Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Competition for Certain Eligible Applicants; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program-Early-Phase Grants, 50335-50336 [2021-19283]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0132]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
National Public Education Financial
Survey (NPEFS) 2019–2021: Common
Core of Data (CCD)
Institute of Educational Science
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently
approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
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burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: National Public
Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)
2019–2021: Common Core of Data
(CCD).
OMB Control Number: 1850–0067.
Type of Review: A revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 6,738.
Abstract: 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 noninstruction), 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
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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.
Dated: September 2, 2021.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
Competition for Certain Eligible
Applicants; Education Innovation and
Research (EIR) Program—Early-Phase
Grants
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On July 28, 2021, we
published in the Federal Register a
notice inviting applications (NIA) for
the FY 2021 Education Innovation and
Research Program—Early-phase Grants,
Assistance Listing Number 84.411C
(Early-phase Grants). This notice
reopens this competition to allow more
time for the preparation and submission
of applications by eligible applicants
affected by the severe storm and
flooding in the following counties in
Tennessee: Dickson, Hickman, Houston,
SUMMARY:
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and Humphreys which have been
designated for Individual Assistance or
Public Assistance under Presidential
major disaster declaration 4609–DR–TN
(‘‘affected applicants’’).
DATES:
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications for Affected Applicants:
September 13, 2021.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: November 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 13, 2019
(84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202–
5900. Telephone: (202) 453–7122.
Email: eir@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On July 28, 2021, we published in the
Federal Register (86 FR 40510) the NIA
for EIR Early-phase Grants. Under the
NIA, applications were due on August
27, 2021. We are reopening this
competition for five days for affected
applicants to allow those applicants
more time to prepare and submit their
applications.
Eligibility:
The reopening of this competition
applies to eligible applicants under the
Early-phase Grants competition that are
affected applicants. An eligible
applicant for the Early-phase Grant
competition is defined in the NIA. The
federally declared disaster areas under
this declaration are the jurisdictions
identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency under declaration
4609–DR–TN in which assistance to
individuals or public assistance has
been authorized. To determine if you
are an affected applicant, see the
Emergency Declaration available at:
www.fema.gov/disaster/4609 and
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4609/
designated-areas.
An affected applicant submitting an
application as part of the reopened
competition must provide a certification
in its application that it is located in a
jurisdiction that is part of one of the
applicable federally declared disaster
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areas and must provide appropriate
supporting documentation, if requested.
We are not reopening the application
period for all applicants. Thus,
applications from applicants that are not
affected applicants may not be
submitted as part of this reopened
period for submission of applications.
Note: All information in the NIA remains
the same, except for the deadline date for
affected applicants and the deadline for
intergovernmental review.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261.
Accessible Format: On request to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT,
individuals with disabilities can obtain
this document and a copy of the
application package in an accessible
format. The Department will provide the
requestor with an accessible format that
may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or
text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3
file, braille, large print, audiotape, or
compact disc, or other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations at
www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can
view this document, as well as all other
documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Ruth Ryder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Programs, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0131]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 (ECLS–
K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade
Field Test Data Collection, National
Sampling, and National Recruitment
Institute of Educational Science
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a revision of a currently
approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2021–SCC–0131. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
ED will temporarily accept comments at
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the
docket ID number and the title of the
information collection request when
requesting documents or submitting
comments. Please note that comments
submitted by fax or email and those
submitted after the comment period will
not be accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the PRA Coordinator of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208B,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Carrie Clarady,
202–245–6347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Competition for Certain
Eligible Applicants; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program--
Early-Phase Grants
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On July 28, 2021, we published in the Federal Register a
notice inviting applications (NIA) for the FY 2021 Education Innovation
and Research Program--Early-phase Grants, Assistance Listing Number
84.411C (Early-phase Grants). This notice reopens this competition to
allow more time for the preparation and submission of applications by
eligible applicants affected by the severe storm and flooding in the
following counties in Tennessee: Dickson, Hickman, Houston,
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and Humphreys which have been designated for Individual Assistance or
Public Assistance under Presidential major disaster declaration 4609-
DR-TN (``affected applicants'').
DATES:
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications for Affected Applicants:
September 13, 2021.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202-
5900. Telephone: (202) 453-7122. Email: [email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On July 28, 2021, we published in the Federal Register (86 FR
40510) the NIA for EIR Early-phase Grants. Under the NIA, applications
were due on August 27, 2021. We are reopening this competition for five
days for affected applicants to allow those applicants more time to
prepare and submit their applications.
Eligibility:
The reopening of this competition applies to eligible applicants
under the Early-phase Grants competition that are affected applicants.
An eligible applicant for the Early-phase Grant competition is defined
in the NIA. The federally declared disaster areas under this
declaration are the jurisdictions identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency under declaration 4609-DR-TN in which assistance to
individuals or public assistance has been authorized. To determine if
you are an affected applicant, see the Emergency Declaration available
at: www.fema.gov/disaster/4609 and https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4609/designated-areas.
An affected applicant submitting an application as part of the
reopened competition must provide a certification in its application
that it is located in a jurisdiction that is part of one of the
applicable federally declared disaster areas and must provide
appropriate supporting documentation, if requested.
We are not reopening the application period for all applicants.
Thus, applications from applicants that are not affected applicants may
not be submitted as part of this reopened period for submission of
applications.
Note: All information in the NIA remains the same, except for
the deadline date for affected applicants and the deadline for
intergovernmental review.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an
accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an
accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text
format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Ruth Ryder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs, Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education.
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