82 FR 42083 - 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 (Study Instruments)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 171 (September 6, 2017)

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

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42083-42084]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18754]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2017-ICCD-0063]


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 
(Study Instruments)

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 
October 6, 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-
0063. 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 216-34, 
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 
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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 (Study Instruments).
    OMB Control Number: 1875-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,902.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 568.
    Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate how districts 
vary in their implementation of weighted student funding (WSF) and 
school-based budgeting (SBB); outcomes in terms of levels of principal 
autonomy, transparency of resource allocation, and extent to which 
resources are distributed based on student needs; interactions of WSF 
and SBB systems with school choice policies; and challenges that 
districts may have faced in transitioning to and implementing these 
systems. Data collection will include: (a) Nationally representative 
surveys of districts andprincipals, and (b) case studies of nine 
districts that are implementing WSF systems, including site visits, in-
person interviews with district officials and school staff, and 
analysis of relevant extant data such as descriptive documents, 
budgets, and audited expenditure files.

    Dated: August 30, 2017.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-18754 Filed 9-5-17; 8:45 am]
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