[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 241 (Thursday, December 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66972-66973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30008]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-10-0604]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a 
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call 
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-5806. 
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    School Associated Violent Death Surveillance System (0920-0604)--
Extension--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 2006, over 3,200 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. The investigators will interview 35 school officials 
annually. They will also interview 35 law enforcement officials 
annually. 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. The

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estimated annual burden hours is 70. There are no costs to the 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                       Type of respondents                           Number of     responses per   per response
                                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)
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School Officials................................................              35               1           60/60
Law Enforcement Officials.......................................              35               1           60/60
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    Dated: December 11, 2009.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-30008 Filed 12-16-09; 8:45 am]
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