82 FR 20321 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2016-17 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B: 16/17) Main Study
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 82 (May 1, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 82 (May 1, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-08739 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 82 (Monday, May 1, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 20321-20322] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08739] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [Docket No. ED-2017-ICCD-0058] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2016-17 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B: 16/ 17) Main Study AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 31, 2017. 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-2017-ICCD- 0058. 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 224-82, Washington, DC 20202-4537. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact NCES Information Collections at [email protected]. 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: 2016-17 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B: 16/17) Main Study. OMB Control Number: 1850-0926. Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 22,481. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 9,812. Abstract: This request is for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to conduct the 2016/17 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:16/17). The B&B studies of the education, work, financial, and personal experiences of individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree at a given point in time are a series of longitudinal studies. Every 8 years, students are identified as bachelor's degree recipients through the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). B&B:16/17 is the first follow-up of a panel of baccalaureate degree recipients identified in the 2015-16 NPSAS, and part of the fourth cohort (B&B:16) of the B&B series. B&B cohorts prior to B&B:16 were approved under OMB# 1850-0729. The B&B:16 cohort is submitted and reviewed under OMB# 1850-0926. The primary purposes of the B&B studies are to describe the post-baccalaureate paths of new college graduates, with a focus on their experiences in the labor market and post- baccalaureate education, and their education-related debt. B&B also focuses on the continuing education paths of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates, as well as the experiences of those who have begun careers in education of students through the 12th grade. Since graduating from college in 2014-15 for the field test, and 2015-16 for the full-scale study, members of this B&B:16 cohort will begin moving into and out of the workforce, enrolling in additional undergraduate and graduate education, forming families, and repaying undergraduate education-related debt. Documenting these choices and pathways, along with individual, institutional, and employment characteristics that may be related to those choices, provides critical information on the costs and benefits of a bachelor's degree in today's workforce. B&B studies include both traditional-age and non-traditional-age college graduates, whose education options and [[Page 20322]] choices often diverge considerably, and allow study of the paths taken by these different graduates. B&B:16/17 main study data collection is scheduled to take place from July 2017 through March 2018. Dated: April 26, 2017. Stephanie Valentine, Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management. [FR Doc. 2017-08739 Filed 4-28-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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Correction ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use
In FR Doc. No. 2017–08362, in the of information technology. Please note
SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in
Federal Register of April 25, 2017 (82 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
FR 19030), on page 19030, in the left response to this notice will be
proposing a revision of an existing considered public records.
column, under the heading ‘‘Action’’, information collection. Title of Collection: 2016–17
after the phrase ‘‘Catalog of Federal DATES: Interested persons are invited to Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:’’, submit comments on or before May 31, Study (B&B: 16/17) Main Study.
we correct the CFDA number to read 2017. OMB Control Number: 1850–0926.
‘‘84.282A’’. Type of Review: A revision of an
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
Program Authority: Title IV, Part C of existing information collection.
documents related to the information
the Elementary and Secondary Respondents/Affected Public:
collection listed in this notice, please
Education Act of 1965, as amended by Individuals or Households.
use http://www.regulations.gov by
the Every Student Succeeds Act (20 Total Estimated Number of Annual
searching the Docket ID number ED–
U.S.C. 7221–7221j). Responses: 22,481.
2017–ICCD–0058. Comments submitted
Accessible Format: Individuals with Total Estimated Number of Annual
in response to this notice should be
disabilities can obtain this document Burden Hours: 9,812.
submitted electronically through the Abstract: This request is for the
and a copy of the application package in
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// National Center for Education Statistics
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
www.regulations.gov by selecting the (NCES) to conduct the 2016/17
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
Docket ID number or via postal mail, Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal
request to the program contact person
commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Study (B&B:16/17). The B&B studies of
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Please note that comments submitted by the education, work, financial, and
CONTACT.
fax or email and those submitted after personal experiences of individuals who
Electronic Access to This Document:
the comment period will not be have completed a bachelor’s degree at a
The official version of this document is
accepted. Written requests for given point in time are a series of
the document published in the Federal
information or comments submitted by longitudinal studies. Every 8 years,
Register. Free internet access to the
postal mail or delivery should be students are identified as bachelor’s
official edition of the Federal Register
addressed to the Director of the degree recipients through the National
and the Code of Federal Regulations is
Information Collection Clearance Postsecondary Student Aid Study
available via the Federal Digital System
Division, U.S. Department of Education, (NPSAS). B&B:16/17 is the first follow-
at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room up of a panel of baccalaureate degree
can view this document, as well as all
224–82, Washington, DC 20202–4537. recipients identified in the 2015–16
other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For NPSAS, and part of the fourth cohort
text or Portable Document Format specific questions related to collection (B&B:16) of the B&B series. B&B cohorts
(PDF). To use PDF you must have activities, please contact NCES prior to B&B:16 were approved under
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is Information Collections at OMB# 1850–0729. The B&B:16 cohort is
available free at the site. NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. submitted and reviewed under OMB#
You may also access documents of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1850–0926. The primary purposes of the
Department published in the Federal Department of Education (ED), in B&B studies are to describe the post-
Register by using the article search accordance with the Paperwork baccalaureate paths of new college
feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. graduates, with a focus on their
Specifically, through the advanced 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general experiences in the labor market and
search feature at this site, you can limit public and Federal agencies with an post-baccalaureate education, and their
your search to documents published by opportunity to comment on proposed, education-related debt. B&B also focuses
the Department. revised, and continuing collections of on the continuing education paths of
information. This helps the Department science, technology, engineering, and
Dated: April 26, 2017.
assess the impact of its information mathematics (STEM) graduates, as well
Margo Anderson, collection requirements and minimize as the experiences of those who have
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the public’s reporting burden. It also begun careers in education of students
Innovation and Improvement. helps the public understand the through the 12th grade. Since
[FR Doc. 2017–08776 Filed 4–28–17; 8:45 am] Department’s information collection graduating from college in 2014–15 for
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P requirements and provide the requested the field test, and 2015–16 for the full-
data in the desired format. ED is scale study, members of this B&B:16
soliciting comments on the proposed cohort will begin moving into and out
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION information collection request (ICR) that of the workforce, enrolling in additional
is described below. The Department of undergraduate and graduate education,
[Docket No. ED–2017–ICCD–0058] Education is especially interested in forming families, and repaying
Agency Information Collection public comment addressing the undergraduate education-related debt.
Activities; Submission to the Office of following issues: (1) Is this collection Documenting these choices and
Management and Budget for Review necessary to the proper functions of the pathways, along with individual,
Department; (2) will this information be institutional, and employment
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and Approval; Comment Request;
2016–17 Baccalaureate and Beyond processed and used in a timely manner; characteristics that may be related to
Longitudinal Study (B&B: 16/17) Main (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; those choices, provides critical
Study (4) how might the Department enhance information on the costs and benefits of
the quality, utility, and clarity of the a bachelor’s degree in today’s workforce.
AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), information to be collected; and (5) how B&B studies include both traditional-age
National Center for Education Statistics might the Department minimize the and non-traditional-age college
(NCES). burden of this collection on the graduates, whose education options and
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choices often diverge considerably, and telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay the HEA affecting the IPA tables for the
allow study of the paths taken by these Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 2009–10 through 2012–13 AYs and
different graduates. B&B:16/17 main 8339. required the Department to use a
study data collection is scheduled to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part F of percentage of the estimated CPI to
take place from July 2017 through title IV of the Higher Education Act of update the table in subsequent years.
March 2018. 1965, as amended (HEA), specifies the These changes to the IPA impact
Dated: April 26, 2017. criteria, data elements, calculations, and dependent students, as well as
Stephanie Valentine, tables the Department of Education independent students with dependents
(Department) uses in the Federal Need other than a spouse and independent
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy Analysis Methodology to determine the students without dependents other than
Officer, Office of Management. EFC. a spouse. This notice includes the new
[FR Doc. 2017–08739 Filed 4–28–17; 8:45 am] Section 478 of the HEA requires the 2018–19 AY values for the IPA tables,
Secretary to annually update the which reflect the CCRAA amendments.
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following four tables for price The updated tables are in sections 1
inflation—the Income Protection (Income Protection Allowance), 2
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Allowance (IPA), the Adjusted Net (Adjusted Net Worth of a Business or
Worth (NW) of a Business or Farm, the Farm), and 4 (Assessment Schedules
Federal Need Analysis Methodology Education Savings and Asset Protection and Rates) of this notice.
for the 2018–19 Award Year—Federal Allowance, and the Assessment As provided for in section 478(d) of
Pell Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Schedules and Rates. The updates are the HEA, the Secretary must also revise
Federal Work-Study, Federal based, in general, upon increases in the the education savings and asset
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Consumer Price Index (CPI). protection allowances for each AY. The
Grant, William D. Ford Federal Direct For AY 2018–19, the Secretary is Education Savings and Asset Protection
Loan, Iraq and Afghanistan Service charged with updating the IPA for Allowance table for AY 2018–19 has
Grant and TEACH Grant Programs parents of dependent students, adjusted been updated in section 3 of this notice.
NW of a business or farm, the education Section 478(h) of the HEA also
AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, savings and asset protection allowance,
Department of Education. requires the Secretary to increase the
and the assessment schedules and rates amount specified for the employment
ACTION: Notice. to account for inflation that took place expense allowance, adjusted for
between December 2016 and December inflation. This calculation is based on
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 2017. However, because the Secretary
(CFDA) Numbers: 84.063; 84.038; increases in the Bureau of Labor
must publish these tables before Statistics’ marginal costs budget for a
84.033; 84.007; 84.268; 84.408; 84.379. December 2017, the increases in the
SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the two-worker family compared to a one-
tables must be based on a percentage worker family. The items covered by
annual updates to the tables used in the equal to the estimated percentage
statutory Federal Need Analysis this calculation are: Food away from
increase in the Consumer Price Index home, apparel, transportation, and
Methodology that determines a for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) for
student’s expected family contribution household furnishings and operations.
2017. The Secretary must also account The Employment Expense Allowance
(EFC) for award year (AY) 2018–19 for for any under- or over-estimation of
these student financial aid programs. table for AY 2018–19 has been updated
inflation for the preceding year. in section 5 of this notice.
The intent of this notice is to alert the In developing the table values for the
financial aid community and the 2017–18 AY, the Secretary’s assumed The HEA requires the following
broader public to these required annual 2.1 percent increase in the CPI–U for the annual updates:
updates used in the determination of period December 2015 through 1. Income Protection Allowance. This
student aid eligibility. December 2016 was the actual inflation allowance is the amount of living
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: for this time period. The Secretary expenses associated with the
Marya Dennis, U.S. Department of estimates that the increase in the CPI– maintenance of an individual or family
Education, Room 63G2, Union Center U for the period December 2016 through that may be offset against the family’s
Plaza, 830 First Street NE., Washington, December 2017 will be 2.3 percent. income. The allowance varies by family
DC 20202–5454. Telephone: (202) 377– Additionally, section 601 of the size. The IPA for the dependent student
3385. College Cost Reduction and Access Act is $6,570. The IPAs for parents of
If you use a telecommunications of 2007 (CCRAA, Pub. L. 110–84) dependent students for AY 2018–19 are
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text amended sections 475 through 478 of as follows:
PARENTS OF DEPENDENT STUDENTS
Number in college
Family size
1 2 3 4 5
2 ........................................................................................... $18,320 $15,180
3 ........................................................................................... 22,810 19,690 $16,560
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4 ........................................................................................... 28,170 25,040 21,920 $18,790
5 ........................................................................................... 33,240 30,100 26,990 23,850 $20,740
6 ........................................................................................... 38,880 35,740 32,630 29,490 26,380
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