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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0132] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Public Education Financial 

Survey (NPEFS) 2019–2021: Common 

Core of Data (CCD) 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education 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: National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 

2019–2021: Common Core of Data 

(CCD). 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0067. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 56. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,738. 

Abstract: The National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is 

the Nation’s only source of annual 

statistical information about total 

revenues and expenditures for public 

elementary and secondary education at 

the state level. NCES collects data 

annually from SEAs under Section 

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

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

9543(a)(1)(I), which authorizes NCES to 

gather data on the financing and 

management of education. NCES and 

the Economic Reimbursable Surveys 

Division of the U.S. Census Bureau 

collaborate to collect public education 

finance data. The U.S. Census Bureau 

(Census), Governments Division, 

administers the NPEFS data collection 

for NCES under interagency agreement. 

NPEFS provides detailed finance data 

at the state level, including average 

daily attendance; school district 

revenues by source (local, state, and 

federal); and expenditures by function 

(instruction, support services, and noninstruction), sub function (e.g., school 

administration), and object (e.g., 

salaries). This survey also includes 

capital outlay and debt service 

expenditures. The NPEFS includes data 

on all public schools from the 50 states, 

the District of Columbia, American 

Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands. NPEFS serves as both a 

statistical and an administrative 

collection used for a number of federal 

program funding allocations. 

In 2019, NCES requested an extension 

of approval for the NPEFS data 

collection, OMB Control Number 1850– 

0067. NPEFS is an annual collection of 

state-level finance data that have been a 

component of NCES’s Common Core of 

Data (CCD) since FY 1982 (covering 

school year 1981/82). On August 22, 

2019, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approved the collection 

of state-level finance data for the data 

collections of FY 19–FY 21 data. The 

expiration date is August 31, 2022. The 

statistical uses of NPEFS were 

previously set forth in National Public 

Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 

2019–2021: Common Core of Data 

(CCD), Supporting Statement Part A, 

OMB #1850–0067 v.17. Subsequent 

packages (OMB #1850–0067 v.18–19) 

cleared the Federal Register Notices for 

FY 2019 and 2020 data collections. 

This submission for 30-day public 

review requests changes to the National 

Public Education Financial Survey 

(NPEFS) data collection. As a direct 

result of the COVID–19 circumstances, 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) is requesting to: (1) 

Amend the instructions for Average 

Daily Attendance (ADA) on NPEFS; (2) 

Obtain approval to send a letter to Chief 

State School Officers (CSSOs) and State 

Fiscal Coordinators pertaining to ADA; 

(3) Amend the data plan for NPEFS; (4) 

Add certain data items to NPEFS; (5) 

Make other small changes to FY 20 

NPEFS, based on regular 

communication with state fiscal 

coordinators; and (6) Change the 

estimated respondent burden and the 

costs to the federal government incurred 

by the above changes. 

Dated: September 2, 2021. 

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. 2021–19332 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Reopening the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 

Competition for Certain Eligible 

Applicants; Education Innovation and 

Research (EIR) Program—Early-Phase 

Grants 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On July 28, 2021, we 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

the FY 2021 Education Innovation and 

Research Program—Early-phase Grants, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.411C 

(Early-phase Grants). This notice 

reopens this competition to allow more 

time for the preparation and submission 

of applications by eligible applicants 

affected by the severe storm and 

flooding in the following counties in 

Tennessee: Dickson, Hickman, Houston, 


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and Humphreys which have been 

designated for Individual Assistance or 

Public Assistance under Presidential 

major disaster declaration 4609–DR–TN 

(‘‘affected applicants’’). 

DATES: 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications for Affected Applicants: 

September 13, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: November 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Crockett, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3E344, Washington, DC 20202– 

5900. Telephone: (202) 453–7122. 

Email: eir@ed.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: 

On July 28, 2021, we published in the 

Federal Register (86 FR 40510) the NIA 

for EIR Early-phase Grants. Under the 

NIA, applications were due on August 

27, 2021. We are reopening this 

competition for five days for affected 

applicants to allow those applicants 

more time to prepare and submit their 

applications. 

Eligibility: 

The reopening of this competition 

applies to eligible applicants under the 

Early-phase Grants competition that are 

affected applicants. An eligible 

applicant for the Early-phase Grant 

competition is defined in the NIA. The 

federally declared disaster areas under 

this declaration are the jurisdictions 

identified by the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency under declaration 

4609–DR–TN in which assistance to 

individuals or public assistance has 

been authorized. To determine if you 

are an affected applicant, see the 

Emergency Declaration available at: 

www.fema.gov/disaster/4609 and 

https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4609/ 

designated-areas. 

An affected applicant submitting an 

application as part of the reopened 

competition must provide a certification 

in its application that it is located in a 

jurisdiction that is part of one of the 

applicable federally declared disaster 

areas and must provide appropriate 

supporting documentation, if requested. 

We are not reopening the application 

period for all applicants. Thus, 

applications from applicants that are not 

affected applicants may not be 

submitted as part of this reopened 

period for submission of applications. 

Note: All information in the NIA remains 

the same, except for the deadline date for 

affected applicants and the deadline for 

intergovernmental review. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. 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 Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the 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. 

Ruth Ryder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19283 Filed 9–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0131] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Early 

Childhood Longitudinal Study, 

Kindergarten Class of 2023–24 (ECLS– 

K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade 

Field Test Data Collection, National 

Sampling, and National Recruitment 

AGENCY: Institute of Educational Science 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 8, 2021. 

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– 

2021–SCC–0131. 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, 

ED will temporarily accept comments at 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 by fax or email and those 

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 PRA Coordinator of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W208B, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), 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. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education 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 


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