Information Collection Request Now Available for Public Comment (Optional)
This is your chance to influence future Civil Rights Data Collection requirements and new CRDC data elements. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is in the process of seeking approval to administer a Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2025-26 and 2027-28 school years and is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the survey. The deadline to submit comments is December 16, 2024.
The following was posted on the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) CRDC Communities page.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is currently in the process of seeking approval from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to administer a Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for the 2025–26 school year, and a CRDC for the 2027–28 school year. Proposed CRDC surveys must undergo two public notice and comment periods, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 2025–26 and 2027–28 CRDCs Information Collection Request (ICR) package was announced on October 17, 2024, in the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov, and is now available for a 60-day public comment period. The complete ICR package is available at https://www.regulations.gov.
For proposed changes to the survey, please review OMB Supporting Statement A. For questions OCR is asking for public input before making changes to the proposed future CRDCs, please see A-5 Directed Questions.
The deadline to submit comments is December 16, 2024. After OCR reviews and considers all comments and makes changes to the ICR if appropriate, the next ICR will be announced in the Federal Register and will be available for a 30-day public comment period.