[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78906-78907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32510]


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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 Acting 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 
January 19, 2012.

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: December 15, 2011.
Kate Mullan,
Acting 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: High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS: 
09) High School Transcript Collection and College Update Field Test and 
Second Follow-up Panel Maintenance.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0852.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 45,159.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 24,607.
    Abstract: The High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS: 09) is 
a nationally representative, longitudinal study of more than 20,000 
ninth graders in 944 schools who will be followed through their 
secondary and postsecondary years. The main study students will be re-
surveyed in 2012 when most are high school 11th graders. The study 
focuses on understanding students' trajectories from the beginning of 
high school into university or the workforce and beyond. What students 
decide to pursue when, why, and how are crucial questions for HSLS: 09, 
especially, but not solely, in regards to science, technology, 
engineering, and math courses, majors, and careers. This study includes 
a new student assessment in algebraic skills, reasoning, and problem 
solving and, like past studies, will survey students, their parents, 
school administrators, and school counselors. Students will be 
administered a questionnaire and an assessment instrument. This 
submission will ask for the clearance for a field test of the high 
school transcript collection and college update of HSLS: 2009 high 
school students who were in ninth grade in the base year; second 
follow-up panel maintenance; and a 60-day waiver for the full scale 
submission for these activities.
    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 4730. 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. 2011-32510 Filed 12-19-11; 8:45 am]
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