The Department of Education Department proposes a priority for an IDEA Data Management Center under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program. The Department may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year FY 2025 and later years. We take this action to focus attention on an identified national need to provide technical assistance TA to improve the capacity of States to meet the data collection requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA. The IDEA Data Management Center Data Management Center will assist States in collecting reporting and determining how to best analyze and use their Part B and Part C data to establish and meet high expectations for each child with a disability by enhancing streamlining and integrating IDEA Part B data into their State longitudinal data systems SLDS and IDEA Part C data and IDEA Part B preschool special education data into their early childhood integrated data system ECIDS. A brief summary of the proposed rule is available at