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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 93567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27845]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0142]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28 
(With 2024-25 Continuation)

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (IES), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
January 27, 2025.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2024-SCC-0142. 
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://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, the Department will 
temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. 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 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 Manager of the Strategic 
Collections and Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 
Washington, DC 20202-1200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 202-245-6347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department, 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. The Department is soliciting comments on the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. 
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: EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2025-26, 
2026-27, and 2027-28 (with 2024-25 Continuation).
OMB Control Number: 1850-0925.
Type of Review: A revision of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 61.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 126,880.
    Abstract: EDFacts is a U.S. Department of Education (ED) 
initiative, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics 
(NCES), to collect, analyze, report on, and promote the use of high-
quality, pre-kindergarten through grade 12 (pre-K-12) performance data. 
By centralizing data provided by state education agencies about state 
level data, local education agencies, and schools, NCES uses the 
EDFacts data to report on students, schools, staff, services, and 
education outcomes at the state, district, and school levels. The 
centralized approach provides ED users with the ability to efficiently 
analyze and report on submitted data and has reduced the reporting 
burden for state and local data producers through the use of 
streamlined data collection, analysis, and reporting tools. EDFacts 
collects information on behalf of ED grant and program offices for 
approximately 170 data groups for all 50 states, Washington DC, Puerto 
Rico, and seven outlying areas and freely associated states (American 
Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, and 
the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Department of Defense Education Activity 
(DoDEA), and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
    This request is to collect EDFacts data for the 2025-26, 2026-27, 
and 2027-28 school years. This collection package will be available for 
public comment during two open periods, a 60-day and a 30-day, after 
which revisions will be made accordingly. As part of the public comment 
period review, ED requests that SEAs and other stakeholders respond to 
the directed questions found in Attachment D. Due to overlap in the 
timing of data collection activities between consecutive years of the 
EDFacts collection, we are carrying over in this submission the 
approved SY 2024-25 data collection, which is scheduled to end in 
February 2026.

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
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. 2024-27845 Filed 11-26-24; 8:45 am]
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