[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 218 (Thursday, November 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 70120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29145]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, 
Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of 
Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 12, 2011.

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 emailed to [email protected] with a cc: to 
[email protected]. Please note that written comments received in 
response to this notice will be considered public records.

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. The 
OMB is particularly interested in comments which: (1) Evaluate whether 
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: November 7, 2011.
Darrin King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.

Institute of Education Sciences

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title of Collection: 2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid 
Study (NPSAS:12) Full Scale Student Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0666.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 89,631.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 72,637.
    Abstract: National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a 
nationally representative study of how students and their families 
finance education beyond high school, was first implemented by the 
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987 and has been 
fielded every three to four years since. This submission is for 
collection of student data in the eighth cycle in the series, NPSAS:12, 
and supplements the recently obtained approval for NPSAS:12 collection 
of institutional data (OMB 1850-0666 v.9). 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 
outcome. BPS will conduct follow-up studies in 2014 and 2017, with 
revised strata for institution sampling to reflect the recent growth in 
enrollment in for-profit four-year institutions. Institution contacting 
for the full scale collection will begin in September 2011, list 
collection will be conducted January through June 2012, and student 
data collection will take place January through September 2012. This 
submission requests approval for collecting student records, conducting 
student interviews, and post-data collection administrative record 
matching for the full-scale NPSAS:12.
    Copies of the information collection submission for OMB review may 
be accessed from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or from the Department's Web site at http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link 
and by clicking on link number 4744. 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 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. 2011-29145 Filed 11-9-11; 8:45 am]
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