1820-0600: State and Local Educational Agency Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements under Part B of the 

Individual with Disabilities Education Act

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Public Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of 

information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection 

of information is estimated to average –

Consultation LEA: 12 hours

SEA: 24 hours

Hearing Officers and 

Mediators List

LEA: 3 hours

SEA: 3 hours

Consultation Complaints Private School: 2 hours

LEA: 4 hours

SEA: 20 hours

State Complaint Procedures SEA: 30 hours

Number of Parentallyplaced Private School 

Students

LEA: 10 hours

SEA: 20 hours

LEA Part B Application LEA: 2 hours

High Cost Fund SEA: 40 hours Procedural Safeguards LEA: 3 hours

Legal Services List LEA: 0.5 hours

per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining 

the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to this 

collection is required to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this burden through www.regulations.gov. 

Instrument

Collection

Respondents, 

Frequency, Burden

Total 

Annual 

Burden 

Hours

Cost Burden 

Estimate 

Total Cost

LEA consultation with private school 

representatives. It is estimated that 

approximately 2,849 LEA 

recordkeepers will be required to 

provide written explanations to 

private school officials and obtain a 

written affirmation signed by the 

representatives of participating 

private schools and forward the 

documentation of the consultation 

process to the State educational 

agency (SEA). It is estimated that it 

will take, on average, each LEA 

approximately 12 hours per year to 

obtain a written affirmation and 

forward documentation to the SEA. 

There are 57 SEA recordkeepers who 

receive the documentation from each 

LEA. It is estimated that, on the 

average for all SEAs, it takes 

recordkeepers 24 hours per year to 

maintain the records.

(2,849 LEAs x 12 hrs) 

+ (57 SEA x 24 hrs)

35,556 35,556 x $25 $888,900

Private school complaint of 

noncompliance with consultation 

process. Approximately 200 private 

Private school burden: 

(200 private school 

respondents x 2hrs) + 

5,320 5,320 x $25 $133,000
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Individual with Disabilities Education Act

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Collection

Respondents, 

Frequency, Burden

Total 

Annual 

Burden 

Hours

Cost Burden 

Estimate 

Total Cost

school officials are estimated to 

annually choose to file a complaint 

with SEAs that LEAs did not engage 

in consultation that was meaningful 

and timely, or did not give due 

consideration to the views of the 

private school officials and 30 private 

school officials will choose to file a 

complaint with the Secretary. It is 

estimated that on average each of 40 

SEAs will render a decision for 5 

complaints and will be required to 

submit documentation to the 

Secretary for 1 complaint. 

Approximately 200 LEAs across 40 

States will be required to forward 

documentation to SEAs regarding 

complaints.

(30 private school 

respondents x 2hrs) = 

460

SEA burden: (40 SEA 

respondents x 5 

complaints x 20 hrs) + 

(40 SEA respondents x 

2hrs) = 4,080

LEA burden: 200 LEA 

respondents x 4hrs = 

800

Number of children with disabilities 

enrolled in private schools by their 

parents. There are 14,229 LEA 

respondents who are required to 

maintain a record of the number of 

children evaluated, the number of 

children determined to be children 

with disabilities, and the number of 

children served under 20 U.S.C. 

1412(a)(10)(A). There are 57 SEA 

respondents who receive the records 

from each LEA.

LEA burden: 14,229 

LEA respondents x 10 

(hrs) = 142,290

SEA burden: 57 SEA 

respondents x 20 (hrs) 

= 1,140

143,430 143,430 x $25 $3,585,750

State plan for high cost fund. It is 

anticipated that approximately 40 

States will choose to maintain a high 

cost fund necessitating a State plan 

for the high cost fund. It is estimated 

that it will take each State an average 

of 40 hours to annually review and 

amend 40 State plans which equals 

an estimated total of 1,600 total 

burden hours.

40 SEA respondents x 

40 (hrs) 

1,600 1,600 x $25 $40,000

Free and low-cost legal services. 

There are approximately 13,000 due 

process hearings requested annually 

through LEAs. The data burden is 

expected to require an average of 30 

minutes per hearing request to inform 

parents of the availability of low-cost 

legal services. 

13,000 LEA 

respondents x .5 (hrs.)

6,500 6,500 x $25 $162,500

List of hearing officers and mediators 

(previous OMB 1820-0509). There 

are 57 State level record keepers who 

must maintain a list of mediators and 

14,286 SEA/LEA 

respondents x 3 (hrs) 

42,858 42,858 x $25 $1,071,450
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Individual with Disabilities Education Act

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Collection

Respondents, 

Frequency, Burden

Total 

Annual 

Burden 

Hours

Cost Burden 

Estimate 

Total Cost

approximately 14,229 public 

agencies. It is estimated to take 

approximately three hours annually 

for record keepers to update and 

maintain the lists. 

State complaint procedures (previous 

OMB 1820-0599). Each of 57 SEAs 

process, on average, 30 complaints 

annually. It takes an average of 

about 24 hours for a State educational 

agency to issue a written decision to a 

complaint.

57 SEA respondents x 

30 = 1,710 x 24 hrs.

41,040 41,040 x $25 $1,026,000

LEA application under Part B

(previous OMB 1820-0600). It is 

estimated that each of 14,229 

respondents will expend a total of 2 

hours annually processing 

modifications to an LEA plan for Part 

B funds and reporting. 

14,229 LEA 

respondents x 2 (hrs) 

28,458 28,458 x $25 $711,450

Procedural Safeguard Notice. It is 

estimated that each of 14,229 

respondents will expend a total of 3 

hours annually generating and 

providing procedural safeguard 

notices to parents of children with 

disabilities.

14,229 LEA 

respondents x 3 (hrs)

42,687 42,687 x $25 $1,067,175

TOTAL BURDEN 73,503 347,449 8,686,225