As a result of American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), NCES has been asked to add seven
data items to the Common Core of Data National Public Education
Financial Survey (NPEFS) in order to allow an adjustment in the
state per pupil expenditure (SPPE) used in allocating Title I,
Impact Aid, and other ED funds. The Department must be able to
exclude the ARRA expenditures from the SPPE so that they will not
affect the allocation process. States are already required to track
the ARRA revenues separately. The seven additional data items will
provide the necessary detail to exclude ARRA expenditures from SPPE
and allow states to report total ARRA expenditures and their
functional allocations, such as for classroom instruction or school
construction. The estimated additional data burden time is 8 hours
per respondent, for a total of 79 burden hours per state data
technician and 19 burden hours per state data manager (total 5,264
burden hours). NPEFS annually gathers universe information from
states about revenues and expenditures for public education,
specifically revenues by source and expenditures by function and
object, such as school administration costs, student
transportation, food services, salaries, benefits, and supply
costs.
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.