OMB understands
that the Department intends to collect data about bullying on the
basis of perceived religion and will disaggregate these data into
14 religious categories initially on a voluntary and pilot basis.
After collecting and analyzing these new data for the first time,
the Department will report back to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on the response rates for this item and
any additional indications from respondents on the associated
burden and quality of the data, as well as any privacy concerns the
Department encountered. Any such concerns should be sufficiently
addressed in coordination with NCES, SPPO, and OIRA before data is
released to the public or collected on a permanent basis via future
surveys.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2023
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2020
17,621
0
17,621
1,487,068
0
1,521,827
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, 2015–16, and
2017–18, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cleared the CRDC as a
separate collection from EDFacts. The currently proposed revised
CRDC information collection for school year 2019–20 is modeled
after the most recent OMB-approved EDFacts information collection
(1850-0925). For the 2019–20 CRDC, OCR is proposing some changes,
and those changes will have the net effect of reducing burden on
school districts. As with previous CRDC collections, the purpose of
the 2019–20 CRDC is to obtain vital data related to the civil
rights laws’ requirement that public local educational agencies and
elementary and secondary schools provide equal educational
opportunity. ED has analyzed the uses of many data elements
collected in the 2013–14 and 2015–16 CRDCs and sought advice from
experts across ED to refine, improve, and where appropriate, add or
remove data elements from the collection. ED also made the CRDC
data definitions and metrics consistent with other mandatory
collections across ED wherever possible. ED seeks OMB approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect from LEAs, 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 3413 (C)(1) 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 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)
US Code: 20
USC 3412(g) Name of Law: Department of Education Organization
Act
The content for the 2020–21
CRDC data collection is less than the content for the 2017–18 CRDC
data collection. The net amount of the changes from the 2017–18 to
the 2020–21 data collection result in a burden decrease from 3.7
burden hours to 2.9 burden hours for the completion of a school
district survey, and from 14.1 burden hours to 13.9 burden hours
for the completion of a school survey. The 2020–21 CRDC survey
content revisions are a result of program change due to agency
discretion.
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.
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