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Department. 

Authority: Presidential Executive Order 

13532. 

Ted Mitchell, 

Under Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01119 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission of Data by State 

Educational Agencies; Submission 

Dates for State Revenue and 

Expenditure Reports for Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2014, Revisions to Those Reports, 

and Revisions to Prior Fiscal Year 

Reports 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces 

dates for State educational 

agencies(SEAs)to submit expenditure 

and revenue data and average daily 

attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 

(the National Public Education 

Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for fiscal 

year (FY) 2014, revisions to those 

reports, and revisions to prior fiscal year 

reports. The Secretary sets these dates to 

ensure that data are available to serve as 

the basis for timely distribution of 

Federal funds. The U.S. Census Bureau 

is the data collection agent for this 

request of the Department of 

Education’s National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES). The data 

will be published by NCES and will be 

used by the Secretary in the calculation 

of allocations for FY 2016 appropriated 

funds. 

DATES: SEAs can begin submitting data 

on Friday, January 30, 2015. The 

deadline for the final submission of all 

data, including any revisions to 

previously submitted data for FY 2013 

and FY 2014, is Friday, August 14, 

2015. Any resubmissions of FY 2013 or 

FY 2014 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification, reconciliation, 

or other inquiries by NCES or the 

Census Bureau must be completed as 

soon as possible, but no later than 

Tuesday, September 8, 2015. All 

outstanding data issues must be 

reconciled or resolved by the SEAs, 

NCES, and the Census Bureau as soon 

as possible, but no later than September 

8, 2015. 

Addresses and Submission 

Information: SEAs may mail ED Form 

2447 to: U.S. Census Bureau, 

ATTENTION: Governments Division, 

Washington, DC 20233–6800. 

SEAs may submit data online using 

the interactive survey form on the 

NPEFS data collection Web site at: 

http://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs. 

The NPEFS Interactive includes a digital 

confirmation page where a personal 

identification number (PIN) may be 

entered. A successful entry of the PIN 

serves as a signature by the authorizing 

official. A certification form also may be 

printed from the Web site, signed by the 

authorizing official, and mailed to the 

Governments Division of the Census 

Bureau at the Washington, DC address 

provided above, no later than five 

business days of submission of the 

NPEFS Web interactive form. 

Alternatively, SEAs may hand-deliver 

submissions by 4:00 p.m. (Washington, 

DC time) on August 14, 2015, to: 

Governments Division, U.S. Census 

Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, 

MD 20746. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stephen Q. Cornman, NPEFS Project 

Director, National Center for Education 

Statistics, Institute of Education 

Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7338 or by email: 

stephen.cornman@ed.gov. You may also 


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contact an NPEFS team member (Census 

Bureau). Telephone: 1–800–437–4196 or 

(301)763–1571 or by email: 

Govs.npefs.list@census.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 153(a)(1)(I) of the Education 

Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 

9543, which authorizes NCES to gather 

data on the financing of education, 

NCES collects data annually from SEAs 

through ED Form 2447. The report from 

SEAs includes attendance, revenue, and 

expenditure data from which NCES 

determines a State’s ‘‘average per-pupil 

expenditure’’ (SPPE) for elementary and 

secondary education, as defined in 

section 9101(2) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7801(2)). 

In addition to using the SPPE data as 

general information on the financing of 

elementary and secondary education, 

the Secretary uses these data directly in 

calculating allocations for certain 

formula grant programs, including, but 

not limited to, title I, part A of the 

ESEA, Impact Aid, and Indian 

Education programs. Other programs, 

such as the Education for Homeless 

Children and Youth program under 

Title VII of the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act and the 

Teacher Quality State Grants program 

(title II, part A of the ESEA), make use 

of SPPE data indirectly because their 

formulas are based, in whole or in part, 

on State Title I, part A allocations. 

In January 2015, the Census Bureau, 

acting as the data collection agent for 

NCES, will email to SEAs ED Form 

2447, with instructions, and will request 

that SEAs commence submitting FY 

2014 data to the Census Bureau on 

Friday, January 30, 2015. SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete 

data by Friday, March 13, 2015, to 

facilitate timely processing. 

Submissions by SEAs to the Census 

Bureau will be analyzed for accuracy 

and returned to each SEA for 

verification. SEAs must submit all data, 

including any revisions to FY 2013 and 

FY 2014 data, to the Census Bureau no 

later than Friday, August 14, 2015. Any 

resubmissions of FY 2013 or FY 2014 

data by SEAs in response to requests for 

clarification, reconciliation, or other 

inquiries by NCES or the Census Bureau 

must be completed by Tuesday, 

September 8, 2015. Between August 14, 

2015, and September 8, 2015, SEAs may 

also, on their own initiative, resubmit 

data to resolve issues not addressed in 

their final submission of NPEFS data by 

August 14, 2015. All outstanding data 

issues must be reconciled or resolved by 

the SEAs, NCES, and the Census Bureau 

as soon as possible, but no later than 

September 8, 2015. 

In order to facilitate timely 

submission of data, the Census Bureau 

will send reminder notices to SEAs in 

May, June, and July of 2015. 

Having accurate, consistent, and 

timely information is critical to an 

efficient and fair Department of 

Education (Department) allocation 

process and to the NCES statistical 

process. To ensure timely distribution of 

Federal education funds based on the 

best, most accurate data available, the 

Department establishes, for program 

funding allocation purposes, Friday, 

August 14, 2015, as the final date by 

which the SEAs must submit data 

online using the interactive survey form 

on the NPEFS data collection Web site 

at: http://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs 

or ED Form 2447 must be submitted. 

Any resubmissions of FY 2013 or FY 

2014 data by SEAs in response to 

requests for clarification, reconciliation, 

or other inquiries by NCES or the 

Census Bureau must be completed 

through the interactive survey form on 

the NPEFS data collection Web site or 

ED Form 2447 by Tuesday, September 8, 

2015. If an SEA submits revised data 

after the final deadline that result in a 

lower SPPE figure, the SEA’s allocations 

may be adjusted downward, or the 

Department may direct the SEA to 

return funds. SEAs should be aware that 

all of these data are subject to audit and 

that, if any inaccuracies are discovered 

in the audit process, the Department 

may seek recovery of overpayments for 

the applicable programs. 

Note: The following are important dates in 

the data collection process for FY 2014: 

January 30, 2015—SEAs can begin to 

submit accurate and complete data for FY 

2014 and revisions to previously submitted 

data for FY 2013. 

March 13, 2015—Date by which SEAs are 

urged to submit accurate and complete data 

for FY 2013 and FY 2014. 

August 14, 2015—Mandatory final 

submission date for FY 2013 and FY 2014 

data to be used for program funding 

allocation purposes. 

September 8, 2015—Mandatory final 

deadline for responses by SEAs to requests 

for clarification, reconciliation, or other 

inquiries by NCES or the Census Bureau. All 

data issues must be resolved. 

If an SEA’s submission is received by 

the Census Bureau after August 14, 

2015, the SEA must show one of the 

following as proof that the submission 

was mailed on or before that date: 

1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

2. A legible mail receipt with the date 

of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal 

Service. 

3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

4. Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary. 

If the SEA mails ED Form 2447 

through the U.S. Postal Service, the 

Secretary does not accept either of the 

following as proof of mailing: 

1. A private metered postmark. 

2. A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, an SEA should check 

with its local post office. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities may obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to: Mr. Stephen Q. Cornman, 

NPEFS Project Director, National Center 

for Education Statistics, Institute of 

Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 

Education. Telephone: (202) 502–7338 

or by email: stephen.cornman@ed.gov. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9543. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Sue Betka, 

Acting Director, Institute of Education 

Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01201 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and Request for OMB 

Review and Comment. 


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