[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50361-50362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18593]


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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.
    Average 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, P-4. 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, P-4 form, 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. 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 
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. Failure to collect the enrollment information would 
seriously damage the Census Bureau's ability to produce accurate 
current population estimates for states as well as for counties and 
smaller areas whose current population levels are tied into the state 
estimates totals.
    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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance

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Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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 either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: August 10, 2004.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-18593 Filed 8-13-04; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-07-P