The collection, use, and reporting of
education data is an integral component of the mission of the U.S.
Department of Education. The Department has collected civil rights
data about the nation’s public schools via the Civil Rights Data
Collection (CRDC) since 1968. For school years 2009–10 and 2011–12,
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the CRDC as part
of the EDFacts information collection (1875-0240). EDFacts, a
Department initiative to put performance data at the center of ED's
policy, management, and budget decision-making processes for all
preschool-grade 12 education programs, has transformed the way in
which ED collects and uses data. For school years 2013–14, 2015–16,
2017–18, and 2020–21, the Office for Civil Rights cleared the CRDC
as a separate collection from EDFacts while maintaining its
transformative data collection policies and practices. As with
previous CRDC collections, the purpose of the 2021–22 and 2023–24
CRDCs 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 analyzed the uses of many data elements
collected in the 2015–16 and 2017−18 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. The Department 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. ED requests that LEAs and other stakeholders
review and comment on the proposed changes (detailed in Supporting
Statement A, Attachments A-1, A-2, A-3, and A-4, and Attachment B),
and 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 2021–22
CRDC data collection and the content for the 2023–24 CRDC data
collection, are each more than the content for the 2020–21 CRDC
data collection. The net amount of the changes from the 2020–21 to
the 2021–22 or 2023–24 data collection result in a burden increase
from 2.9 burden hours to 4.6 burden hours for the completion of a
local educational agency (LEA) survey, and from 13.9 burden hours
to 21.2 burden hours for the completion of a school survey. The
2021–22 CRDC survey and the 2023–24 CRDC survey content revisions
are a result of program change due to agency discretion and the
impact the pandemic has had on the delivery of educational services
to students who attend public schools from pre-kindergarten through
grade 12. Also, the estimated universe of public LEA respondents
increased for the 2021−22 and 2023–24 CRDC surveys. This was due to
an increase in the number of public LEAs in the U.S. during the
2020−21 school year.
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.
Attachment B.Response to 60 Day Public Comment.09 16 22.docx
Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection