Charter Online Management and
Performance System (COMPS) Developer Annual Performance Report
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
11/13/2023
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
80
0
2,000
0
0
0
This request is for a new OMB approval
to collect the Annual Performance Report (APR) data from Charter
School Programs (CSP) Developer grantees. The Charter School
Programs (CSP) was originally authorized under Title V, Part B,
Subpart 1, Sections 5201 through 5211 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the No Child
Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. For fiscal year 2017 and
thereafter, ESEA has been amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act
(ESSA), (20USC 7221-7221i), which reserves funds to improve
education by supporting innovation in public education and to: (2)
provide financial assistance for the planning, program design, and
initial implementation of charter schools; (3) increase the number
of high-quality charter schools available to students across the
United States; (4) evaluate the impact of charter schools on
student achievement, families, and communities, and share best
practices between charter schools and other public schools; (5)
encourage States to provide support to charter schools for
facilities financing in an amount more nearly commensurate to the
amount States typically provide for traditional public schools; (6)
expand opportunities for children with disabilities, English
learners, and other traditionally underserved students to attend
charter schools and meet the challenging State academic standards;
(7) support efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing
process to improve performance management, including transparency,
oversight and monitoring (including financial audits), and
evaluation of such schools; and (8) support quality,
accountability, and transparency in the operational performance of
all authorized public chartering agencies, including State
educational agencies, local educational agencies, and other
authorizing entities. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is
requesting authorization to collect data from CSP grantees within
the Developer program through a new online platform. In 2022, ED
began development of a new data collection system, the Charter
Online Management and Performance System (COMPS), designed
specifically to reduce the burden of reporting for users and
increase validity of the overall data. This new collection consists
of questions responsive to the actions established in the program’s
final rule published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2022, as
well as the Developer program Notice Inviting Applications (NIA).
This collection request is a consolidation of all previously
established program data collection efforts and provides a more
comprehensive representation of grantee performance.
US Code:
20
USC 7221 Name of Law: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
This is a new collection that
will result in 80 responses and 2000 burden hours for the public
annually.
$380,426
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Stephanie Jones 202
453-7835
No
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.