[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45134-45135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18526]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2019-ICCD-0106]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2019-
20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20)

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 
October 28, 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-
0106. 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,

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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 
9086, 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).
    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: 111,614.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 131,801.
    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 3 to 4 years 
since. This request is to conduct the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series 
during the 2019-20 academic year. NPSAS:20 will be both nationally- and 
state-representative and 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 a nationally-representative sample 
of undergraduate and graduate students, and a nationally-representative 
sample of first-time beginning students (FTBs). Subsets of questions in 
the NPSAS:20 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 
request is to conduct all activities related to NPSAS:20, and thus this 
submission covers materials and procedures related to: The NPSAS:20 
student data collection, consisting of abstraction of student data from 
institutions and a student survey; panel maintenance activities for a 
NPSAS:2020 follow-up field test (for BPS:20/22); and carries over 
respondent burden, procedures, and materials related to the NPSAS:20 
institution sampling, enrollment list collection, and matching to 
administrative data files as approved by OMB in July and anticipated 
change request in September 2019 (OMB#1859-0666 v.23-24). 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: August 23, 2019.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-18526 Filed 8-27-19; 8:45 am]
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