80 FR 34393 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Household Education Survey 2016 (NHES:2016) Full-Scale Data Collection

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 115 (June 16, 2015)

Page Range		34393-34393
FR Document		2015-14718

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 Issue 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2015-ICCD-0043]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; National Household Education Survey 2016 (NHES:2016) Full-
Scale Data 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 
July 16, 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-
0043 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 2E105, 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: National Household Education Survey 2016 
(NHES:2016) Full-scale Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0768.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 191,803.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 32,029.
    Abstract: The National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) 
is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES). 
NHES is NCES's principal mechanism for addressing education topics 
appropriate for households rather than establishments. Such topics 
cover a wide range of issues, including early childhood care and 
education, children's readiness for school, parent perceptions of 
school safety and discipline, before- and after-school activities of 
school-age children, participation in adult education and training, 
parent involvement in education, school choice, homeschooling, and 
civic involvement. The NHES consists of a series of rotating surveys 
using a two-stage design in which a household screener collects 
household membership and key characteristics for sampling and then 
appropriate topical survey(s) are mailed to sample members. Data from 
the NHES are used to provide national cross-sectional estimates on 
populations of special interest to education researchers and 
policymakers. NHES surveys were conducted approximately every other 
year from 1991 through 2007 using random digit dial (RDD) methodology; 
beginning in 2012 NHES began collecting data by mail to improve 
response rates. This submission seeks clearance to conduct NHES:2016, 
which will repeat the child topical surveys conducted in 2012: The 
Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP), the Parent and Family 
Involvement in Education-Enrolled (PFI-E), and the Parent and Family 
Involvement in Education-Homeschooled (PFI-H), and will include the 
first adult topical survey in NHES since 2005, the Adult Training and 
Education Survey (ATES). The adult survey was developed in conjunction 
with the Interagency Working Group on Expanded Measures of Enrollment 
and Attainment (GEMEnA) and was pilot tested in the 2014 NHES 
Feasibility Study.

    Dated: June 11, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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• Demonstration of a formal the comment period will not be Education Statistics’ (NCES). NHES is
designation or endorsement by an accepted; ED will ONLY accept NCES’s principal mechanism for
organization, local government, or comments during the comment period addressing education topics appropriate
constituency as its preferred in this mailbox when the regulations.gov for households rather than
representative. site is not available. Written requests for establishments. Such topics cover a
• Demonstration of an established information or comments submitted by wide range of issues, including early
communication network to keep postal mail or delivery should be childhood care and education,
constituents informed and efficiently addressed to the Director of the children’s readiness for school, parent
seek their input when needed. Information Collection Clearance perceptions of school safety and
• Agreement to participate in Division, U.S. Department of Education, discipline, before- and after-school
collaboration training as a condition of 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, activities of school-age children,
membership. Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, participation in adult education and
All applicants will be notified in Washington, DC 20202. training, parent involvement in
writing as to the final decision about FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For education, school choice,
their application. specific questions related to collection homeschooling, and civic involvement.
Certification. I hereby certify that the activities, please contact Kashka The NHES consists of a series of rotating
establishment of the MRRIC is necessary Kubzdela, 202–502–7411. surveys using a two-stage design in
and in the public interest in connection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The which a household screener collects
with the performance of duties imposed Department of Education (ED), in household membership and key
on the Corps by the Endangered Species accordance with the Paperwork characteristics for sampling and then
Act and other statutes. Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. appropriate topical survey(s) are mailed
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general to sample members. Data from the
Dated: June 4, 2015.
public and Federal agencies with an NHES are used to provide national
Aaron T. Quinn, cross-sectional estimates on populations
Project Manager for the Missouri River, opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of of special interest to education
Recovery Implementation Committee researchers and policymakers. NHES
(MRRIC). information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information surveys were conducted approximately
[FR Doc. 2015–14583 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am]
collection requirements and minimize every other year from 1991 through
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the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the methodology; beginning in 2012 NHES
Department’s information collection began collecting data by mail to improve
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION requirements and provide the requested response rates. This submission seeks
data in the desired format. ED is clearance to conduct NHES:2016, which
[Docket No. ED–2015–ICCD–0043]
soliciting comments on the proposed will repeat the child topical surveys
Agency Information Collection information collection request (ICR) that conducted in 2012: The Early
Activities; Submission to the Office of is described below. The Department of Childhood Program Participation
Management and Budget for Review Education is especially interested in (ECPP), the Parent and Family
and Approval; Comment Request; public comment addressing the Involvement in Education-Enrolled
National Household Education Survey following issues: (1) Is this collection (PFI–E), and the Parent and Family
2016 (NHES:2016) Full-Scale Data necessary to the proper functions of the Involvement in Education-
Collection Department; (2) will this information be Homeschooled (PFI–H), and will
processed and used in a timely manner; include the first adult topical survey in
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ NHES since 2005, the Adult Training
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
National Center for Education Statistics and Education Survey (ATES). The
(4) how might the Department enhance
(IES), Department of Education (ED). adult survey was developed in
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
ACTION: Notice. information to be collected; and (5) how conjunction with the Interagency
might the Department minimize the Working Group on Expanded Measures
SUMMARY: In accordance with the of Enrollment and Attainment
burden of this collection on the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 (GEMEnA) and was pilot tested in the
respondents, including through the use
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 2014 NHES Feasibility Study.
of information technology. Please note
proposing a revision of an existing
that written comments received in Dated: June 11, 2015.
information collection.
response to this notice will be Stephanie Valentine,
DATES: Interested persons are invited to considered public records. Acting Director, Information Collection
submit comments on or before July 16, Title of Collection: National Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
2015. Household Education Survey 2016 Officer, Office of Management.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in (NHES:2016) Full-scale Data Collection. [FR Doc. 2015–14718 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am]
response to this notice should be OMB Control Number: 1850–0768. BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
submitted electronically through the Type of Review: A revision of an
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// existing information collection.
www.regulations.gov by selecting Respondents/Affected Public:
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0043 Individuals or Households.
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, Total Estimated Number of Annual Borrower Defenses Against Loan
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov Responses: 191,803. Repayment; Comment Period
site is not available to the public for any Total Estimated Number of Annual Correction
reason, ED will temporarily accept Burden Hours: 32,029.
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Abstract: The National Household AGENCY: Department of Education.
Please note that comments submitted by Education Surveys Program (NHES) is
ACTION: Correction Notice.
fax or email and those submitted after conducted by the National Center for

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 16, 2015.
Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-502-7411.
FR Citation		80 FR 34393