[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 18007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06553]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2021-SCC-0159]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 
2024-25 (With 2021-22 Continuation)

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 revision of a currently approved collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this information collection request by selecting ``Department of 
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show 
ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. Comments may also be sent to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.

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 2022-23, 
2023-24, and 2024-25 (With 2021-22 Continuation).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0925.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 61.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 216,880.
    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. 
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 170 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 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 school 
years. This collection package will be available for public comment 
during two open periods, a 60 day and a 30 day, after which revisions 
will be made accordingly. As part of the public comment period review, 
ED requests that SEAs and other stakeholders respond to the directed 
questions found in Attachment D and D-1. 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 
2021-22 data collection, which is scheduled to end in February 2023.

    Dated: March 24, 2022.
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. 2022-06553 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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