[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37892-37893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15416]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Institute of 
Education Sciences; 2012-13 Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS:13) and 
Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS:13) to the Schools and Staffing Survey 
(SASS)

SUMMARY: This request from the National Center for Education Statistics 
(NCES), of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is for clearance for 
the full scale data collection for the 2012-13 Teacher Follow-up Survey 
(TFS:13) and Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS:13) to the 2011-12 Schools 
and Staffing Survey (SASS:12). The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) 
is an in-depth, nationally-representative survey of first through 
twelfth grade public and private school teachers, principals, schools, 
library media centers, and school districts.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 24, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written 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. 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 04872. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
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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, Privacy, Information and Records 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. Please note that written comments received in response to 
this notice will be considered public records.
    Title of Collection: 2012-13 Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS:13) and 
Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS:13) to the Schools and Staffing Survey 
(SASS).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0598.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 15,469.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,876.
    Abstract: This request from the National Center for Education 
Statistics (NCES), of the U.S. Department of Education (ED), is for 
clearance for the full scale data collection for the 2012-13 Teacher 
Follow-up Survey (TFS:13) and Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS:13) to 
the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS:12). The seventh cycle of 
SASS (2011-12) is currently being conducted and the proposed TFS:13 
will be the seventh corresponding cycle of TFS, while PFS:13 will be 
the second cycle of PFS. The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) is an 
in-depth, nationally-representative survey of first through twelfth 
grade public and private school teachers, principals, schools, library 
media centers, and school districts. Kindergarten teachers in schools 
with at least a first grade are also surveyed. For traditional public 
school districts, principals, schools, teachers, and school libraries, 
the survey estimates are state-representative. For public charter 
schools, principals, teachers, and school libraries, the survey 
estimates are nationally-representative. For private school principals, 
schools, and teachers, the survey estimates are representative of 
private school types. The TFS is a survey of teachers with the main 
purpose of providing a one-year teacher attrition rate. The PFS is a 
survey of principals that assesses how many school principals work in 
the same school as reported a year earlier in SASS:12, how many have 
moved to become a principal at another school, and how many have left 
the principalship altogether. Similar to earlier TFS collections, the 
TFS:13 sample of 7,000 teachers (drawn using a sampling design similar 
to that used in earlier TFS collections) is a sub-sample of the 
teachers who responded to SASS:12. The PFS:13 sample includes all of 
the approximately 9,800 schools whose principals completed 
questionnaires in SASS:12.

    Dated: June 15, 2012.
Darrin A. King,
Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-15416 Filed 6-22-12; 8:45 am]
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