FAQ

Please contact the CRDC Partner Support Center (PSC) via PSC Contact Us, or phone (855-255-6901) to provide information about the LEA change and to receive instructions regarding the 2023-24 CRDC.

The CRDC collects data from a universe of nearly all public local educational agencies (LEA) and schools that receive federal financial assistance from ED, including justice facilities, charter schools, and alternative schools.  In addition, state operated programs that receive federal funding assistance from ED have a legal obligation to provide the data that are being collected by the CRDC. In some states, the state educational agency (SEA) provides CRDC data for its LEAs.

School districts in the U.S. territories, except, Puerto Rico, are also not required to collect and submit data for the CRDC at this time.  Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 added Puerto Rico, which first participated in the 2017-18 CRDC.

The next CRDC collection will be for the 2023-24 school year and is tentatively scheduled to open on December 9, 2024, and close on March 7, 2025.

To submit your school addition request, please follow the steps below.

1. Log in to the submission system.
2. Click on the Admin tab in the top right corner to navigate to the System Management section.
3. Click on Manage Schools in the System Management section.
4. Select the green +Add School button.
5. Enter the school information to add the school.

The school will be added within one business day.

A feature of the CRDC data submission tool is the ability to add new users to the online tool and grant specific personnel permissions to view or edit data. LEA Administrators can add new users, enter, and review data for schools and the district, and access reports. Every LEA Admin always has full Read, Write, and Admin permissions for his/her LEA and all schools within it.
 

For additional help and step by step instructions access the Add New Users and Set Permissions resource document and the Managing Users and Setting Permissions training video on the Video Tutorials page.

When system is open, you can Edit Contact Info by logging into the submission system. Then follow the next steps. 
1.    Click on the "Admin" Tab in the top right corner.
2.    Click on "Manage LEAs".
3.    Click on "Edit Contact Info" listed under "Action".
If you do not have current access provide the updated contact information to the Partner Support Center using the PSC email form. 

Data from the 1968-69 through the 2020-21 CRDC surveys are available on the OCR CRDC website.

Please take the following steps to access the CRDC Submission System: 

1. Navigate to the CRDC Submission System.
2. Select the “Forgot your password?” link on the home page.
3. Enter your email address and select “Reset Password.”
4. You will receive a system generated email from crdc@ed.gov that includes a link to reset your password. Please also check your spam/junk folder for the verification email. 

To submit your deletion request, please follow the steps below.

1. Log in to the submission system.
2. Click on the Admin tab in the top right corner to navigate to the System Management section.
3. Click on Manage Schools in the System Management section.
4. Select the school that will need to be deleted.
5. Select “Request School Deletion” Under the “Actions” section.
6. Enter the primary reason for school removal on the deletion request screen. A detailed explanation will be required.

Note: While not required, answering the additional questions that apply will help the reviewer decide. Users who submit the request will receive an email when the request is submitted, approved, or rejected.

The data is submitted online in the CRDC Submission System via manual data entry or flat-file upload.

Tribal schools operated by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education and schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity are not required to collect and submit data to the CRDC, at this time.  School districts in U.S. territories are also not required to collect and submit data for the CRDC at this time.  The only exception is Puerto Rico, which is treated as a state under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015.  Puerto Rico, for the first time, participated in the 2017-18 CRDC.