[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58342-58343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20754]


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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).

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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a revision to of a currently approved information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 26, 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, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 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) 453-5968.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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 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 a currently approved 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: 2,191,180.
    Abstract: The collection, use, and reporting of education data is 
an integral component of the mission of the U.S. Department of 
Education. The Department 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 as part of the EDFacts 
information collection (1875-0240). EDFacts, a Department 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 and 2023-24 CRDCs 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. The Department 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. ED 
requests that LEAs and other stakeholders review and comment on the 
proposed changes (detailed in Supporting Statement A, Attachments A-1, 
A-2, A-3, and A-4, and Attachment B), and respond to the directed 
questions found in Attachment A-5.

    Dated: September 21, 2022.
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.
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