Education Dept Seeks Feedback on Ongoing School Budget Surveys
Published Date: 4/27/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Education is asking to keep collecting school finance data from states and local schools for 2025-2027, with no changes to the current process. This helps track how schools spend money and plan budgets, and they want your feedback by May 27, 2026. It won’t cost extra or add new paperwork, just keeps the info flowing smoothly.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
States Must Continue Reporting School Finance
State, local, and tribal governments (State Education Agencies and school districts) will continue to provide school-level finance data to NCES for the SLFS covering 2025–2027. The notice estimates 325 annual responses and a total of 6,535 annual burden hours for respondents.
Parents Gain Access to Comparable School Spending Data
The SLFS provides uniform, comparable school-level spending data (salaries, benefits, and current expenditures by function) for public schools serving prekindergarten through 12th grade. You (as a parent) can use these national data to compare how schools and districts spend funds when making education choices for your child.
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