GUPS and spatial data to make updates. GUPS, 
SDRP version, is a Census Bureau-created, user-friendly, free digital 
mapping tool for mapping coordinators. It contains all the 
functionality necessary for mapping coordinators to spatially make and 
validate their school district updates. Once mapping coordinators have 
reviewed and updated the school district information for their state, 
the mapping coordinator sends it to the Census Bureau, using Secure Web 
Incoming Module (SWIM), a web portal for uploading SDRP submissions. 
The Census Bureau will update the MAF/TIGER database with the updates 
sent by the mapping coordinator. The Annotation Phase begins for the 
SDRP in August/September of each year. The deadline to submit SDRP 
Annotation Phase to Census Bureau is the last workday in December of 
each year.
    In the Verification Phase, the Census Bureau sends mapping 
coordinators newly created listings and digital files, and mapping 
coordinators use the SDRP verification module in GUPS to review these 
files and verify that the Census Bureau correctly captured their 
submitted information. The mapping

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coordinator can tag the area of issue and send the information to the 
Census Bureau to make corrections if the Census Bureau did not 
incorporate their boundary changes or other updates correctly. The 
Verification Phase begins and ends for the SDRP during March/April of 
each year.
    Affected Public: All fifty states and the District of Columbia.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 16, 141, and 193.
     NCES Legal Authority: Title I, Part A of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act as amended by the ``Every Student Succeeds 
Act of 2015, Public Law (Pub. L.) 114-95.''
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-0987.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-12411 Filed 6-11-21; 8:45 am]
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