[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41422-41423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10277]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2024-SCC-0034]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Follow-Up Surveys to the 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 Teacher Follow-
Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up

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 (PRA) of 1995, 
the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved 
information collection request (ICR).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed 
information collection requests should be submitted within 30 days of 
publication of this notice. Click on this link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain to access the site. Find this information collection request 
(ICR) by selecting ``Department of Education'' under ``Currently Under 
Review,'' then check the ``Only Show ICR for Public Comment'' checkbox. 
Reginfo.gov provides two links to view documents related to this 
information collection request. Information collection forms and 
instructions may be found by clicking on the ``View Information 
Collection (IC) List'' link. Supporting statements and other supporting 
documentation may be found by clicking on the ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' link.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department 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: Follow-Up Surveys to the 2023-24 NTPS: 2024-25 
Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024-25 Principal Follow-Up.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0617.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 25,427.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,868.
    Abstract: This request is to conduct data collection for the two 
follow-up

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surveys to the 2023-24 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) the 
2024-25 Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and the 2024-25 Principal 
Follow-up Survey (PFS). The 2024-25 TFS is a one year follow-up of a 
subsample of teachers who responded to the 2023-24 NTPS, and the 2024-
25 PFS is a one year follow-up of principals who responded to the 2023-
24 NTPS. The TFS and PFS are conducted by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES), of the Institute of Education Sciences 
(IES), within the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
    The 2024-25 TFS and 2024-25 PFS, like earlier TFS and PFS 
collections, will measure the one year attrition rates of teachers and 
principals, respectively, who leave the profession and will permit 
comparisons of stayers, movers, and leavers to fulfill the legislative 
mandate for NCES to report on the condition of education in the United 
States. Stayers are teachers or principals who remain in the same 
school between the NTPS year of data collection and the follow-up year. 
Movers are teachers or principals who stay in the profession but change 
schools between the NTPS year and the follow-up year. Leavers are NTPS 
respondents who leave the teaching or principal profession between the 
NTPS year and the follow-up year.
    The 2024-25 TFS analysis file will include TFS data in addition to 
data collected in the 2023-24 NTPS on teacher characteristics, 
qualifications, perceptions of the school environment and the teaching 
profession, and a host of other topics. Prior TFS data have played an 
important role in improving the understanding of the conditions that 
affect the balance between teacher attrition and retention. The NTPS 
and TFS provide national data on turnover in the teacher workforce, 
including rates of attrition from teaching, sources and characteristics 
of newly hired teachers, and characteristics and destinations of 
leavers. These data help shift the debate from the issue of teacher 
quantity to teacher quality; that is, from a focus on teacher shortages 
measured only in terms of the number of teaching positions left vacant 
to the qualifications and years of experience of teachers who stay in 
the classroom versus those who leave the profession. The cross-
sectional repeated design of the TFS allows the analysis of trends 
related to these topics.
    The 2024-25 PFS analysis file will include PFS data in addition to 
data on principal characteristics, qualifications, and perceptions of 
the school environment from data collected in the 2023-24 NTPS. 
Together, the NTPS and PFS will provide national data on turnover in 
the principal workforce, including rates of attrition from 
principalship, sources and characteristics of newly hired principals, 
characteristics and destinations of leavers, and due to the cross-
sectional repeated design of the PFS, analyses of trends related to 
these topics.
    This clearance request is to conduct both 2024-25 NTPS follow-up 
surveys (TFS and PFS), including all recruitment and data collection 
activities. This request seeks authorization for the 2024-25 TFS and 
2024-25 PFS under the TFS single OMB number (OMB #1850-0617).
    Following a 60-day public comment period, this submission will now 
undergo a 30-day public comment period. This submission includes 
Supporting Statement Part A (justification), Part B (collection of 
information employing statistical methods), and Part C (item 
justification); Appendix A (respondent contact materials) and Appendix 
B (questionnaires).

    Dated: May 7, 2024.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 
Evaluation and Policy Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-10277 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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