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OMB Control No:
1850-0582
ICR Reference No:
201510-1850-001
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
201505-1850-002
Agency/Subagency:
ED/IES
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2015-2016 Pension Liabilities Update
Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Emergency
Approval Requested By:
11/20/2015
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved with change
Conclusion Date:
11/20/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
10/21/2015
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
05/31/2016
6 Months From Approved
12/31/2016
Responses
71,867
0
71,867
Time Burden (Hours)
1,050,870
0
933,777
Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
Abstract:
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a web-based data collection system designed to collect basic data from all postsecondary institutions in the United States and the other jurisdictions. IPEDS enables The National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) to report on key dimensions of postsecondary education such as enrollments, degrees and other awards earned, tuition and fees, average net price, student financial aid, graduation rates, revenues and expenditures, faculty salaries, and staff employed. The IPEDS web-based data collection system was implemented in 2000-01, and it collects basic data from approximately 7,500 postsecondary institutions in the United States and the other jurisdictions that are eligible to participate in Title IV Federal financial aid programs. All Title IV institutions are required to respond to IPEDS (Section 490 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992; P.L. 102-325). IPEDS allows other (non-title IV) institutions to participate on a voluntary basis. About 200 institutions elect to respond. IPEDS data are available to the public through the College Navigator and IPEDS websites.
Emergency Justfication:
ED is requesting emergency processing due to an unanticipated event. The Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) changed the reporting standards for pensions such that unfunded pension liabilities are now included in the financial statements (GASB Standard 68). In the initial reporting year (2015), institutions will report the total amount of accrued pension liabilities. This will result in a dramatic increase in reported expenses for the 2015 year. In subsequent years, reporting will show only the incremental increase in unfunded pension liabilities. The approximately 2,000 public institutions using GASB accounting standards that have ever participated in pension systems will be particularly affected by this change in reporting standards when the IPEDS collection opens on December 9, 2015. To accommodate this change, NCES proposes to add to the IPEDS Finance survey a new screening question and three new fields related to the unfunded pension liabilities to allow the affected institutions to provide information that will allow NCES to correctly calculate cost per Full-Time Enrolled Student for these institutions. This addition is expected to increase IPEDS reporting burden for approximately 2,000 Public GASB institutions by an average of 30 minutes. ED requests approval of this emergency request by November 20, 2015.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
20 USC 9543
Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act
PL:
Pub.L. 102 - 325 490
Name of Law: Higher Education Amendments of 1992
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
Not associated with rulemaking
Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
1
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2013-2016
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
71,867
71,867
0
0
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
1,050,870
933,777
0
117,093
0
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Increase Due to:
Miscellaneous Actions
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
The significant increase in estimated annual burden to respondents presented in this package is due to the fact that the last burden was an annual average over 3 years, during which the largest burden was planned for the 2015-2016 year covered in this submission. Only 1,000 hours of the increase is for the estimated amount of time it will take GASB Finance Filers to complete the additional questions.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$9,600,000
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
Yes
Part B of Supporting Statement
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
No
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
No
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
No
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Kashka Kubzdela 2025027411 kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
10/21/2015
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