Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/07/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2021
6,000
6,520
2,499
2,717
0
0
The collection of information through the Campus Safety and Security Survey is necessary under section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, with the goal of increasing transparency surrounding college safety and security information for students, prospective students, parents, employees and the general public. The survey is a collection tool to compile the annual data on campus crime and fire safety. The data collected from the individual institutions by ED is made available to the public through the Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis and Cutting Tool as well as the College Navigator.
US Code:
20 USC 1092
Name of Law: Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
This is a request to extend this collection. The estimated number of institutions that would be required to report to the Campus Safety and Security Survey system has decreased since the last request from 6,520 to 6,000, and the annual burden hours have decreased as a result. The decrease in respondents is a result of institutional closures and mergers over the past three years, and is not the result of any deliberate action to change collection. The respondent universe has not been redefined. The annual cost burden is showing an increase because no annual cost burden was entered in the prior approved ICRs and we are making the adjustment now to show the annual cost burden. ED estimates that it will take approximately 25 minutes for each of the institutions to provide the relevant information on the form. This estimate has not changed and is based on administrators already having calculated and disclosed the crime statistics in their annual security and fire safety reports.
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.