[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14101-14102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06920]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2019-ICCD-0049]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2019-
20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS: 20) Institution 
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 
June 10, 2019.

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-2019-ICCD-
0049. 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. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

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) Institution 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: 6,073.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 13,577.
    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 the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series 
that will be conducted during the 2019-20 academic year. NPSAS:20 will 
be both nationally- and state-representative. NPSAS:20 also will serve 
as the base year data collection for

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the 2020 cohort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal 
Study (BPS:20), 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. NPSAS:20 will 
consist of nationally-representative sample undergraduate and graduate 
students, and a nationally-representative sample of first-time 
beginning students (FTBs). Subsets of questions in the student 
interview will focus on describing aspects of the experience of 
beginning students in their first year of postsecondary education, 
including student debt and education experiences. This submission 
covers materials and procedures related to institution sampling, 
institution contacting, enrollment list collection, and matching to 
administrative data files as part of the NPSAS:20 data collection. NCES 
will submit a separate clearance package covering the NPSAS:20 student 
data collection, including student record data abstraction and student 
interviews, in the summer of 2019. The materials and procedures are 
based on those developed for previous institution-based data 
collections, including NPSAS:16, BPS:12 student record collection, and 
the 2018 NPSAS Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC). The NPSAS:20 
enrollment list collection from institutions will take place from 
October 2019 through July 2020, the student records collection will 
take place from February through November 2020, and the student survey 
data collection will take place from January through November 2020.

    Dated: April 3, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Clearance Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, 
Information Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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