[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76597-76598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30007]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2013-ICCD-0152]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request: Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 106: School Safety and 
Discipline: 2013-14

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education 
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2013-ICCD-
0152 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment period will not be accepted. Written requests for 
information or comments submitted by postal mail or delivery should be 
addressed to the Director of the Information Collection Clearance 
Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 
Room 2E105, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Kathy Axt, 540-776-7742 or 
electronically mail [email protected]. Please do not send comments 
here. We will ONLY accept comments in this mailbox when the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed,

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revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the 
Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements 
and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public 
understand the Department's information collection requirements and 
provide the requested data in the desired format. ED is soliciting 
comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that is 
described below. 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: Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 106: School 
Safety and Discipline: 2013-14.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0733.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 12,185.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,967.
    Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
requests approval to conduct a Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) 
survey 106 on public school safety and discipline. The FRSS 
106: School Safety and Discipline: 2013-14 survey is modeled after the 
NCES School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), modified for FRSS 
length and format constraints. It will provide nationally 
representative data on elementary and secondary school safety and 
discipline plans and practices, training for teachers and aides related 
to school safety and discipline issues, security personnel, frequency 
of specific discipline problems, and number of incidents of various 
crimes. The FRSS 106 questionnaire is comprised of selected questions 
that were approved for the SSOCS:2010 and 2012 questionnaires 
(SSOCS:2010 was fielded, while SSOCS:2012 was not fielded due to 
budgetary constraints). Data along with the FRSS 106 First Look report 
on the results will be released in the summer of 2015.

    Dated: December 12, 2013.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, 
Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
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