[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51543-51544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20958]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0081]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) Benchmark Study 2016
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES)/National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), 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 new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 24, 2015.
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-2015-ICCD-
0081 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,
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400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Mailstop L-OM-2-2E319, Room 2E103,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, (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: ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) Benchmark
Study 2016.
OMB Control Number: 1850--NEW.
Type of Review: A new information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Voluntary.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 358,649.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 190,665.
Abstract: The ED School Climate Surveys (EDSCLS) are a suite of
survey instruments being developed for schools, districts, and states
by the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES). This national effort extends current
activities that measure school climate, including the state-level
efforts of the Safe and Supportive Schools (S3) grantees, which were
awarded funds in 2010 by the ED's Office of Safe and Healthy Students
(OSHS) to improve school climate. Through the EDSCLS, schools
nationwide will have access to survey instruments and a survey platform
that will allow for the collection and reporting of school climate data
across stakeholders at the local level. The surveys can be used to
produce school-, district-, and state-level scores on various
indicators of school climate from the perspectives of students,
teachers, noninstructional school staff and principals, and parents and
guardians. This request is to conduct a national EDSCLS benchmark
study, collecting data from a nationally representative sample of
schools across the United States, to create a national comparison point
for users of EDSCLS. A nationally representative sample of 500 schools
serving students in grades 5-12 will be sampled to participate in the
national benchmark study in spring 2016. The data collected from the
sampled schools will be used to produce national school climate scores
on the various topics covered by EDSCLS, which will be released in the
updated EDSCLS platform and provide a basis for comparison between data
collected by schools and school systems and the national school
climate.
Dated: August 20, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-20958 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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