[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46855-46856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11828]


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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 
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 6, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: School District Review Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0987.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for a Revision of a 
Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 156.
     Annotation Phase: 52.
     Verification Phase: 52.
     Feedback: 52.
    Average Hours per Response: 41 hours.
     Annotation Phase: 30 hours.
     Verification Phase: 10 hours.
     Feedback: 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 2,132 hours.

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     Annotation Phase: 1,560 hours.
     Verification Phase: 520 hours.
     Feedback: 52 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The School District Review Program (SDRP) is a U.S. 
Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
sponsored program conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. It is 
of vital importance for each state's allocation of federal funding 
under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended 
by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Public Law 114-95. School 
district information submitted through this program, along with the 
decennial census population, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 
and current population estimates, are used in forming the Census 
Bureau's estimates of the number of children ages 5 through 17 in 
families in poverty for each school district. The U.S Department of 
Education uses these estimates to allocate more than $17 billion 
annually in Title I funds.
    The SDRP encompasses the review of Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 
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. Type 3 is an education agency that performs administrative 
services for more than one school district, providing a common 
superintendent for participating districts.
    Respondents to the SDRP are the mapping coordinators and Title I 
Coordinators from the fifty states and the District of Columbia. The 
NCES also anticipates the inclusion of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
within the next three years. Mapping coordinators are designated by the 
state departments of education and are tasked with reviewing and 
providing updates for school district boundaries, federally assigned 
school district local education agency codes, names, grade ranges, and 
levels to the Census Bureau. Title I Coordinators are responsible for 
overseeing the SDRP and reviewing all materials.
    There are two phases to the SDRP: the Annotation Phase and 
Verification Phase. During the Annotation Phase, the Census Bureau 
provides mapping coordinators with materials containing the latest 
school district boundaries and school district information that the 
Census Bureau has on file for their state. Mapping coordinators review 
the data and submit any changes to the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau 
reviews and processes the information submitted by the mapping 
coordinator and updates the Master Address File/Topologically 
Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System. 
During the Verification Phase, mapping coordinators verify that the 
Census Bureau updated the MAF/TIGER System accurately and completely 
with updates submitted during the Annotation Phase.
    The Census Bureau is adding a feedback component to allow for the 
solicitation of feedback from respondents to improve the administration 
of the program and potentially reduce the future burden. Respondents 
may be asked to provide their feedback on materials, method(s) of data 
collection, manner of communications, and the usability of program 
applications and tools.
    Affected Public: All fifty states, the District of Columbia, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 16, 141, and 193. NCES Legal 
Authority: Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as 
amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Public Law 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 Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-11828 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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