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[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0156]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
School Pulse Panel Data Collection
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 new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 4,
2022.
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
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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
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: School Pulse Panel
Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 17,280.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,752.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel
(SPP) is a new data collection originally
designed to collect voluntary responses
from a nationally representative sample
of public schools to better understand
how schools, students, and educators
are responding to the ongoing stressors
of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the
immediate need to collect information
from schools during the pandemic to
satisfy the requirement of Executive
Order 14000, an emergency clearance
(OMB #1850–0963) was issued to
develop and field the first several
monthly collections of the SPP. This
submission is seeking a request for a full
review of the SPP data collection under
the traditional clearance review process.
The School Pulse Panel is conducted
by the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES), within the
United States Department of Education.
The purpose of the study is to collect
extensive data on issues concerning the
impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on
students and staff in U.S. public
primary, middle, high, and combinedgrade schools. The survey asks school
staff about a wide range of topics,
including but not limited to
instructional mode offered; enrollment
counts of subgroups of students using
various instructional modes; strategies
to address pandemic-related learning
needs; safe and healthy school
mitigation strategies; mental health
services; use of technology; information
on staffing, nutrition services, principal/
parental/student/staff concerns,
absenteeism, and overall principal
experiences. It is planned that some
new content will be rotated in (and
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some rotated out) monthly. This
package includes items that were
fielded as part of the January, February,
and March collections, as well as
proposed new content to be collected in
April, May, and June. Subsequent new
content area additions (estimated to take
place on a quarterly basis) will take
place as revisions with 30-day public
comment periods for each subsequent
quarterly collection and may be
followed by change requests to further
refine items for each month.
The administration of the School
Pulse Panel study is in direct response
to President Biden’s Executive Order
14000: Supporting the Reopening and
Continuing Operation of Schools and
Early Childhood Education Providers. It
is one of the nation’s few sources of
reliable data on a wealth of information
focused on school reopening efforts,
virus spread mitigation strategies,
services offered for students and staff,
and technology use, as reported by
school principals and other staff in U.S.
public schools. About 2,400 (1,200 in an
initial sample and 1,200 in a reserve
sample) public elementary, middle,
high, and combined-grade schools have
been initially selected to participate in
a panel where school staff will be asked
to provide requested data monthly
during the 2021–22 school years. This
approach provides the ability to collect
detailed information on various topics
while also assessing changes in
reopening efforts over time. Given the
high demand for data collection during
this time, the content of the survey will
likely change monthly.
Dated: February 28, 2022.
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
[Docket No. ED-2021-SCC-0156]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; School Pulse Panel Data Collection
AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science (IES), Department of Education
(ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 4, 2022.
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
[email protected].
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 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: School Pulse Panel Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,280.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,752.
Abstract: The School Pulse Panel (SPP) is a new data collection
originally designed to collect voluntary responses from a nationally
representative sample of public schools to better understand how
schools, students, and educators are responding to the ongoing
stressors of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the immediate need to
collect information from schools during the pandemic to satisfy the
requirement of Executive Order 14000, an emergency clearance (OMB
#1850-0963) was issued to develop and field the first several monthly
collections of the SPP. This submission is seeking a request for a full
review of the SPP data collection under the traditional clearance
review process.
The School Pulse Panel is conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), within the United States Department of Education. The
purpose of the study is to collect extensive data on issues concerning
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and staff in U.S.
public primary, middle, high, and combined-grade schools. The survey
asks school staff about a wide range of topics, including but not
limited to instructional mode offered; enrollment counts of subgroups
of students using various instructional modes; strategies to address
pandemic-related learning needs; safe and healthy school mitigation
strategies; mental health services; use of technology; information on
staffing, nutrition services, principal/parental/student/staff
concerns, absenteeism, and overall principal experiences. It is planned
that some new content will be rotated in (and some rotated out)
monthly. This package includes items that were fielded as part of the
January, February, and March collections, as well as proposed new
content to be collected in April, May, and June. Subsequent new content
area additions (estimated to take place on a quarterly basis) will take
place as revisions with 30-day public comment periods for each
subsequent quarterly collection and may be followed by change requests
to further refine items for each month.
The administration of the School Pulse Panel study is in direct
response to President Biden's Executive Order 14000: Supporting the
Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood
Education Providers. It is one of the nation's few sources of reliable
data on a wealth of information focused on school reopening efforts,
virus spread mitigation strategies, services offered for students and
staff, and technology use, as reported by school principals and other
staff in U.S. public schools. About 2,400 (1,200 in an initial sample
and 1,200 in a reserve sample) public elementary, middle, high, and
combined-grade schools have been initially selected to participate in a
panel where school staff will be asked to provide requested data
monthly during the 2021-22 school years. This approach provides the
ability to collect detailed information on various topics while also
assessing changes in reopening efforts over time. Given the high demand
for data collection during this time, the content of the survey will
likely change monthly.
Dated: February 28, 2022.
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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