80 FR 34624 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Understanding the Impact of Providing Information to Parents About the Role of Algebra II: An Opportunistic Study

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 116 (June 17, 2015)

Page Range		34624-34625
FR Document		2015-14864

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

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2015-ICCD-0044]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Understanding the Impact of Providing Information to Parents 
About the Role of Algebra II: An Opportunistic Study

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 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 17, 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-
0044 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 ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 Christopher Boccanfuso, 202-219-
1674.

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,

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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: Understanding the Impact of Providing 
Information to Parents about the Role of Algebra II: An Opportunistic 
Study.
    OMB Control Number: 1850--NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,468.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 133.
    Abstract: In June 2013, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 
(HB) 5 into law, which changed high school graduation requirements for 
public school students in Texas. Prior to this, most students were 
required to complete algebra II in order to graduate from high school. 
After the enactment of HB 5, completing algebra II is optional-students 
may elect to complete algebra II as part of two of the graduation plans 
offered under HB 5. REL Southwest is working with the Texas Education 
Agency (TEA) to carry out an opportunistic experiment to determine if 
directly providing parents/guardians, prior to students' selection of 
their courses, with information on the importance of completing algebra 
II for college access and success has an impact on the percentage of 
students who enroll in and complete algebra II by the end of their 
junior year. REL Southwest will investigate the impact of providing 
parents/guardians with information about the role of algebra II in 
college access and success in a randomized controlled trial in which 
the treatment schools provide parents/guardians of students with 
information about the role of algebra II in college access and success, 
while control schools continue business-as-usual.

    Dated: June 12, 2015.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to response to this notice will be Dated: June 11, 2015.
submit comments on or before August considered public records. Stephanie Valentine,
17, 2015. Title of Collection: Middle Grades Acting Director, Information Collection
Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
(MGLS:2017) Item Validation and Officer, Office of Management.
response to this notice should be
Operational Field Tests. [FR Doc. 2015–14838 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am]
submitted electronically through the OMB Control Number: 1850–0911.
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
Type of Review: A revision of an
www.regulations.gov by selecting existing information collection.
Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0077 Respondents/Affected Public: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, Individuals.
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov Total Estimated Number of Annual [Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0044]
site is not available to the public for any Responses: 25,951.
reason, ED will temporarily accept Total Estimated Number of Annual Agency Information Collection
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Burden Hours: 8,729. Activities; Submission to the Office of
Please note that comments submitted by Abstract: The Middle Grades Management and Budget for Review
fax or email and those submitted after Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 and Approval; Comment Request;
the comment period will not be (MGLS:2017) is the first study Understanding the Impact of Providing
accepted; ED will ONLY accept sponsored by the National Center for Information to Parents About the Role
comments during the comment period Education Statistics (NCES), within the of Algebra II: An Opportunistic Study
in this mailbox when the regulations.gov Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences
site is not available. Written requests for the U.S. Department of Education (ED), (IES), Department of Education (ED).
information or comments submitted by to follow a nationally-representative
ACTION: Notice.
postal mail or delivery should be sample of students as they enter and
addressed to the Director of the move through the middle grades (grades SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Information Collection Clearance 6–8). The data collected through Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
Division, U.S. Department of Education, repeated measures of key constructs will U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, provide a rich descriptive picture of the proposing a new information collection.
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, academic experiences and development
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
Washington, DC 20202. of students during these critical years
submit comments on or before July 17,
and will allow researchers to examine
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 2015.
associations between contextual factors
specific questions related to collection and student outcomes. The study will ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
activities, please contact Kashka focus on student achievement in response to this notice should be
Kubzdela, (202) 502–7411. mathematics and literacy along with submitted electronically through the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The measures of student socioemotional Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
Department of Education (ED), in wellbeing and other outcomes. The www.regulations.gov by selecting
accordance with the Paperwork study will also include a special sample Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0044
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. of students with different types of or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general disabilities that will provide descriptive or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
public and Federal agencies with an information on their outcomes, site is not available to the public for any
opportunity to comment on proposed, educational experiences, and special reason, ED will temporarily accept
revised, and continuing collections of education services. Baseline data for the comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
information. This helps the Department MGLS:2017 will be collected from a Please note that comments submitted by
assess the impact of its information nationally-representative sample of 6th fax or email and those submitted after
collection requirements and minimize grade students in winter of 2017 with the comment period will not be
the public’s reporting burden. It also annual follow-ups in winter 2018 and accepted; ED will ONLY accept
helps the public understand the winter 2019 when most of the students comments during the comment period
Department’s information collection in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, in this mailbox when the regulations.gov
requirements and provide the requested respectively. This request is to site is not available. Written requests for
data in the desired format. ED is concurrently conduct the Item information or comments submitted by
soliciting comments on the proposed Validation and the Operational Field postal mail or delivery should be
information collection request (ICR) that Tests for the MGLS: 2017, beginning in addressed to the Director of the
is described below. The Department of January 2016. The primary purpose of Information Collection Clearance
Education is especially interested in the Item Validation Field Test is to Division, U.S. Department of Education,
public comment addressing the determine the psychometric properties 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
following issues: (1) Is this collection of items and the predictive potential of Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105,
necessary to the proper functions of the assessment and survey items so that Washington, DC 20202.
Department; (2) will this information be valid, reliable, and useful assessment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
processed and used in a timely manner; and survey instruments can be specific questions related to collection
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; composed for the main study. The activities, please contact Christopher
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

(4) how might the Department enhance primary purposes of the Operational Boccanfuso, 202–219–1674.
the quality, utility, and clarity of the Field Test are to obtain information on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information to be collected; and (5) how recruiting, particularly for the targeted Department of Education (ED), in
might the Department minimize the disability groups; on obtaining a accordance with the Paperwork
burden of this collection on the tracking sample that can be used to Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
respondents, including through the use study mobility patterns in subsequent 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
of information technology. Please note years; and on administrative public and Federal agencies with an
that written comments received in procedures. opportunity to comment on proposed,

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revised, and continuing collections of randomized controlled trial in which file a written statement with the
information. This helps the Department the treatment schools provide parents/ Committee, you may do so either before
assess the impact of its information guardians of students with information or after the meeting. If you would like
collection requirements and minimize about the role of algebra II in college to make an oral statement regarding any
the public’s reporting burden. It also access and success, while control of the items on the agenda, you should
helps the public understand the schools continue business-as-usual. contact Dr. Samuel J. Barish at (301)
Department’s information collection Dated: June 12, 2015. 903–8584 (fax) or sam.barish@
requirements and provide the requested Stephanie Valentine, science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable
data in the desired format. ED is provision will be made to include the
Acting Director, Information Collection
soliciting comments on the proposed Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy scheduled oral statements during the
information collection request (ICR) that Officer, Office of Management. Public Comments time on the agenda.
is described below. The Department of [FR Doc. 2015–14864 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am] The Chairperson of the Committee will
Education is especially interested in conduct the meeting to facilitate the
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public comment addressing the orderly conduct of business. Public
following issues: (1) Is this collection comment will follow the 10-minute
necessary to the proper functions of the rule.
Department; (2) will this information be DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
processed and used in a timely manner; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory will be available for public review and
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Committee copying within 30 days on the Fusion
(4) how might the Department enhance Energy Sciences Advisory Committee’s
the quality, utility, and clarity of the AGENCY: Office of Science, Department Web site at http://science.energy.gov/
information to be collected; and (5) how of Energy. fes/fesac/.
might the Department minimize the ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
Issued at Washington, DC, on June 11,
burden of this collection on the 2015.
respondents, including through the use SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences LaTanya R. Butler,
of information technology. Please note
Advisory Committee. The Federal Deputy Committee Management Officer.
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– [FR Doc. 2015–14897 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am]
considered public records. 463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
Title of Collection: Understanding the notice of these meetings be announced
Impact of Providing Information to in the Federal Register.
Parents about the Role of Algebra II: An DATES: Friday, July 17, 2015—3:00 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Opportunistic Study. to 5:00 p.m. EDT.
OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW. Environmental Management Site-
ADDRESSES: Teleconference. Instructions
Type of Review: A new information Specific Advisory Board, Portsmouth
for access can be found on the FESAC’s
collection. Web site at (http://science.energy.gov/ AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).
Respondents/Affected Public: State, fes/fesac/meetings/). ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
Local and Tribal Governments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Total Estimated Number of Annual Edmund J. Synakowski, Designated SUMMARY: This notice announces a
Responses: 1,468. Federal Officer, Office of Fusion Energy meeting of the Environmental
Total Estimated Number of Annual Sciences (FES); U.S. Department of Management Site-Specific Advisory
Burden Hours: 133. Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The
Abstract: In June 2013, Texas Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290,
Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that
Telephone: (301) 903–4941.
(HB) 5 into law, which changed high public notice of this meeting be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
school graduation requirements for announced in the Federal Register.
Purpose of the Committee: To provide
public school students in Texas. Prior to DATES: Thursday, July 9, 2015—6:00
advice on a continuing basis to the
this, most students were required to p.m.
Director, Office of Science of the
complete algebra II in order to graduate
Department of Energy, on the many ADDRESSES: Ohio State University,
from high school. After the enactment of
complexes scientific and technical Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road,
HB 5, completing algebra II is optional- issues that arises in the development
students may elect to complete algebra Piketon, Ohio 45661.
and implementation of the fusion FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
II as part of two of the graduation plans energy sciences program.
offered under HB 5. REL Southwest is Simonton, Alternate Deputy Designated
Tentative Agenda Items:
working with the Texas Education Federal Officer, Department of Energy
• Presentation on and Discussion of the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Post
Agency (TEA) to carry out an
Report of the SNFA Office Box 700, Piketon, Ohio 45661,
opportunistic experiment to determine • Vote on the Report of the SNFA
if directly providing parents/guardians, (740) 897–3737, Greg.Simonton@
• Public Comment
prior to students’ selection of their • Adjourn lex.doe.gov.
courses, with information on the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of
Note: Remote attendance of the FESAC
importance of completing algebra II for
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

meeting will be possible via ReadyTalk. the Board: The purpose of the Board is
college access and success has an Instructions can be found on the FESAC Web to make recommendations to DOE–EM
impact on the percentage of students site (http://science.energy.gov/fes/fesac/ and site management in the areas of
who enroll in and complete algebra II by meetings/) or by contacting Dr. Samuel J. environmental restoration, waste
the end of their junior year. REL Barish by email at: sam.barish@ management and related activities.
Southwest will investigate the impact of science.doe.gov or by phone at: (301) 903–
providing parents/guardians with 2917. Tentative Agenda
information about the role of algebra II Public Participation: The meeting is • Call to Order, Introductions, Review
in college access and success in a open to the public. If you would like to of Agenda

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Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Christopher Boccanfuso, 202-219- 1674.
FR Citation		80 FR 34624