In response to a growing demand, the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S.
Department of Education, has developed and conducted a pilot, in
2015 and 2016 (OMB# 1850-0803), of a new collection of finance data
at the school level. The School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS)
centrally collects school-level finance data form state education
agencies (SEAs), and is an extension of two existing collections
conducted by NCES, in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau,
the School District Finance Survey (F-33) and the state-level
National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS). The Every
Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) signed into law on December 10, 2015,
requires SEAs and local agencies to produce report cards for the
2017-18 school year that include per-pupil actual personnel and
nonpersonnel expenditures of Federal, State, and local funds,
disaggregated by source of funds, for each local educational agency
(LEA) and each school in the State for the preceding fiscal year.
SLFS collects 30 expenditure items, 12 of which are “personnel” and
18 “nonpersonnel” expenditures. The SLFS data items and definitions
are consistent with those in the NPEFS and F-33 surveys. The first
year of the pilot SLFS data collection (for fiscal year FY 2014)
commenced on May 7, 2015, with 12 SEAs participating, and the
second year of data collection (for FY 2015) commenced on April 4,
2016, with 19 SEAs participating. This request is to annually
collect national SLFS data in 2017 through 2019, covering FY 2016
through 2018, and corresponding to school years 2015/16 through
2017/18.
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USC 9543 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
(ESRA 2002)
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.