Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 173 / Friday, September 8, 2023 / Notices 62069 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0060] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

School Pulse Panel 2023–24 Second 

Quarter Revision 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

10, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

(202) 245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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 

2023–24 Second Quarter Revision. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0975. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 53,955. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 10,175. 

Abstract: The School Pulse Panel 

(SPP) is a data collection originally 

designed to collect voluntary responses 

from a nationally representative sample 

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. 

Initially, the purpose of the study was 

to collect extensive real-time data on 

issues brought to light by the COVID–19 

pandemic on students and staff, as well 

as other important education-related 

issues that could inform data-driven 

policy decisions, in U.S. public primary, 

middle, high, and combined-grade 

schools and districts. Specifically, this 

was accomplished by collecting data on, 

among other things, the percentage of 

the student body starting the school year 

behind grade level, the types of learning 

recovery strategies being implemented 

and the perceived effectiveness of those 

strategies, classroom behavioral 

concerns, mental health services 

provided, and staffing issues. NCES was 

able to capture each of these pieces in 

an expedited fashion and report out 

findings in a matter of weeks, providing 

rich information to help tell the full 

story of what students, staff, and 

administrators were battling on a daily 

basis. The success of the quickturnaround nature of the SPP was a 

clear indication of the immense value of 

having a real-time data collection 

vehicle readily available to capture 

content on prominent events occurring 

in the school environment. Therefore, 

stakeholders and ED leadership have 

asked NCES to continue this type of 

data collection methodology for the 

2023–24 school year and beyond with 

content extending beyond COVID–19 

pandemic impacts on the education 

environment. 

The package containing the details of 

the SPP 2023–24 Data Collection (OMB 

#1850–0975 v.2) went through 60-day 

and 30-day public comment periods 

beginning in March 2023, and that 

primary request was approved in July 

2023. Following that approval, items in 

the September and October 

questionnaires were modified via a 

change request (v.3) based on the results 

of cognitive testing; minor changes to 

the communications materials were also 

modified via this same change request. 

The current package (v.4) contains the 

November 2023–January 2024 

questionnaires and the full year of 

communication materials. The 

November 2023 questionnaire has been 

finalized but the items in the December 

2023 and January 2024 questionnaires 

were still undergoing cognitive testing 

at the time of the publication of this 30- 

day package. A change request (OMB 

#1850–0803 v.5) will be submitted at 

the conclusion of the 30-day public 

comment period for this package to 

make updates to these instruments, as 

informed by cognitive testing. 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19364 Filed 9–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2023–FSA–0088] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended by the Computer 

Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 

1988 and the Computer Matching and 

Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 

(Privacy Act) and Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) guidance on the 

conduct of matching programs, notice is 

hereby given of the re-establishment of 

the matching program between the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED or 

Department), as the recipient agency, 

and the Social Security Administration 

(SSA), as the source agency, to assist the 

Department in meeting its obligations 

under title IV of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 

including to ensure that applicants for 

title IV, HEA program assistance satisfy 

eligibility requirements. 

DATES: The period of this matching 

program is estimated to cover the 12- 

month period from October 11, 2023, 

through October 10, 2024. However, the 

computer matching agreement (CMA) 

will become applicable at the later of 

the following two dates: October 11, 

2023, or 30 days after the publication of 

this notice, on September 8, 2023, 

unless comments have been received 


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