80 FR 28611 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Institution Contacting And Enrollment List Collection

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 96 (May 19, 2015)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28611-28612]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12040]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0065]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) 
Full Scale Institution Contacting And Enrollment List Collection

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education 
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing 
information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 18, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number ED-2015-ICCD-
0065 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 note 
that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the 
comment period will not be accepted; ED will ONLY accept comments 
during the comment period in this mailbox when the regulations.gov site 
is not available. 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, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Mailstop L-OM-2-
2E319, Room 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-502-7411.

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: 2015-16--National Postsecondary Student Aid 
Study (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Institution Contacting And Enrollment List 
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: 4,478.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,081.
    Abstract: The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a 
nationally representative study of how students and their families 
finance postsecondary education, was first implemented by the National 
Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1987 and has been fielded 
every 3 to 4 years since. The next major data collection will occur in 
2016 following a field test collection in 2015. This submission is for 
the ninth cycle in the series, NPSAS:16, which will also serve as the 
base year study for the 2016 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal 
Study (B&B) which provides data on the various paths of recent college 
graduates into employment and additional education. The NPSAS:16 sample 
will include about 2,000 institutions and about 128,000 students. 
Institution contacting will begin in October 2015 and student data 
collection will be conducted from January through September 2016. A 
separate package to request clearance for student data collection 
(interviews and institution record data) will be submitted in the fall 
2015. This submission includes contacting materials and collection of 
enrollment lists from institutions

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selected to participate in the full-scale study.

    Dated: May 13, 2015.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-12040 Filed 5-18-15; 8:45 am]
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