OMB commends the Department for collaborating internally and with external federal partners to make this data collection a robust and sound survey. OMB agrees with the Department that the CRDC could serve as the base for a system of surveys. We also expect OCR and NCES to continue their strong collaboration. The Departmentâs external discussions have brought to light that more work needs to be done before the Department can collect valid and reliable data on the numbers of students in juvenile detention facilities. OMB expects that by 2016, the Department will have had opportunity to make sufficient progress to decide whether it can expand the collection to include these facilities, and also will have completed quality assessments of different content areas in the survey; and therefore it gives this collection a two-year clearance.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/29/2016
36 Months From Approved
17,620
0
0
1,510,075
0
0
0
0
0
The collection, use and reporting of education data is an integral component of the mission of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). EDFacts, an ED initiative to put performance data at the center of ED's policy, management, and budget decision-making processes for all K-12 education programs, has transformed the way in which ED collects and uses data. For school years 2009-10 and 2011-12, the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) was approved by OMB as part of the EDFacts information collection (1875-0240). For school years 2013-14 and 2015-16, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is clearing the CRDC as a separate collection from EDFacts. ED's CRDC information collection is modeled after the most current EDFacts information collection approved by OMB (1875-0240). As with previous CRDC collections, the purpose of the 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDC 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 extensively analyzed the uses of every data element collected in the 2011-12 CRDC and sought advice from experts across ED to refine, improve, and where appropriate, add or remove data elements from the collection. The 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDC redesign effort ensured that, while several new indicators were added to the collection, data elements also were removed where appropriate. ED also made the CRDC data definitions and metrics consistent with other mandatory collections across ED wherever possible. The proposed additions and changes to the 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDC reflect the need for a deeper understanding of and accurate data about the educational opportunities and school context for our nations students. ED seeks OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect from school districts, the elementary and secondary education data described in the sections of Attachment A. In addition, ED requests that LEAs and other stakeholders respond to the directed questions found in Attachment A-5.
US Code:
20 USC 3411
Name of Law: Department of Education Organization Act
US Code:
20 USC 3412(g)
Name of Law: Department of Education Organization Act
US Code:
20 USC 3471(a)
Name of Law: the Department of Education Organization Act
US Code:
20 USC 3413 (C)(1)
Name of Law: Department of Education Organization Act
US Code:
20 USC 3472
Name of Law: the Department of Education Organization Act
US Code:
20 USC 7913
Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)
US Code:
20 USC 7914
Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)
Recent administrations of the CRDC 2004, 2006, and 2009-10 were conducted primarily on-line through a survey tool in partnership with EDFacts. As such, through 2011, it was cleared under OMB control # 1875-0240. However, beginning with the 2013-14 CRDC, OCR is submitting this new separate clearance package for the CRDC. Therefore, the entire amount of the burden associated with the 2013-14 CRDC is attributable to OCR.
Additionally, the SY 2013-14 CRDC survey content will increase by approximately 17 percent (over the 2011-12 CRDC) as a result of program change due to agency discretion. OCR relies on CRDC data as it investigates complaints alleging discrimination, determines whether the federal civil rights laws it enforces have been violated, initiates proactive compliance reviews to focus on particularly acute or nationwide civil rights compliance problems, and provides policy guidance and technical assistance to educational institutions, parents, students, and others. The proposed additions and changes to the 2013-14 and 2015-16 CRDCs reflect the need for a deeper understanding of and accurate data about the educational opportunities and school context for our nations students. Although there is a net increase to the number of burden hours, this net increase includes an estimated reduction of 59,000 burden hours above what the burden would have been due to the burden reduction initiative that ED is undertaking through implementation of a new survey tool, which will allow for additional opportunities to minimize the amount of responses that school districts and schools will be required to make (by skipping questions that are not applicable to a particular school or district).
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.
Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
Supporting Statement B.docx
ED-2013-ICCD-0079 30day FRN 1870-NEW.doc
60D_FRN_1870-NEW.pdf
Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection