OMB83 Change Memo v18

MEMORANDUM OMB # 1850-0067 v.18

DATE: September 12, 2019

TO: Robert Sivinski, Office of Management and Budget

THROUGH: Kashka Kubzdela, National Center for Education Statistics

FROM: Stephen Cornman, National Center for Education Statistics

SUBJECT: NPEFS 2018: Common Core of Data (CCD) National Public Education Financial Survey FY 2019 Federal Register Notice Change Request

The National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) is an annual collection of state-level finance data that has been included in the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) since FY 1982 (school year 1981-82). NPEFS provides function expenditures by salaries, benefits, purchased services, and supplies, and includes federal, state, and local revenues by source. The NPEFS collection includes data on all state-run schools from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NPEFS data are used for a wide variety of purposes, including to calculate federal program allocations such as states’ “average per-pupil expenditure” (SPPE) for elementary and secondary education, certain formula grant programs (e.g. Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as amended, Impact Aid, and Indian Education programs). Furthermore, in addition to using the SPPE data as general information on the financing of elementary and secondary education, the U.S. Department of Education 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 Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants under title IV, 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.

NCES’s request to conduct the annual collection of state-level finance data for FY 2019-2021 was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in August 2019 (OMB# 1850-0067 v.17). Per the approved Supporting Statement Part A, this submission provides a revised text of the Federal Register Notice to be published in September 2019 for the FY 2019 NPEFS collection and revisions to prior fiscal year reports. Within the U.S. Department of Education, this notice has been cleared by all relevant U.S. Department of Education offices (i.e., OS, OGC-DRS, OGC-PA, OUS, OPEPD, Budget, OM, ICCD, OCIO, OCR, and Exec Sec).

The changes described in this document do not affect the last approved estimated response burden or the total cost to the federal government for this study.

The initially approved by OMB draft Federal Register Notice for FY 2019 (OMB# 1850-0067 v.17) was revised as follows:

(p.7): Alternatively, SEAs may hand-deliver submissions by 4:00 p.m. Washington, DC, Eastern Time on August 14, 2020, to: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746..

(p.9): 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: Stephen Q. Cornman, NPEFS Project Director, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Telephone: (202) 245-7753. Email: stephen.cornman@ed.gov the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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