[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35222-35223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16647]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Current Population Survey, October School Enrollment 
Supplement.
    Form Number(s): CPS Automated CAPI Instrument.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0464.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3,325 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 57,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 minutes and 30 seconds.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting clearance for the 
collection of data concerning the School Enrollment Supplement to be 
conducted in conjunction with the October Current Population Survey 
(CPS). The Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the 
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) sponsor the basic 
annual school enrollment questions which have been collected annually 
in the CPS for 40 years. Additional questions will be added to monitor 
changes in the types of vocational education.
    This survey provides information on public/private elementary and 
secondary school enrollment, and characteristics of private school 
students and their families, which is used for tracking historical 
trends and for policy planning and support. This survey is the only 
source of national data on the age distribution and family 
characteristics of college students, and the only source of demographic 
data on preprimary school enrollment. As part of the federal 
government's efforts to collect data and provide timely information to 
local governments for policymaking decisions, the survey provides 
national trends in employment and progress in school.
    The data are used by federal agencies; state, county, and city 
governments; and private organizations responsible for education to 
formulate and implement education policy. They are also used by 
employers and analysts to anticipate the composition of the labor force 
in the future. The NCES will use the data concerning language 
proficiency, disabilities, and grade retention to study the phenomenon 
of children being retained in grade.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182; Title 29 U.S.C., 
Sections 1-9.

    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by

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calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 28, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-16647 Filed 7-2-01; 8:45 am]
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