[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 30578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12240]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2014-ICCD-0046]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and approval; Comment
Request; 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) 16
Field Test Institutions and Enrollment Lists
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2014-ICCD-
0046 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason, ED
will temporarily accept comments at [email protected]. Please note
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site
is not available. Written requests for information or comments
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubdzela, 202-502-7411.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of information technology. Please note that
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered
public records.
Title of Collection: 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid
Study (NPSAS:16) 16 Field Test Institutions and Enrollment Lists.
OMB Control Number: 1850-0666.
Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households, Private
Sector.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 794.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 724.
Abstract: The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a
nationally representative study of how students and their families
finance postsecondary education, was first implemented by the National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987 and has been fielded
every 3 to 4 years since. The next major data collection will occur in
2016 with a field test collection in 2015. This submission is for the
ninth cycle in the series, NPSAS:16, which will also serve as the base
year study for the 2016 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study
(B&B) which provides data on the various paths of recent college
graduates into employment and additional education. The NPSAS:16 field
test sample will include about 300 institutions (full-scale sample
about 1,680) and about 4,500 students (120,000 full-scale). Institution
contacting for the field test will begin in September 2014 and student
data collection will be conducted January through May 2015 (full-scale
institution contacting will begin in October 2015 and student data will
be collected January through June 2016). A separate package to request
clearance for student data collection (interviews and institution
record data) will be submitted in the fall 2014. This submission
includes contacting materials and collection of enrollment lists from
institutions selected to participate in the field test.
Dated: May 22, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy,
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-12240 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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