[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1673-1674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-331]


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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 
February 10, 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: January 5, 2012.
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: Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) 2002 Third 
Follow-up 2012.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0652.
    Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 17,820.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,775.
    Abstract: The Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) is a 
nationally representative study of two high school grade cohorts 
(spring 2002 tenth-graders and spring 2004 twelfth-graders) comprising 
over 16,000 sample

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members. The study focuses on achievement growth in mathematics in the 
high school years and its correlates, the family and school social 
context of secondary education, transitions from high school to 
postsecondary education and/or the labor market, and experiences during 
the postsecondary years. Major topics covered for the postsecondary 
years include postsecondary education access, choice, and persistence; 
baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate attainment; the work experiences of 
the non-college-bound; and other markers of adult status such as family 
formation, civic participation, and other young adult life course 
developments. Data collections took place in 2002, 2004, 2006 (two 
years out of high school), and now will take place in 2012, when most 
sample members are around 26 years of age. The third follow-up field 
test was conducted in 2011. This submission requests OMB's approval for 
the third follow-up 2012 full scale data collection.
    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 4775. 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. 2012-331 Filed 1-10-12; 8:45 am]
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