[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31383-31384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14441]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0072]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2019-
20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test 
Institution Contacting and Enrollment List Collection

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, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 4, 2018.

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-2018-ICCD-
0072. 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 206-06, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [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: 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid 
Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test Institution Contacting and Enrollment List 
Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0666.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 794.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 726.
    Abstract: The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study 
(NPSAS:20) is a nationally representative cross-sectional study of how 
students and their families finance education beyond high school in a 
given academic year. NPSAS is conducted by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) and was first implemented by NCES during 
the 1986-87 academic year and has been fielded every 2 to 4 years 
since. This request is to conduct a field test in preparation for

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the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series that will be conducted during the 
2019-20 academic year. NPSAS:20 also will serve as the base year data 
collection for the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study 
(BPS), a study of first-time beginning postsecondary students that will 
be conducted three years (BPS:20/22) and six years (BPS:20/25) after 
beginning their postsecondary education. This request covers NPSAS:20 
field test materials and procedures related to institution sampling, 
institution contacting, enrollment list collection, and enrollment list 
sampling, which are scheduled to begin by November 2018. In late 2018, 
NCES will submit a separate request for the NPSAS:20 field test student 
data collection, including student record data abstraction and student 
interviews, which in turn are scheduled to begin in January 2019. 
Following the 2018-19 field test study, NCES will request to conduct 
the NPSAS:20 full-scale data collection, scheduled to take place from 
October 1, 2019 through September 2020. The materials that will be used 
in the 2019-20 full-scale study will be based upon the field test 
materials included in this submission and in the forthcoming student 
data collection submission.

    Dated: June 29, 2018.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-14441 Filed 7-3-18; 8:45 am]
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