Federal Register #ED-2025-SCC-0085

Request for Comment: Extension of School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) Data Collection

The Department of Education is inviting public comment on its plan to extend the Common Core of Data (CCD) School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) information collection for 2025-2027. - Government Buyer: - Department of Education - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education Sciences (IES) - No OEMs or vendors are involved, as this is not a procurement action - Products/Services Requested: - Extension of the SLFS information collection process - Collection of school-level finance data (salaries, benefits, expenditures) from State Education Agencies for all publicly funded preK-12 schools - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Uniform and comparable financial data to support resource allocation analysis in public education - Data collection administered by the U.S. Census Bureau in conjunction with other education finance surveys - No products, part numbers, or quantities are being procured; this is a request for comment on an information collection activity

Description

The Department of Education is requesting an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request for the Common Core of Data (CCD) School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) for 2025-2027. This survey collects comprehensive school-level finance data including salaries, benefits, and expenditures for all publicly funded schools serving prekindergarten through 12th grade. The data is collected from State Education Agencies and is used to provide uniform and comparable financial data to help parents, states, and policymakers understand resource allocation in public schools. Comments on this information collection are due by May 27, 2026.

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