81_FR_2862 81 FR 2851 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Parent Information and School Choice Evaluation

81 FR 2851 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Parent Information and School Choice Evaluation

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 11 (January 19, 2016)

Page Range2851-2852
FR Document2016-00845

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 81 Issue 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2851-2852]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00845]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2016-ICCD-0008]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Parent 
Information and School Choice Evaluation

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 
March 21, 2016.

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-2016-ICCD-
0008. 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. 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 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 2E105, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Meredith Bachman, (202) 245-7494.

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: Parent Information and School Choice 
Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,525.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,306.
    Abstract: Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 
U.S. Department of Education, the Parent Information and School Choice 
Evaluation (PISCE) is an important first step toward filling the wide 
gap in knowledge about how to present school choice information to 
parents. This research is needed to provide guidance to districts where 
school choice is expanding. PISCE seeks to identify the format, amount, 
and organization of information that is most comprehensible and usable 
to parents. The study will target low-income parents of school-age 
children and will evaluate perceptions of different presentations of 
school information. The results of the study will be used to create a 
reader-friendly guide for school districts.
    IES has contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct the 
needed research. Most of the experiment will be conducted with members 
of a standing panel who already complete surveys on a regular basis for 
a variety of purposes. This approach provides a low-cost and quick 
turnaround method to obtain findings related to the understandability 
of school choice information, which does not require respondents to be 
making actual school choices for their children. To enhance what can be 
learned from the standing panel, the research team also intends to 
recruit a sample of low-income parents of school-age children from 
locations where a public school choice marketplace with unified 
enrollment has been active for at least two years. Parents who have 
experienced public school choice or are at least exposed to open 
enrollment in their district may experience the experiment differently 
than the standing

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panel members, for whom considering schools other than one's default 
neighborhood school may be unfamiliar. This augmented sample of, 
presumably, less survey-savvy low-income parents will be used to 
provide a sensitivity check of the findings based on the standing panel 
alone.

    Dated: January 13, 2016.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2016 / Notices 2851 Clifford Keenan, Director for PSA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION necessary to the proper functions of the William Kirkendale, Chief Information Department; (2) will this information be Officer for CSOSA [Docket No. ED–2016–ICCD–0008] processed and used in a timely manner; Linda Mays, Associate Director of the (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; Office of Human Resources for CSOSA Agency Information Collection Keith Nakasone, Senior Procurement Activities; Comment Request; Parent (4) how might the Department enhance Executive for the Federal Information and School Choice the quality, utility, and clarity of the Communications Commission Evaluation information to be collected; and (5) how Jasper Ormond, Associate Director for the might the Department minimize the Community Justice Programs for CSOSA AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences burden of this collection on the Barry Socks, Chief Operating Officer for the (IES), Department of Education (ED). respondents, including through the use National Capital Planning Commission ACTION: Notice. of information technology. Please note Sheila Stokes, General Counsel for CSOSA that written comments received in and PSA SUMMARY: In accordance with the response to this notice will be Authority: Section 4314(c)(1) through (5) of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 considered public records. Title 5, United States Code U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is Title of Collection: Parent Information Dated: January 12, 2016. proposing a new information collection. and School Choice Evaluation. DATES: Interested persons are invited to OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. Diane Bradley, submit comments on or before March Type of Review: A new information Federal Register Liaison. collection. 21, 2016. [FR Doc. 2016–00832 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] Respondents/Affected Public: ADDRESSES: To access and review all the BILLING CODE 3129–04–P documents related to the information Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual collection listed in this notice, please Responses: 3,525. use http://www.regulations.gov by Total Estimated Number of Annual DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE searching the Docket ID number ED– Burden Hours: 2,306. Office of the Secretary 2016–ICCD–0008. Comments submitted Abstract: Sponsored by the Institute in response to this notice should be of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Charter Renewal of Department of submitted electronically through the Department of Education, the Parent Defense Federal Advisory Committees Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Information and School Choice www.regulations.gov by selecting the Evaluation (PISCE) is an important first AGENCY: Department of Defense. Docket ID number or via postal mail, step toward filling the wide gap in ACTION:Charter Amendment of Federal commercial delivery, or hand delivery. knowledge about how to present school Advisory Committee. Please note that comments submitted by choice information to parents. This fax or email and those submitted after research is needed to provide guidance SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is the comment period will not be to districts where school choice is publishing this notice to announce that accepted. Written requests for expanding. PISCE seeks to identify the it is amending the charter for the information or comments submitted by format, amount, and organization of National Commission on the Future of postal mail or delivery should be information that is most comprehensible the Army (‘‘the Commission’’). addressed to the Director of the and usable to parents. The study will FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Information Collection Clearance Freeman, Advisory Committee target low-income parents of school-age Division, U.S. Department of Education, children and will evaluate perceptions Management Officer for the Department 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room of Defense, 703–692–5952. of different presentations of school 2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537. information. The results of the study SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For will be used to create a reader-friendly committee’s charter is being amended specific questions related to collection pursuant to Section 1702 of the Carl guide for school districts. activities, please contact Meredith IES has contracted with Mathematica Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon Bachman, (202) 245–7494. Policy Research to conduct the needed National Defense Authorization Act for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The research. Most of the experiment will be Fiscal Year 2015 (‘‘the FY 2015 NDAA’’) Department of Education (ED), in conducted with members of a standing (Publ. L. 113–291), as amended by accordance with the Paperwork panel who already complete surveys on Section 1061 of the National Defense Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. a regular basis for a variety of purposes. Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general This approach provides a low-cost and (‘‘the FY 2016 NDAA’’) (Pub. L. 114– public and Federal agencies with an quick turnaround method to obtain 92), and in accordance with the Federal opportunity to comment on proposed, findings related to the understandability Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of revised, and continuing collections of of school choice information, which 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) information. This helps the Department does not require respondents to be and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a). Pursuant to section 1061 of the FY assess the impact of its information making actual school choices for their 2016 NDAA, Section 10 of FACA shall collection requirements and minimize children. To enhance what can be not apply to a meeting of the the public’s reporting burden. It also learned from the standing panel, the Commission unless the meeting is helps the public understand the research team also intends to recruit a Department’s information collection sample of low-income parents of school- asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES attended by five or more members of the Commission. requirements and provide the requested age children from locations where a data in the desired format. ED is public school choice marketplace with Dated: January 13, 2016. soliciting comments on the proposed unified enrollment has been active for at Aaron Siegel, information collection request (ICR) that least two years. Parents who have Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison is described below. The Department of experienced public school choice or are Officer, Department of Defense. Education is especially interested in at least exposed to open enrollment in [FR Doc. 2016–00829 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] public comment addressing the their district may experience the BILLING CODE 5001–06–P following issues: (1) Is this collection experiment differently than the standing VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 Jan 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1

2852 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 19, 2016 / Notices panel members, for whom considering Education, 550 12th Street SW., Suite Dated: January 13, 2016. schools other than one’s default 4160, Washington, DC 20202. Ruth Curran Neild, neighborhood school may be unfamiliar. Privacy Note: The Department’s Deputy Director for Policy and Research, This augmented sample of, presumably, policy is to make all comments received Delegated Duties of the Director of the less survey-savvy low-income parents from members of the public available for Institute of Education Sciences. will be used to provide a sensitivity public viewing in their entirety on the [FR Doc. 2016–00919 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] check of the findings based on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at BILLING CODE 4000–01–P standing panel alone. www.regulations.gov. Therefore, Dated: January 13, 2016. commenters should be careful to Stephanie Valentine, include in their comments only DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Acting Director, Information Collection information that they wish to make publicly available. Federal Energy Regulatory Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management. Commission FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. [FR Doc. 2016–00845 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] Audrey Pendleton, Associate [Docket No. ER16–38–001] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P Commissioner, Evaluation Division, National Center for Education Kingbird Solar A, LLC; Supplemental Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Filing Includes Request for Blanket Department of Education, 555 12th Section 204 Authorization [ED–2015–IES–0100] Street SW., Suite 4160, Washington, DC This is a supplemental notice in the Privacy Act of 1974; System of 20202. Telephone: (202) 245–8385. above-referenced proceeding of Records—Impact Evaluation of Data- If you use a telecommunications Kingbird Solar A, LLC’s application for Driven Instruction Professional device for the deaf or a text telephone, market-based rate authority, with an Development for Teachers call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, accompanying rate tariff, noting that at 1–800–877–8339. such application includes a request for AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to a blanket authorization, under 18 CFR Department of Education. technical problem with this particular part 34, of future issuances of securities ACTION: Notice of a new system of and assumptions of liability. records; extension of comment period. docket in www.regulations.gov, interested parties were not able to Any person desiring to intervene or to SUMMARY: On December 2, 2015, we submit comments through protest should file with the Federal published in the Federal Register (80 www.regulations.gov during the 30-day Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 FR 75452) a notice of a new system of comment period. Therefore, we are First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, records entitled ‘‘Impact Evaluation of extending the comment period for an in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 Data-Driven Instruction Professional additional 30 days to give any interested of the Commission’s Rules of Practice Development for Teachers’’ (#18–13– party an opportunity to submit and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 39). That notice established a 30-day comments through www.regulations. 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to comment period beginning on December gov. intervene or protest must serve a copy 2, 2015, and closing on January 4, 2016. of that document on the Applicant. Accessible Format: Individuals with Notice is hereby given that the We are extending the public comment disabilities can obtain this document in deadline for filing protests with regard period for an additional 30 days, until an accessible format (e.g., braille, large to the applicant’s request for blanket February 18, 2016. print, audiotape, or compact disc) on authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of DATES: We must receive your comments request to the contact person listed future issuances of securities and on or before February 18, 2016. under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION assumptions of liability, is February 1, ADDRESSES: Submit your comments CONTACT. 2016. through the Federal eRulemaking Portal Electronic Access to This Document: The Commission encourages or via U.S. mail, commercial delivery, or The official version of this document is electronic submission of protests and hand delivery. 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DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before March 21, 2016.
ContactFor specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Meredith Bachman, (202) 245-7494.
FR Citation81 FR 2851 
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