[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27736-27737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11826]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of 
Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 17, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395-
5806 or e-mailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an 
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB 
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the 
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat 
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal 
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform 
its statutory obligations. The Acting Director, Information Collection 
Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office 
of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information 
collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each 
proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the 
following: (1) Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, 
existing or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; 
(4) Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; 
(5) Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: May 12, 2010.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Title: 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12) 
Field Test.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:

Responses: 616.
Burden Hours: 576.

    Abstract: NPSAS, a nationally representative study of how students 
and their families finance education beyond high school, was first 
implemented by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987 
and has been fielded every 3 to 4 years since. This submission is for 
the eighth cycle in the series, NPSAS:12, and requests reinstatement of 
the previously obtained clearance for NPSAS:08 (OMB No. 1850-0666 v.4). 
NPSAS: 12 will also serve as the base year study for the Beginning 
Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) of first-time 
postsecondary students that will focus on issues of persistence, degree 
attainment, and employment outcomes. Following the field test study in 
2010, NCES will submit an OMB clearance package for the full scale. The 
NPSAS: 12 field test sample will include about 225 institutions (full-
scale sample about 1,670) and about 4,500 students (120,000 full-
scale). Institution contacting for the field test will begin in 
September 2010 and list collection will be conducted January through 
May 2011 (full-scale institution contacting will begin in September 
2011 and student lists will be collected January through June 2012). A 
separate package to request clearance for student data collection 
(interviews and institution record data) will be submitted in September 
2010. The main changes since the last NPSAS collection in 2008 consist 
of a new cohort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal 
Study (BPS) which will conduct follow-up studies in 2014 and 2017, and 
revised strata for institution sampling to reflect the recent growth in 
enrollment in for-profit 4-year institutions.

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    Requests for copies of the information collection submission for 
OMB review may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting 
the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 
4238. When you access the information collection, click on ``Download 
Attachments'' to view. Written requests for information should be 
addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically 
mailed to the Internet address [email protected] or faxed to 202-401-
0920. Please specify the complete title of the information collection 
when making your request.
    Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be electronically mailed to [email protected]. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

[FR Doc. 2010-11826 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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