83C change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET

School Pulse Panel February 2022 Questionnaire
Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences

1850-0963 v.8

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

720
17,280

720
17,280

100%

100%

4,752

4,752

Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping hour
burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours
Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change
Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping cost
burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested
Difference

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Explanation of difference
Program change
Adjustment

NA
NA

Otherchange**

The School Pulse Panel is a new study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of the
Institute of Education Sciences (IES), within the United States Department of Education, to collect extensive data on issues
concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and staff in U.S. public primary, middle, high, and
combined-grade schools. The survey will ask school district staff and sampled school principals about topics such as
instructional mode offered; enrollment counts of subgroups of students using various instructional modes; learning loss
mitigation strategies; safe and healthy school mitigation strategies; special education services; use of technology; use of
federal relief funds; and information on staffing. Because this data collection is extremely high priority and time sensitive, it
underwent Emergency Clearance and only underwent a 30-day public comment period after clearance has been granted.
The administration of the School Pulse Panel study is in direct response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14000:
Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers. It will be one of
the nation’s few sources of reliable data on a wealth of information focused on school reopening efforts, virus spread
mitigation strategies, services offered for students and staff, and technology use, as reported by school district staff and
principals in U.S. public schools. The purpose of this Change Request is to make modifications to previously approved items
and to add new items (within the scope of research domains approved in previous packages) to be collected on the February
instrument. These modifications and additions reflect school responses to the current COVID-19 surge with the omicron
variant. Specifically, we propose asking whether schools had to delay the return to learning after the winter break, if negative
tests were a requirement for students to return, if the school is using the Test to Stay (TTS) program to keep students in
school, what types of COVID-19 tests are conducted at school (if applicable), and the count of teachers in quarantine.
Furthermore, due to the addition of new items for February, the nutrition items will be moved to be collected in March. NCES
has reached out to inform the federal partners at the Food Nutrition Service to inform them of this plan. Any requested
changes to proposed nutrition items will be submitted in a later change request.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

January 19, 2022

For OIRA Use
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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
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