The State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education, the Local Education Agency Universe Survey, and the Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey are the nonfiscal components of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system, while the School District Finance Survey (F-33) and the National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) are the fiscal components. The Teacher Compensation Survey (TCS) became part of CCD in 2007. Three finance surveys are reported annually by state education agencies (SEAs) through the efforts of state CCD coordinators. Participation in the CCD is voluntary. All states and the District of Columbia reported in the fiscal year (FY) 2006 F-33.
Data for CCD finance surveys are collected from SEAs through an online reporting system. They are then processed, edited, and verified by the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and the Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI) of the American Institutes for Research (AIR). The FY 06 CCD F-33 collection opened on January 2, 2007 and closed on September 28, 2007.
When reporting totals for a state, if information is missing for more than 20 percent of the school districts, NCES suppresses the totals for that state. When reporting national totals, if information is missing for more than 15 percent of the school districts, NCES suppresses the national totals; if information is missing for no more than 15 percent of the school districts, NCES calculates totals and identifies them as "reporting states" totals (rather than totals for the United States). A "reporting states" total is calculated for federal revenues by program in table 8 in this report, because not all the 50 states and the District of Columbia reported all the specific federal revenues in FY 06. The missing federal revenues are included in "other and unspecified revenues through state" and/or "other revenues direct to school districts" categories.
The federal revenue data collected on the F-33 are supplemented with data collected from the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) data collection. The GEPA survey collects data on federal revenues directly from school districts, and is conducted every other year. In order to determine whether a zero response on the FY 06 F-33 is missing or not applicable, the data were compared to the FY 04 F-33 data file, the last year for which GEPA adjustments were made. If a specific federal revenue item for a district is zero on the FY 06 F-33, NCES looked at the same item and district on the FY 04 F-33. If the FY 04 F-33 showed the item as zero, then it was assumed to be not applicable for FY 06. If a value greater than zero was found for the item on the FY 04 F-33, then the item was assumed to be missing for FY 06. This information was used to determine if data should be suppressed in table 8.
Regular school districts included in tables 1 through 6 in this report
Charter schools that are not affiliated with a regular school district are treated separately from regular school districts in tables 1 through 6. To be included, these independent charter school districts must be listed in the CCD Local Education Agency Universe Survey file for school year 2005–06, have students, and report revenues and expenditures greater than zero.