EDFacts Data Webinar
Tuesday, December 10, 2024, from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 – 2:00p.m. PT
The purpose of this Department of Education hosted webinar is to provide an overview of the OMB Package for SYs 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28 (with 2024-25 continuation), including where to find the package, how to read it, overview of the proposed changes, and how to provide comments.
Registration for this webinar is available via Microsoft Teams. If you are unable to attend the webinar, the PowerPoint slide deck and a recording of the presentation will be posted to the EDFacts Community of Practice site.
Please feel free to contact DaSy with any questions. For questions regarding the webinar, please contact PSC.
The Department of Education is considering revisions to the IDEA Section 618 Part C Child Count and Settings data collection to include a “home and community-based settings” reporting category to better represent infants and toddlers receiving early intervention services in natural environments. These proposed revisions are now open for public comment. As Part C Coordinators and Data Managers, this your opportunity to contribute your input. Below, you’ll find access details for the full information package. Here’s a direct link to the proposed changes: Attachment D: Directed Questions 2025-26 to 2027-28.
The proposed EDFacts Information Collection package for years 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28 is now available for review and comment. You can find the official announcement on the Federal Register at FederalRegister.gov and access the package documents via Regulations.gov under the “Docket Documents” section. Navigate to “Forms and Instruments” and “Supporting Statements” to locate the relevant documents, which were posted on November 27, 2024.
The public comment period closes on January 27, 2025, and comments must be submitted electronically through Regulations.gov.
About the Collection
EDFacts collects pre-kindergarten through grade 12 performance data on children, students, schools, staff, services, and educational outcomes at state, district, and school levels. The proposed package includes approximately 170 data groups, and respondents include all 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, outlying areas, freely associated states, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
The package incorporates current and new data requirements, changes to existing collections, and deletions. It includes the following documents:
- Attachment A: Data Groups and Categories – Contains the list of all data to be collected. This attachment is an Excel spreadsheet that can be sorted and filtered.
- Attachment B: Overview – Contains information about the collection including how the data are associated with schools and districts.
- Attachment C-1: Metadata Collections – Contains all the metadata to be collected.
- Attachment C-2: IDEA Metadata Collections – Contains previously collected IDEA Part B data collections in EMAPS.
- Attachment D: Directed Questions – Contains questions to topics that the Department would like to learn more about during the public comment periods.
- Attachment E: Inclusion of IDEA Part C 618 – Contains the inclusion of currently cleared IDEA Part C 618 data collections into the EDFacts ICR.
- Supporting Statement Part A – Provides the justification for the collection of the data.
- Supporting Statement Part B – Provides additional information about the collection including information on the statistical methodology.
Intended audience: Part C Data Coordinators and Managers.