[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27102-27103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12231]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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 
July 11, 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

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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 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: June 6, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-12231 Filed 6-10-19; 8:45 am]
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