Breaking news from OSEP today on the approval of the EDFacts Information Collection package for the next three years. Please stay tuned for another post highlighting the pieces most relevant to IDEA fiscal matters.
From OSEP:
The EDFacts Information Collection package for SY 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 (1850-0925) has been approved. This package includes all the Part B Section 618 data collections.
The package has a new OMB number (OMB 1850-0925; expiration date February 28, 2019). Attachments are posted on the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs website(www.reginfo.gov).
The new EDFacts Information Collection Package provides the following changes to the IDEA Section 618 data collections:
- Eliminates the collection of File C004/DG 491: Children with disabilities (IDEA) not participating in assessments.
- Eliminates the collection of previous year’s 619 allocation for each LEA/ESA in the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Reduction and Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS) data collection.
- Adds four new data elements related to the LEA Maintenance of Effort (MOE) provisions of IDEA in the MOE Reduction and CEIS Data Collection and collected through the EDFacts Metadata and Process System (EMAPS) tool:
- Did the State determine whether the LEA/ESA met the MOE compliance standard in (Reference Year)?
- Did the LEA/ESA meet the MOE compliance standard in (Reference Year)?
- By the date of this data submission, did the State return non-Federal funds to the Department based on the failure of the LEA/ESA to meet the MOE compliance standard in (Reference Year)?
- What amount of non-Federal funds did the State return to the Department based on the failure of the LEA/ESA to meet the MOE compliance standard in (Reference Year)?
Please note that we will begin to collect the new MOE data elements in the FFY 2016/ SY 2016-17 MOE Reduction and CEIS data submission (due May of 2018).
The final EDFacts Information Collection package includes two supporting statements and twelve attachments.
Attachment C includes changes from the former EDFacts package (1875-0240)
available at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201507-1850-001
Attachment F-2 includes responses to the 30-day comment period
available at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201507-1850-001
Attachments B-3 and B-4 include the final data groups and categories
available at: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewIC?ref_nbr=201507-1850-001&icID=217323