[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 44580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18451]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: October School Enrollment Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0464.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 2,950.
    Number of Respondents: 59,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this request for review is to obtain 
continued clearance for the supplemental inquiry concerning school 
enrollment to be conducted in conjunction with the October Current 
Population Survey (CPS). The School Enrollment Supplement is jointly 
sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). A 
number of questions in this supplement may appear in the American 
Community Survey (ACS) and in other demographic surveys. However, this 
supplement's comprehensive set of questions does not duplicate any 
other single information collection, and ensures the historical 
continuity of a data series that spans over 5 decades.
    This data series provides basic information on enrollment status of 
various segments of the population necessary as background for policy 
formulation and implementation. The CPS October supplement is the only 
annual source of data on public/private elementary and secondary school 
enrollment and characteristics of private school students and their 
families, which are used for tracking historical trends and for policy 
planning and support. The basic school enrollment questions have been 
collected annually in the CPS for 50 years. Consequently, this 
supplement is the only source of historical data--at the national 
level--on the age distribution and family characteristics of college 
students, and on the demographic characteristics of preprimary school 
enrollment. As part of the federal government's efforts to collect data 
and provide timely information to local governments for policymaking 
decisions, this supplement provides national trends in enrollment and 
progress in school. Discontinuance of these data would mean not 
complying with the federal government's obligation to provide data to 
decision makers on current educational issues and would disrupt a data 
series that has been in existence for 50 years.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182, and Title 29 U.S.C., 
Sections 1-9.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or email ([email protected]).

    Dated: July 25, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-18451 Filed 7-27-12; 8:45 am]
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