[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66838-66839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21913]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-06-0604]


Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on 
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. 
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a 
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-4766 
and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    School Associated Violent Death Surveillance System (0920-0604)--
Reinstatement without change--National Center for Injury Prevention and 
Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) proposes to maintain a system for 
the surveillance of school-associated homicides and suicides. The 
system will rely on existing public records and interviews with law 
enforcement officials and school officials. The purpose of the system 
is to (1) estimate the rate of school-associated violent death in the 
United States and (2) identify common features of school-associated 
violent deaths. The system will contribute to the understanding of 
fatal violence associated with schools, guide further research in the 
area, and help direct ongoing and future prevention programs.
    Violence is the leading cause of death among young people, and 
increasingly recognized as an important public health and social issue. 
In 1998, over 3,500 school aged children (5 to 18 years old) in the 
United States died violent deaths due to suicide, homicide, and 
unintentional firearm injuries. The vast majority of these fatal 
injuries were not school associated. However, whenever a homicide or 
suicide occurs in or around school, it becomes a matter of particularly 
intense public interest and concern. NCIPC conducted the first 
scientific study of school-associated violent deaths during the 1992-99 
academic years to establish the true extent of this highly visible 
problem. Despite the important role of schools as a setting for 
violence research and prevention interventions, relatively little 
scientific or systematic work has been done to describe the nature and 
level of fatal violence associated with schools. Until NCIPC conducted 
the first nationwide investigation of violent deaths associated with 
schools, public health and education officials had to rely on limited 
local studies and estimated numbers to describe the extent of school-
associated violent death.
    The system will draw cases from the entire United States in 
attempting to capture all cases of school-associated violent deaths 
that have occurred. Investigators will review public records and 
published press reports concerning each school-associated violent 
death. For each identified case, investigators will also interview an 
investigating law enforcement official (defined as a police officer, 
police chief, or district attorney), and a school official (defined as 
a school principal, school superintendent, school counselor, school 
teacher, or school support staff) who are knowledgeable about the case 
in question. Researchers will request information on both the victim 
and alleged offender(s)--including demographic data, their academic and 
criminal records, and their relationship to one another. They will also 
collect data on the time and location of the death; the circumstances, 
motive, and method of the fatal injury; and the security and violence 
prevention activities in the school and community where the death 
occurred, before and after the fatal injury event. There are no costs 
to the respondents other than their time.

                                       Estimate of Annualized Burden Table
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/  Total annual
                   Respondents                       Number of      responses/     response (in     burden (in
                                                    respondents     respondents       hours)          hours)
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School Officials................................              35               1           60/60              35
Policy Officials................................              35               1           60/60              35
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    Total.......................................              70  ..............  ..............              70
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    Dated: October 28, 2005.
Betsey Dunaway,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-21913 Filed 11-2-05; 8:45 am]
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