[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 19161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07621]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2016-ICCD-0039]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS 2016-17) to the National Teacher and 
Principal Survey (NTPS 2015-16)

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 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 reinstatement of a 
previously approved information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 3, 2016.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2016-ICCD-
0039. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 2E-105, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela at 
[email protected].

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, 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: Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS 2016-17) to the 
National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS 2015-16).
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0617.
    Type of Review: A reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 13,213.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,133.
    Abstract: This request is to conduct data collection for the 2016-
17 Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), a one-year follow up of a subsample 
of teachers who responded to the 2015-2016 National Teacher and 
Principal Survey (NTPS). TFS is conducted by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES), of the Institute of Education Sciences 
(IES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The TFS has been 
conducted seven times previously beginning in 1988-89 as a follow up to 
the first administration of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) in 
1987-88. It was subsequently administered as a follow up to SASS in 
1991-92, 1994-95, 2000-2001, 2004-2005, 2008-2009, and, most recently, 
2012-2013 (OMB# 1850-0598 v.9). During the 2015-16 school year, NCES 
conducted the first NTPS (OMB #1850-0598 v.11), a redesign of SASS to 
improve the flexibility, efficiency, and timeliness of NCES data on the 
nation's K-12 schools, principals, and teachers. While NTPS data will 
now be collected every two years, the TFS will remain on a four-year 
cycle, with its next administration in 2020-21. The 2016-17 TFS will be 
the first to launch from the redesigned NTPS.

    Dated: March 30, 2016.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-07621 Filed 4-1-16; 8:45 am]
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