[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34674-34675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12122]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2022-SCC-0077]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2022-2024

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science (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 information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 8, 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-2022-SCC-0077. 
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 Team, Governance 
and Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. 
SW, LBJ, Room 6W201, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

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: National Public Education Financial Survey 
(NPEFS) 2022-2024.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0067.
    Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 56.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 7,327.
    Abstract: The National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is 
an annual collection of state-level finance data that has been included 
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the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data 
(CCD) since FY 1982 (school year 1981-82). NPEFS provides function 
expenditures by salaries, benefits, purchased services, and supplies, 
and includes federal, state, and local revenues by source. The NPEFS 
collection includes data on all state-run schools from the 50 states, 
the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NPEFS data are used for a 
wide variety of purposes, including to calculate federal program 
allocations such as states' ``average per-pupil expenditure'' (SPPE) 
for elementary and secondary education, certain formula grant programs 
(e.g., Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (ESEA) as amended, Impact Aid, and Indian Education programs). 
Furthermore, in addition to using the SPPE data as general information 
on the financing of elementary and secondary education, the U.S. 
Department of Education Secretary uses these data directly in 
calculating allocations for certain formula grant programs, including, 
but not limited to, title I, part A, of the ESEA, Impact Aid, and 
Indian Education programs. Other programs, such as the Education for 
Homeless Children and Youth program under title VII of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and the Student Support and Academic 
Enrichment Grants under title IV, part A of the ESEA make use of SPPE 
data indirectly because their formulas are based, in whole or in part, 
on State title I, part A, allocations.
    NCES's request to conduct the annual collection of state-level 
finance data for FY 2019-2021 was approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in August 2019 (OMB #1850-0067 v.17), and subsequent 
submissions (OMB #1850-0067 v.18-22) addressed changes driven by the 
global coronavirus pandemic as well as normal changes to include 
updated contact materials and Federal Register Notices. In this package 
NCES requests approval of the collection of National Public Education 
Financial Survey (NPEFS) data covering fiscal years 2022 through 2024 
(corresponding to school years 2021/22 through 2023/24), that will be 
carried out in 2023 through 2025.
    This NPEFS FY 2022-2024 request involves changes to the last 
approved NPEFS data collection instrument (Appendix B.1) to: (1) Add 
new items to gather data on expenditures for specific sources of 
coronavirus (COVID-19) federal assistance funds; (2) remove items from 
the survey which ask for Title V, Part A expenditures; and (3) update 
headers to make the formatting more consistent for use in the NPEFS web 
application. This request also includes minor revisions to the Fiscal 
Data Plan (Appendix B.2) to provide definitions and clarify the 
questions related to the impact of COVID-19 on average daily 
attendance. Furthermore, we have updated the NPEFS reporting 
instructions (Appendix B.3) to add definitions for the new data items 
in Section 8 and remove the data items for Title V, Part A.

    Dated: June 1, 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. 2022-12122 Filed 6-6-22; 8:45 am]
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