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OMB Control No: 1810-0734	ICR Reference No: 202103-1810-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201805-1810-002
Agency/Subagency: ED/OESE	Agency Tracking No: ED-2021-SCC-0040]
Title: Application for Flexibility for Equitable Per-pupil Funding
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/13/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/21/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2021
Responses	10	0	20
Time Burden (Hours)	560	0	1,120
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This is a request to collect critical information for the Application for Flexibility for Equitable Per-pupil Funding, the instrument through which local educational agencies (LEAs) apply for flexibility to consolidate eligible Federal funds and State and local education funding based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged students. This program allows LEAs to consolidate funds under the following Federal education programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); Title I, Part A Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies; Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children; Title I, Part D, Subpart 2 Local Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk; Title II Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-quality Teachers, Principals, or Other School Leaders; Title III Language Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students; Title IV, Part A Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants; Title VI, Part B Rural Education Initiative. On December 10, 2015, the programs above were reauthorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Flexibility for Equitable Per-pupil Funding under section 1501 of the ESEA allows the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to offer an LEA the opportunity to consolidate funds under the above-listed programs to support the LEA in creating a single school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and otherwise disadvantaged students, with attendant flexibility in using those funds.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 115 - 64 1501 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 115 - 64 1501 Name of Law: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 14743	03/18/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 27570	05/21/2021
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
Application for Flexibility for Equitable Per-pupil Funding	NA

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	10	20	-10
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	560	1,120	-560
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Based on the number of responses to the currently approved information collection, the Department is now estimating that 10 LEAs will respond to this information collection. Previously, the Department estimated that 20 LEAs would respond to the information collection, applying for flexibility. However only 6 LEAs submitted applications over the past three years. This adjustment reduced the burden estimates in the extension request by 10 responses and 560 burden hours resulting in a total estimated burden of 10 responses and 560 burden hours to the public.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $6,400

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Melissa Siry 202 260-0926

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