State Educational Agency Local Educational Agency, and School Data Collection and Reporting under ESEA, Title I, Part A

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
SEA Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Form and Instruction	Modified
60D_FRN_1810-0581.pdf Supplementary Document	2013-09-05
ESEA Flex Renewal Emergency Memo 08-26-2013.pdf Supplementary Document	2013-08-29
ESEA Flexibility Renewal Request Form 082813 FINAL.doc Supplementary Document	2013-08-29
ESEA Flexibility Renewal Guidance 082813 FINAL.docx Supplementary Document	2013-08-29
Att_Supporting statement 08-28-13.docx Supporting Statement A	2013-08-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
46437	School Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Other-Regulation burden table	Modified
46436	LEA Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements. Other-Regulation burden table	Modified
46433	SEA Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1810-0581	ICR Reference No: 201309-1810-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201204-1810-001
Agency/Subagency: ED/OESE	Agency Tracking No: 1030.17
Title: State Educational Agency Local Educational Agency, and School Data Collection and Reporting under ESEA, Title I, Part A
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 01/01/2014
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/19/2013
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/05/2013
Terms of Clearance: This emergency approval is for six months. If ED continues the use of this collection they must submit the package under the full PRA process.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2014	6 Months From Approved	07/31/2015
Responses	53,198	0	53,198
Time Burden (Hours)	4,707,785	0	4,712,193
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Title I, Part A (Title I) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and its regulations contain several existing provisions that require State educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools to collect and disseminate information. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) covers these activities, which are currently approved by OMB under control number 1810-0581 through July 2015. In addition, in 2011, ED invited each SEA to request flexibility on behalf of itself, its LEAs, and schools, in order to better focus on improving student academic achievement and increasing the quality of instruction (ESEA flexibility). The opportunity for SEAs to request ESEA flexibility also included activities covered by the PRA. Those information collection activities consisted of the information an SEA must develop and submit to ED to request this flexibility, information that an SEA provided in an Accountability Addendum, and the information an SEA that receives ESEA flexibility must annually report to ED. Approvals of ESEA flexibility requests have occurred in several iterations: Window 1, for which SEAs submitted requests in November 2011; Window 2, for which SEAs submitted requests in February 2012; Window 3, for which SEAs submitted requests in September 2012; and Window 4, for which SEAs submitted requests in spring 2013. Generally, ED approved the requests of SEAs that requested ESEA flexibility in Windows 1 and 2 through the end of the 20132014 school year. ED is now inviting the 35 Window 1 and Window 2 SEAs to request renewal of their approvals, which will generally be accomplished through a two-year extension of the waivers granted through ESEA flexibility, through the end of the 20152016 school year. An SEA that requests renewal of ESEA flexibility must submit an updated ESEA flexibility request describing how it will continue to meet the requirements of ESEA flexibility. The purpose of this submission is to obtain approval for the resubmission activities covered by the PRA. These activities include an SEAs addressing each of the required items described in the ESEA flexibility renewal guidance, providing narrative responses within its currently approved ESEA flexibility request and attaching any new documentation or evidence where appropriate, and submitting the amended request to ED. In addition, an SEA must submit a completed ESEA flexibility renewal request form indicating where changes have been made in its ESEA flexibility request. The SEA may also choose, but is not required, to amend its request to make changes necessary to improve implementation going forward or to reflect more accurately implementation activities that have already occurred.

Emergency Justfication: To avoid harm to the public ED needs emergency clearance in order to act now so that Window 1 and Window 2 SEAs may smoothly plan to continue implementing their ambitious reform plans after the current waivers expire. Following normal clearance timelines would delay EDs approval of ESEA flexibility renewals into summer 2014, which would be considerably past the time that SEAs and LEAs begin planning for the 20142015 school year and therefore very disruptive to this planning. To avoid this disruption, SEAs and LEAs need to know as soon as possible whether they will operate under ESEA flexibility or NCLB requirements in the 20142015 school year. Moreover, ED needed a full year of ESEA flexibility implementation in order to plan effectively for a meaningful renewal process. Therefore, it was not possible to begin the renewal process sooner because it would not have been as well informed by the first year of ESEA flexibility implementation as it is under the current timeline.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 110 Part A Name of Law: null
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 54637	09/05/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 54637	09/05/2013
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
LEA Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements.
SEA Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements	N/A	ESEA Flexibility Request
School Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	53,198	53,198	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,707,785	4,712,193	0	-4,408	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: ED expects that the ESEA flexibility renewal process will be less burdensome than the initial request process.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,214,285

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 09/05/2013

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