83C change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET

School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) 2022 Communication
Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

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

1850-0761 v.22

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

8,743
11,623

8,743
11,623

50%

50%

4,907

4,907

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 Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) is a nationally representative survey of elementary and secondary school
principals that serves as the primary source of school-level data on crime and safety in public schools, and was conducted in
2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, and 2020 (OMB# 1850-0761). Four years separated the first two collections of
SSOCS to allow for sufficient time to study the results of the first survey and to allow for necessary redesign work; the next
three collections were conducted at 2-year intervals. Due to a reorganization of the sponsoring agency (the Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools) and funding issues, the 2012 administration of SSOCS, although approved by OMB, was not fielded. With
new funding available through the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), SSOCS was conducted again in the spring of the 2015–16
school year. With continued dedicated funding, SSOCS has resumed collection on a biennial basis, with collections during the
spring of the 2017–18 and the 2019–20 school years, and the next planned collection during the spring of the 2021–22 school
year. SSOCS is a survey of public schools covering the topic of school crime and violence and is designed to produce nationally
representative data on public schools. Historically, it has been conducted by mail, with telephone and e-mail follow-up; however,
as an experiment, an Internet version was fielded during the SSOCS:2018 administration. For SSOCS:2020, the Internet
version was initially offered to all respondents, with the paper version sent via mail as a follow-up, and the same methodology
will be used for SSOCS:2022. The respondent is the school principal, or a member of the school staff designated by the
principal as the person “the most knowledgeable about school crime and policies to provide a safe environment.” The 2022
survey is being funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools (previously known as the
Office of Safe and Healthy Students) and conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES), within the U.S. Department of Education. As with prior SSOCS collections, NCES has entered into
an interagency agreement with the Census Bureau to administer the 2022 collection. This submission provides updated
versions of the SSOCS 2022 communication materials and focuses on two changes: (a) the addition of an experiment to look at
the effect of the timing of communication, (b) changes to communication materials, and (c) small changes to the instrument
based on cognitive testing. These changes result in no changes to participant burden or cost to the federal government.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

February 4, 2022

For OIRA Use
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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C