[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 57 (Friday, March 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16197-16198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06238]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2021-SCC-0048]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Private School Universe Survey (PSS) 2019-20 and 2021-22

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education 
(ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing an extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 25, 2021.

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-2021-SCC-0048. 
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 PRA 
Coordinator of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W208C, Washington, DC 20202-8240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, (202) 245-6347.

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: Private School Universe Survey (PSS) 2019-20 
and 2021-22.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0641.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 32,677.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 6,577.
    Abstract: The Private School Universe Survey (PSS) is conducted by 
the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to collect basic 
information from the universe of private elementary and secondary 
schools in the United States. The PSS is designed to gather biennial 
data on the total number of private schools, teachers, and students, 
along with a variety of related data, including: Religious orientation; 
grade-levels taught and size of school; length of school year and of 
school day; total student enrollment by gender (K-12); number of high 
school graduates; whether a school is single-sexed or coeducational; 
number of teachers employed; program emphasis; and existence and type 
of its kindergarten program. The PSS includes all schools that are not 
supported primarily by public funds, that provide classroom instruction 
for one or more of grades K-12 or comparable ungraded levels, and that 
have one or more teachers. The PSS is also used to create a universe 
list of private schools for use as a sampling frame for NCES surveys of 
private schools. The request to conduct the 2019-20 and 2021-22 PSS 
data collections, and the 2021-22 PSS list frame building operations, 
was approved in April 2019 (OMB #1850-0641 v.9), and the last change 
was approved in June 2020 (OMB #1850-0641 v.12). This submission is 
materially unchanged from previous submissions and is submitted solely 
to request an extension for data collection activities. The current OMB 
clearance expires in April 2022, but data collection activities are 
currently scheduled to extend into late May 2022. There are no changes 
to burden or cost to the Federal Government.


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    Dated: March 22, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-06238 Filed 3-25-21; 8:45 am]
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