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Appendix D

Title II, Part A Survey on the Use of Funds (2014-15)

Suggested Changes for OMB Clearance Package

1. State survey—Instructions

Proposed Changes:

 Added more information regarding the available methods of submission.

2. District survey—Instructions

Proposed Changes:

 Added more information regarding the available methods of submission.

3. District survey—Question 2—Amount of funds allocated by activity

Proposed Changes:

 Broke the line for funds allocated for professional development for principals and 

superintendents into two separate lines. 

 The Department is interested in learning about how Title II, Part A funds are used 

for principals, as school leaders play an important role in supporting efforts to 

improve both teacher quality and student achievement (see changes to Question 

4); to do so districts will need to report on the amount of Title II, Part A funds 

allocated for professional development activities for principals.This change 

should not have an effect on the burden of the survey, as districts already report 

on the amount of funds allocated for professional development for principals and 

superintendents.

4. District survey—Question 3—Number of FTEs of highly-qualified teachers hired to 

reduce class size

Proposed Changes:

 Clarified the instructions further.

5. District survey—Question 4—Amount of funds allocated for professional 

development by subject area
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Proposed Changes:

 Added columns to collect data on the allocations of funds for professional 

development for principals by subject area, and rows to collect descriptions for 

descriptions of “other” subjects for principals. 

 The Department is interested in learning about how Title II, Part A funds are used 

for principals, as school leaders play an important role in supporting efforts to 

improve both teacher quality and student achievement. 

 This change will increase burden but only for districts which allocate funds for 

professional development for principals (approximately 29% based on the results 

of the SY 2012-13 survey). The increase in burden would not be great because 

districts already provide these data for teachers and paraprofessionals and the data 

should be similar. We estimate the increase in burden to be approximately 15 

minutes.

6. District survey—Question 5—Allocations of funds for allowable activities to 

designed to prepare educators to implement new college- and career-ready 

standards

Proposed Changes:

 New question to ask whether school districts are allocating Title II, Part A funds 

to help their educators implement new college- and career-ready standards, and, if 

so, to provide a description of those activities and amount of funds allocated for 

those activities.

 Districts across the country are moving towards implementing new college- and 

career-ready standards. This question will help the Department determine the 

extent to which the Title II, Part A program is helping support those efforts and 

provide additional guidance on allowable activities that could help support these 

efforts.

 This change will increase burden on school districts. We estimate, in combination 

with the following question, that the increase will be approximately 15 minutes, 

although if districts do not allocate funds for these activities they would only need 

to respond “No.” 

7. District survey—Question 6—Allocations of funds for allowable activities designed 

to develop, implement, or support educator evaluation systems

Proposed Changes:

 New question to ask whether school districts are allocating Title II, Part A funds 

to help develop, implement, or support educator evaluation systems and, if so, to 

provide a description of those activities and amount of funds allocated for those 

activities.
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 Districts across the country are implementing new educator evaluation systems. 

This question will help the Department determine the extent to which the Title II, 

Part A program is helping support those efforts and provide additional guidance 

on allowable activities that could help support these efforts.

 This change will increase burden on school districts. We estimate, in combination 

with the previous question, that the increase will be approximately 15 minutes, 

although if districts do not allocate funds for these activities they would only need 

to respond “No.” 

8. District survey—Question 5—Total number of teachers and number of teachers 

participating in professional development

Proposed Changes:

 Question renumbered to be Question 7 due to addition of two new questions.

9. District survey—Question 6—Number of teachers participating in professional 

development by duration/type of professional development.

Proposed Changes:

 Question renumbered to be Question 8 due to addition of two new questions.

10. District survey—Question 7—Number of sessions and teachers participating in 

professional development by topic.

Proposed Changes:

 Question renumbered to be Question 9 due to addition of two new questions.