National Public Education
Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2019-2021: Common Core of Data (CCD)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/22/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2022
56
56
6,738
5,334
0
0
The National Public Education
Financial Survey (NPEFS) is the Nation’s only source of annual
statistical information about total revenues and expenditures for
public elementary and secondary education at the state level. NCES
collects data annually from SEAs under Section 153(a)(1)(I) of the
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 9543(a)(1)(I),
which authorizes NCES to gather data on the financing and
management of education. NCES and the Economic Reimbursable Surveys
Division of the U.S. Census Bureau collaborate to collect public
education finance data. The U.S. Census Bureau (Census),
Governments Division, administers the NPEFS data collection for
NCES under interagency agreement. NPEFS provides detailed finance
data at the state level, including average daily attendance; school
district revenues by source (local, state, and federal); and
expenditures by function (instruction, support services, and
non-instruction), sub function (e.g., school administration), and
object (e.g., salaries). This survey also includes capital outlay
and debt service expenditures. The NPEFS includes data on all
public schools from the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico,
and the Virgin Islands. NPEFS serves as both a statistical and an
administrative collection used for a number of federal program
funding allocations. In 2019, NCES requested an extension of
approval for the NPEFS data collection, OMB Control Number
1850-0067. NPEFS is an annual collection of state-level finance
data that have been a component of NCES’s Common Core of Data (CCD)
since FY 1982 (covering school year 1981/82). On August 22, 2019,
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the collection
of state-level finance data for the data collections of FY 19-FY 21
data. The expiration date is August 31, 2022. The statistical uses
of NPEFS were previously set forth in National Public Education
Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2019-2021: Common Core of Data (CCD),
Supporting Statement Part A, OMB# 1850-0067 v.17. Subsequent
packages (OMB# 1850-0067 v.18-19) cleared the Federal Register
Notices for FY 2019 and 2020 data collections. This submission for
30-day public review requests changes to the National Public
Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) data collection. As a direct
result of the COVID-19 circumstances, the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) is requesting to: 1. Amend the
instructions for Average Daily Attendance (ADA) on NPEFS; 2. Obtain
approval to send a letter to Chief State School Officers (CSSOs)
and State Fiscal Coordinators pertaining to ADA; 3. Amend the data
plan for NPEFS; 4. Add certain data items to NPEFS; 5. Make other
small changes to FY 20 NPEFS, based on regular communication with
state fiscal coordinators; and 6. Change the estimated respondent
burden and the costs to the federal government incurred by the
above changes.
This revision adds new items to
the data collection in order to have more complete information
about revenues and expenditures related to the coronavirus, which
is the source of the increased burden.
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.
Appendix D ADA Letter FY 2020.docx
Appendix C NPEFS 2016 Documentation.pdf
National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2019-2021: Common Core of Data (CCD)