[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18986]


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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: School Enrollment Report.
    Form Number(s): P-4.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0459.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 15 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau requests an extension of the 
current Office of Management and Budget clearance of the School 
Enrollment Report. Collection of school enrollment data is necessary to 
produce annual estimates of the population of states for application to 
current Federal programs. Each year, in the spring, the Census Bureau 
sends the School Enrollment Report to 30 state departments of 
education. The remaining states publish reports early in the year and 
we obtain those in our Census Bureau library. We request fall public 
and nonpublic school enrollment by grade for the state and selected 
counties in 24 of the states. In six states we request year end 
enrollment. Most of the respondents send back a printout or 
prepublication copy of their annual report instead of filling out the 
survey form. Many of the 30 departments of education will eventually 
publish reports containing enrollment figures, but not in time to use 
in our estimates.
    School enrollment data are used by the Census Bureau to estimate 
both total state population and state population by age and sex. The 
Census Bureau's population estimates are regularly used by dozens of 
Federal agencies for allocating Federal program funds, as bases for 
rates of occurrence, and as input for Federal surveys. The estimates 
are also used by state and local governments, businesses, and the 
public for planning and other informational uses.
    Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal government.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 181 and 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by 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: July 25, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-18986 Filed 7-30-01; 8:45 am]
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