[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46280-46281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19525]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of 
information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its 
information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden 
on the public and helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. The Acting Director, Information Collection 
Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office 
of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection 
requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 3, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity 
requirements should be electronically mailed to [email protected] or 
mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537. Please note that written comments received 
in response to this notice will be considered public records.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that Federal agencies provide 
interested parties an early opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Director, Information Collection Clearance 
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of 
Management, publishes this notice containing proposed information 
collection requests at the beginning of the Departmental review of the 
information collection. The Department of Education is especially 
interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is 
this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; 
(2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) 
is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this 
collection on the respondents, including through the use of information 
technology.

    Dated: July 28, 2011.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory 
Information Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study 
Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Spring First-Grade and Fall 
Second-Grade Data Collections.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0750.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 143,138.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 49,128.
    Abstract: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten 
Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), sponsored by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences 
of the U.S. Department of Education, is a survey that focuses on 
children's early school experiences beginning with kindergarten and 
continuing through the fifth grade. It includes the collection of data 
from parents, teachers, school administrators, and non-parental care 
providers, as well as direct child assessments. Like its sister study, 
the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, 
the ECLS-K:2011 is exceptionally broad in its scope and coverage of 
child development, early learning, and school progress, drawing 
together information from multiple sources to provide rich data about 
the population of children who were kindergartners in the 2010-11 
school year. This submission requests OMB's clearance for (1) a spring 
2012 first-grade national data collection; (2) a fall 2012 second-grade 
data collection with the same 30 percent subsample for which data will 
be collected in the fall 2011 first-grade collection; and (3) a 60-day 
Federal Register notice waiver for the next OMB clearance package to be 
submitted in June of 2012 for the spring 2013 second-grade data 
collection, recruitment for the spring 2014 third-grade data 
collection, and tracking students for the spring 2014 third-grade and 
spring 2015 fourth-grade data collection.
    Copies of the proposed information collection request may be 
accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending 
Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4677. 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 [email protected] or 
faxed to 202-401-0920. Please specify the complete title of the 
information collection and OMB Control Number when making your request.
    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. 2011-19525 Filed 8-1-11; 8:45 am]
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