[Federal Register: November 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 215)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission of Data by State Educational Agencies
AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of
Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of dates of submission of State revenue and expenditure
reports for fiscal year (FY) 2007 and of revisions to those reports.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces dates for the submission by State
educational agencies (SEAs) of expenditure and revenue data and average
daily attendance statistics on ED Form 2447 (the National Public
Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)) for FY 2007. The Secretary sets
these dates to ensure that data are available to serve as the basis for
timely distribution of Federal funds. The U.S. Bureau of the Census
(Bureau of the Census) is the data collection agent for the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The data will be published by
NCES and will be used by the Secretary in the calculation of
allocations for FY 2009 appropriated funds.
DATES: The date on which submissions will first be accepted is March
17, 2008. The mandatory deadline for the final submission of all data,
including any revisions to previously submitted data, is September 2,
2008.
Addresses and Submission Information: SEAs may mail ED Form 2447
to: Bureau of the Census, ATTENTION: Governments Division, Washington,
DC 20233-6800.
SEAs may submit data via the World Wide Web using the interactive
survey form at surveys.nces.ed.gov/ccdnpefs. If the Web form is used,
it includes a digital confirmation page where a pin number may be
entered. A successful entry of the pin number serves as a signature by
the authorizing official. A certification form also may be printed from
the Web site, and signed by the authorizing official and mailed to the
Governments Division of the Bureau of the Census, at the address listed
in the previous paragraph. This signed form must be mailed within five
business days of Web form data submission.
Alternatively, SEAs may hand deliver submissions by 4 p.m. (Eastern
Time) to: Governments Division, Bureau of the Census, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Suitland, MD 20746.
If an SEA's submission is received by the Bureau of the Census
after September 2, 2008, in order for the submission to be accepted,
the SEA must show one of the following as proof that the submission was
mailed on or before the mandatory deadline date:
1. A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
2. A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
3. A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
4. Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.
If the SEA mails ED Form 2447 through the U.S. Postal Service, the
Secretary does not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
1. A private metered postmark.
2. A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, an SEA should check with
its local post office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Terri Kennerly, Chief, Bureau of
the Census, ATTENTION: Governments Division, Washington, DC 20233-6800.
Telephone: (301) 763-1559. If you use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to: Frank Johnson, National Center for Education
Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of
Education, Washington, DC 20208-5651. Telephone: (202) 502-7362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of section 153(a)(1)(I)
of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, 20 U.S.C. 9543, which
authorizes NCES to gather data on the financing of education, NCES
collects data annually from SEAs through ED Form 2447. The report from
SEAs includes attendance, revenue, and expenditure data from which NCES
determines the average State per-pupil expenditure (SPPE) for
elementary and secondary education, as defined in the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7801(2)).
In addition to utilizing the SPPE data as general information on
the financing of elementary and secondary education, the Secretary uses
these data directly in calculating allocations for certain formula
grant programs, including Title I, Part A of the ESEA, Impact Aid, and
Indian Education programs. Other programs, such as the Educational
Technology State Grants program (Title II, Part D of the ESEA), the
Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program under Title VII of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the Teacher
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Quality State Grants program (Title II, Part A of the ESEA), and the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program (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.
In January 2008, the Bureau of the Census, acting as the data
collection agent for NCES, will e-mail to SEAs ED Form 2447 with
instructions and request that SEAs submit data to the Bureau of the
Census on March 17, 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter. SEAs are
urged to submit accurate and complete data on March 17, or as soon as
possible thereafter, to facilitate timely processing. Submissions by
SEAs to the Bureau of the Census will be checked for accuracy and
returned to each SEA for verification. All data, including any
revisions, must be submitted to the Bureau of the Census by an SEA not
later than September 2, 2008.
Having accurate and consistent information on time is critical to
an efficient and fair allocation process and to the NCES statistical
process. To ensure timely distribution of Federal education funds based
on the best, most accurate data available, NCES establishes, for
allocation purposes, September 2, 2008, as the final date by which the
NPEFS Web form or ED Form 2447 must be submitted. If an SEA submits
revised data after the final deadline that results in a lower SPPE
figure, its allocations may be adjusted downward or the Department may
request the SEA to return funds. SEAs should be aware that all of these
data are subject to audit and that, if any inaccuracies are discovered
in the audit process, the Department may seek recovery of overpayments
for the applicable programs. If an SEA submits revised data after
September 2, 2008, the data also may be too late to be included in the
final NCES published dataset.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
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Note: The official version of this document is the document
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Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9543.
Dated: November 2, 2007.
Grover J. Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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