Approved as amended by and consistent with ED's memo to OMB of 8/27/98. In addition, ED agrees to the following conditions: 1) In developing the combined OCR, OSEP, CCD special Education data collection for the Year 2000, ED will investigate the feasibility of requiring 100% electronic response rate for that collection. 2) For the Year 2000 compliance report and future reports, ED will make an effort to pretest (with a small number of respondents) any new questions that ED intends to use but has not used in previous compliance reports. 3) Prior to implementing in the field, ED will submit for OMB review and files, the new ED 101 and 102 that incorporate all the changes outlined in the 8/27 memo.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/1999
12/31/1999
10/31/1998
30,756
0
31,713
314,674
0
295,700
0
0
0
The Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report is the vehicle for the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, to acquire source material in the form of data and information regarding the civil rights compliance issues in the Nation's public elementary and secondary schools. Information from the E&S Compliance Report is used by OCR field offices when they consider public school districts for compliance reviews and as source material when civil rights compliance investigations are conducted.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.