[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7186-7188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03386]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-18-1048]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information
collection request titled ``Assessing Education Agency Staff
Perceptions of School Climate and Youth Access to Services.'' This
study provides in-depth assessment of HIV and STD prevention efforts in
three local education agencies funded by CDC's Division of Adolescent
and School Health to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data
Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on
August 17, 2017, to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies. CDC received four comments related to the previous notice.
This notice serves to
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allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly
interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) 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, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses; and
(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
Assessing Education Agency Staff Perceptions of School Climate and
Youth Access to Services (OMB #0920-1048, Expiration Date 02/28/2018)--
Revision--Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), National
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requests a
one-year OMB approval for the revision of the information collection
with OMB control number 0920-1048. The information collection uses two
separate, but complementary, information collections to conduct
assessment of prevention efforts that are taking place in three local
education agencies (LEA) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) under PS13-1308: Promoting Adolescent Health through
School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance.
This data collection will provide data and reports for the funded
LEAs, and will allow the LEAs to identify areas of the program that are
working well and other areas that will need additional improvement. In
addition, the findings will allow CDC to determine the potential impact
of currently recommended strategies and make changes to those
recommendations if necessary. This revision request involves no changes
to instruments, protocols, or burden estimates per respondent or per
data collection cycle; however, annualized burden estimates have
technical changes due to changes in the number of data collections
planned and the length of clearance requested.
The first information collection will involve collecting
information from a total of up to 735 LEA employees in 3 LEAs through a
Web-based instrument tailored to each LEA. The instrument will include
items that ask education agency staff about professional development,
referral practices, community linkages/partners, school climate, school
policies and practices, and staff comfort levels in helping address the
health needs of youth.
The second information collection will be conducted in only one LEA
(Broward County Public Schools) and is designed to provide an in-depth
assessment of one LEA as a way to supplement the Web-based data
collection with more detailed information. This information collection
will involve in-person interviews with up to 44 LEA employees (2
district level employees, and up to 6 school level employees in each of
7 schools) to learn about six domains that can impact school climate:
Policy, practice, programs, professional development, place, and
pedagogy.
CDC will administer both the Web-based instrument and in-person
interviews in the 2017-2018 school year as the final data collection in
a series of data collections for the five-year PS13-1308 cooperative
agreement. Although some staff may have participated in previous years'
data collections, this is not a longitudinal design and individual
staff member responses will not be tracked across the years. CDC will
not collect personally identifiable information.
All school staff members will receive informed consent forms prior
to participation in the information collection. The consent form
explains the study and also explains participants may choose not to
complete the Web-based instrument or participate in the interviews with
no penalty and no impact on their job or relationship with the LEA.
Participation is completely voluntary.
For the Web-based instrument, the estimated burden per response
ranges from 20-25 minutes, and burden estimates presented here are
based on the assumption of a 25-minute response time per response. The
estimated annualized burden of this data collection is 306 hours for
respondents.
For the interviews, the estimated burden per response ranges from
60-90 minutes, depending on whether the respondent is a district-level
administrator, a school-level administrator, or another school staff
member. The burden estimates presented here are based on the assumption
of a one-hour response time per district-level and school-level
administrator response and a 1.5-hour response time per school staff
member response. The estimated annualized burden of this data
collection is 58 hours for respondents.
The two information collections combine for a total estimated
annualized burden of 364 hours for respondents. There are no costs to
respondents other than their time.
Table A.12-1--Estimated Annualize Burden to Respondents
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Type of respondents Form name respondents responses per response (in
respondent hrs.)
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School staff....................... Web-based instrument for 245 1 25/60
Broward County Public
Schools.
School staff....................... Web-based instrument for 245 1 25/60
Los Angeles Unified School
District.
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School staff....................... Web-based instrument for 245 1 25/60
San Francisco Unified
School District.
District-level Administrators...... School Climate Index 2 1 1
Interview Guide for
District-level
Administrators.
School-level Administrators........ School Climate Index 14 1 1
Interview Guide for School-
level Administrators.
School Staff....................... School Climate Index 28 1 1.5
Interview Guide for School
Staff.
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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