82 FR 21533 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Study of Weighted Student Funding and School-Based Systems (Recruitment and Study Design Phase)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 88 (May 9, 2017)

Page Range		21533-21533
FR Document		2017-09348

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2017-ICCD-0004]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Study of Weighted Student Funding and School-Based Systems 
(Recruitment and Study Design Phase)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (OPEPD), 
Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a new information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 8, 2017.

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-2017-ICCD-
0004. 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. 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 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 224-84, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Oliver Schak, 202-453-5643.

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: Study of Weighted Student Funding and School-
Based Systems (recruitment and study design phase).
    OMB Control Number: 1875-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 685.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 310.
    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine districts that 
have implemented weighted student funding (WSF) systems. In doing so, 
the study team will investigate how these systems for funding schools 
have been implemented, the benefits in terms of enhanced school funding 
equity and improved resource allocation practices through more 
equitable distributions of funding to schools and increased principal 
autonomy, and the challenges each district may have faced in 
undertaking such a reform. To this end, the study team will conduct 
site visits to a set of nine case study districts that will involve in-
person interviews with district officials and school staff involved in 
WSF system administration. In addition, the study team will collect and 
review relevant extant data (budget and audited expenditure files) and 
administer surveys to a nationally representative sample of principals 
and school district administrators.

    Dated: May 4, 2017.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education is especially interested in DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
public comment addressing the
[Docket No.: ED–2017–ICCD–0004] Federal Energy Regulatory
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the Commission
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Management and Budget for Review processed and used in a timely manner;
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Study of Weighted Student Funding (4) how might the Department enhance Supplemental Notice That Initial
and School-Based Systems the quality, utility, and clarity of the Market-Based Rate Filing Includes
(Recruitment and Study Design Phase) information to be collected; and (5) how Request for Blanket Section 204
might the Department minimize the Authorization
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Evaluation
and Policy Development (OPEPD), burden of this collection on the This is a supplemental notice in the
Department of Education (ED). respondents, including through the use above-referenced proceeding of
of information technology. Please note Pennsylvania Grain Processing, LLC‘s
ACTION: Notice.
that written comments received in application for market-based rate
SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be authority, with an accompanying rate
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is considered public records. tariff, noting that such application
proposing a new information collection. Title of Collection: Study of Weighted includes a request for blanket
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Student Funding and School-Based authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
submit comments on or before June 8, Systems (recruitment and study design future issuances of securities and
2017. assumptions of liability.
phase). Any person desiring to intervene or to
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
OMB Control Number: 1875–NEW. protest should file with the Federal
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please Type of Review: A new information Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
use http://www.regulations.gov by collection. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
searching the Docket ID number ED– in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
Respondents/Affected Public: State, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
2017–ICCD–0004. Comments submitted Local, and Tribal Government.
in response to this notice should be and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
Total Estimated Number of Annual 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Responses: 685. intervene or protest must serve a copy
www.regulations.gov by selecting the Total Estimated Number of Annual of that document on the Applicant.
Burden Hours: 310. Notice is hereby given that the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
deadline for filing protests with regard
commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Abstract: The purpose of this study is to the applicant’s request for blanket
Please note that comments submitted by to examine districts that have authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
fax or email and those submitted after implemented weighted student funding future issuances of securities and
the comment period will not be (WSF) systems. In doing so, the study assumptions of liability, is May 23,
accepted. Written requests for team will investigate how these systems 2017.
information or comments submitted by The Commission encourages
for funding schools have been
postal mail or delivery should be electronic submission of protests and
implemented, the benefits in terms of
addressed to the Director of the interventions in lieu of paper, using the
enhanced school funding equity and
Information Collection Clearance FERC Online links at http://
Division, U.S. Department of Education, improved resource allocation practices
through more equitable distributions of www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room service, persons with Internet access
224–84, Washington, DC 20202–4537. funding to schools and increased
principal autonomy, and the challenges who will eFile a document and/or be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For listed as a contact for an intervenor
specific questions related to collection each district may have faced in
undertaking such a reform. To this end, must create and validate an
activities, please contact Oliver Schak, eRegistration account using the
202–453–5643. the study team will conduct site visits
to a set of nine case study districts that eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The link to log on and submit the
Department of Education (ED), in will involve in-person interviews with
intervention or protests.
accordance with the Paperwork district officials and school staff Persons unable to file electronically
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. involved in WSF system administration. should submit an original and 5 copies
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general In addition, the study team will collect of the intervention or protest to the
public and Federal agencies with an and review relevant extant data (budget Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
opportunity to comment on proposed, and audited expenditure files) and 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
revised, and continuing collections of administer surveys to a nationally 20426.
information. This helps the Department representative sample of principals and The filings in the above-referenced
assess the impact of its information school district administrators. proceeding are accessible in the
collection requirements and minimize Dated: May 4, 2017. Commission’s eLibrary system by
the public’s reporting burden. It also clicking on the appropriate link in the
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Kate Mullan,
helps the public understand the above list. They are also available for
Department’s information collection Acting Director, Information Collection electronic review in the Commission’s
requirements and provide the requested Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Public Reference Room in Washington,
Officer, Office of Management.
data in the desired format. ED is DC. There is an eSubscription link on
[FR Doc. 2017–09348 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]
soliciting comments on the proposed the Web site that enables subscribers to
information collection request (ICR) that BILLING CODE 4000–01–P receive email notification when a
is described below. The Department of document is added to a subscribed

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Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before June 8, 2017.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Oliver Schak, 202-453-5643.
FR Citation		82 FR 21533