[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61347-61348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25556]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of 
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 3, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Room 10222, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 
[email protected]. Please note that written comments received in 
response to this notice will be considered public records.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information

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collection requests. The OMB is particularly interested in comments 
which: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) 
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Dated: September 29, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study 
Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring First-Grade and Fall 
Second-Grade Data Collections.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0750.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 143,138.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 49,128.
    Abstract: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten 
Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), sponsored by the National Center for 
Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences of the 
U.S. Department of Education, is a survey that focuses on children's 
early school experiences beginning with kindergarten and continuing 
through the fifth grade. It includes the collection of data from 
parents, teachers, school administrators, and non-parental care 
providers, as well as direct child assessments. Like its sister study, 
the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, 
the ECLS-K:2011 is exceptionally broad in its scope and coverage of 
child development, early learning, and school progress, drawing 
together information from multiple sources to provide rich data about 
the population of children who were kindergartners in the 2010-11 
school year. This submission requests Office of Management and Budget's 
(OMB) clearance for (1) A spring 2012 first-grade national data 
collection; (2) a fall 2012 second-grade data collection with the same 
30 percent subsample for which data will be collected in the fall 2011 
first-grade collection; and (3) a 60-day Federal Register notice waiver 
for the next OMB clearance package to be submitted in June of 2012 for 
the spring 2013 second-grade data collection, recruitment for the 
spring 2014 third-grade data collection, and tracking students for the 
spring 2014 third-grade and spring 2015 fourth-grade data collection.
    Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may 
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 4677. When you access the information 
collection, click on ``Download Attachments'' to view. Written requests 
for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may 
also be electronically mailed to the Internet address 
[email protected] or faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the 
complete title of the information collection and OMB Control Number 
when making your request.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.
[FR Doc. 2011-25556 Filed 10-3-11; 8:45 am]
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