[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 236 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 70831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26873]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0158]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection

AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is issuing this notice 
to inform the public that Federal Register Notice (Docket ID Number ED-
2021-SCC-0158; FR DOC #2021-25246), published on November 19, 2021, and 
entitled ``Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection'' has been withdrawn 
as of December 13, 2021 and replaced with this notice, which includes 
replacement documents related to the information collection listed in 
this notice. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED 
is proposing a revision to an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 11, 2022.

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-2021-SCC-0158. 
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 Strategic Collections and Clearance, Office of the Chief 
Data Officer, Office of Policy, Evaluation and Policy Development, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room 6W201, 
Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to the 
collection activities, please contact Rosa Olmeda at [email protected] 
or (202) 245-7264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Education, 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: 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: 17,884.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,175,866.
    Abstract:
    The collection, use, and reporting of education data is an integral 
component of the mission of the U.S. Department of Education. ED has 
collected civil rights data about the nation's public schools via the 
Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) since 1968. For school years 2009-
10 and 2011-12, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the 
CRDC part of the EDFacts information collection (1875-0240). EDFacts, 
an ED initiative to put performance data at the center of ED's policy, 
management, and budget decision-making processes for all preschool-
grade 12 education programs, has transformed the way in which ED 
collects and uses data. For school years 2013-14, 2015-16, 2017-18, and 
2020-21, the Office for Civil Rights cleared the CRDC as a separate 
collection from EDFacts while maintaining its transformative data 
collection policies and practices. As with previous CRDC collections, 
the purpose of the 2021-22 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 2015-16 and 2017-18 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 to reviewing and 
commenting on the proposed changes (detailed in Supporting Statement A 
and Attachments A-1, A-2, A-3, and A-4), ED requests that LEAs and 
other stakeholders respond to the directed questions found in 
Attachment A-5.

    Dated: December 8, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of the Chief Data Officer, Office of 
Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-26873 Filed 12-10-21; 8:45 am]
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