83 FR 31383 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test Institution Contacting and Enrollment List Collection

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 129 (July 5, 2018)

Page Range		31383-31384
FR Document		2018-14441

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31383-31384]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14441]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0072]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2019-
20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test 
Institution Contacting and Enrollment List Collection

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 
September 4, 2018.

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-2018-ICCD-
0072. 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 206-06, 
Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [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: 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid 
Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test 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: 794.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 726.
    Abstract: The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study 
(NPSAS:20) is a nationally representative cross-sectional study of how 
students and their families finance education beyond high school in a 
given academic year. NPSAS is conducted by the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) and was first implemented by NCES during 
the 1986-87 academic year and has been fielded every 2 to 4 years 
since. This request is to conduct a field test in preparation for

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the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series that will be conducted during the 
2019-20 academic year. NPSAS:20 also will serve as the base year data 
collection for the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study 
(BPS), a study of first-time beginning postsecondary students that will 
be conducted three years (BPS:20/22) and six years (BPS:20/25) after 
beginning their postsecondary education. This request covers NPSAS:20 
field test materials and procedures related to institution sampling, 
institution contacting, enrollment list collection, and enrollment list 
sampling, which are scheduled to begin by November 2018. In late 2018, 
NCES will submit a separate request for the NPSAS:20 field test student 
data collection, including student record data abstraction and student 
interviews, which in turn are scheduled to begin in January 2019. 
Following the 2018-19 field test study, NCES will request to conduct 
the NPSAS:20 full-scale data collection, scheduled to take place from 
October 1, 2019 through September 2020. The materials that will be used 
in the 2019-20 full-scale study will be based upon the field test 
materials included in this submission and in the forthcoming student 
data collection submission.

    Dated: June 29, 2018.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
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statements with the committee, or make invited to speak in the order in which FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
verbal comments from the floor during their requests were received by the DFO. specific questions related to collection
the public meeting, at the times, and in For the benefit of the public, rosters that activities, please contact Kashka
the manner, permitted by the BoV. list the names of BoV members and any Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email
Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 releasable materials presented during NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and the BoV meeting shall be made available SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory upon request. Department of Education (ED), in
Committee Act, the public or interested FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: accordance with the Paperwork
organizations may submit written Captain Natalie Campos, Officer of the Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
comments or statements to the BoV Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
about its mission and/or the topics to be Force, SAF/MRM, Executive Officer and public and Federal agencies with an
addressed in this public meeting. Force Management Action Officer, 1660 opportunity to comment on proposed,
Written comments or statements should Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC revised, and continuing collections of
be submitted to Capt. Campos, via 20330, (703) 697–7058, information. This helps the Department
electronic mail, the preferred mode of natalie.m.campos.mil@mail.mil. assess the impact of its information
submission, at the email address listed collection requirements and minimize
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Bao-Anh Trinh,
the public’s reporting burden. It also
CONTACT section in the following Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department helps the public understand the
formats: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft of Defense.
Department’s information collection
Word. The comment or statement must [FR Doc. 2018–14393 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am]
requirements and provide the requested
include the author’s name, title, BILLING CODE 5001–10–P data in the desired format. ED is
affiliation, address, and daytime
soliciting comments on the proposed
telephone number. Written comments or
information collection request (ICR) that
statements being submitted in response DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION is described below. The Department of
to the agenda set forth in this notice
[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0072] Education is especially interested in
must be received by the committee DFO
public comment addressing the
at least five (5) business days (20 July)
Agency Information Collection following issues: (1) Is this collection
prior to the meeting so that they may be
Activities; Comment Request; 2019–20 necessary to the proper functions of the
made available to the BoV Chairman for
their consideration prior to the meeting. National Postsecondary Student Aid Department; (2) will this information be
Written comments or statements Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test processed and used in a timely manner;
received after this date (20 July) may not Institution Contacting and Enrollment (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
be provided to the BoV until its next List Collection (4) how might the Department enhance
meeting. Please note that because the the quality, utility, and clarity of the
AGENCY: National Center for Education information to be collected; and (5) how
BoV operates under the provisions of Statistics (NCES), Department of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as might the Department minimize the
Education (ED). burden of this collection on the
amended, all written comments will be
ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use
treated as public documents and will be
made available for public inspection. of information technology. Please note
SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in
Verbal Comments: Members of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
public will be permitted to make verbal response to this notice will be
proposing a revision of an existing considered public records.
comments during the meeting only at information collection.
the time and in the manner allowed Title of Collection: 2019–20 National
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Postsecondary Student Aid Study
herein. If a member of the public is
interested in making a verbal comment submit comments on or before (NPSAS: 20) Field Test Institution
at the open meeting, that individual September 4, 2018. Contacting and Enrollment List
must submit a request, with a brief ADDRESSES: To access and review all the Collection.
statement of the subject matter to be documents related to the information OMB Control Number: 1850–0666.
addressed by the comment, at least three collection listed in this notice, please Type of Review: A revision of an
(3) business days (24 July) in advance, use http://www.regulations.gov by existing information collection.
via electronic mail, the preferred mode searching the Docket ID number ED– Respondents/Affected Public:
of submission, at the email address 2018–ICCD–0072. Comments submitted Individuals or Households.
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION in response to this notice should be Total Estimated Number of Annual
CONTACT section. The BoV DFO will log submitted electronically through the Responses: 794.
each request to make a comment, in the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Total Estimated Number of Annual
order received, and the DFO and BoV www.regulations.gov by selecting the Burden Hours: 726.
Chairman will determine whether the Docket ID number or via postal mail, Abstract: The 2019–20 National
subject matter of each comment is commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Postsecondary Student Aid Study
relevant to the BoV’s mission and/or the Please note that comments submitted by (NPSAS:20) is a nationally
topics to be addressed in this public fax or email and those submitted after representative cross-sectional study of
meeting. A period near the end of the the comment period will not be how students and their families finance
meeting will be available for verbal accepted. Written requests for education beyond high school in a given
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public comments. Members of the information or comments submitted by academic year. NPSAS is conducted by
public who have requested to make a postal mail or delivery should be the National Center for Education
verbal comment and whose comments addressed to the Director of the Statistics (NCES) and was first
have been deemed relevant under the Information Collection Clearance implemented by NCES during the 1986–
process described in this paragraph, will Division, U.S. Department of Education, 87 academic year and has been fielded
be allotted no more than five (5) 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room every 2 to 4 years since. This request is
minutes during this period, and will be 206–06, Washington, DC 20202–4537. to conduct a field test in preparation for

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the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series that use http://www.regulations.gov by Respondents/Affected Public:
will be conducted during the 2019–20 searching the Docket ID number ED– Individuals or Households.
academic year. NPSAS:20 also will 2018–ICCD–0054. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual
serve as the base year data collection for in response to this notice should be Responses: 9,500.
the Beginning Postsecondary Students submitted electronically through the Total Estimated Number of Annual
Longitudinal Study (BPS), a study of Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Burden Hours: 3,251.
first-time beginning postsecondary www.regulations.gov by selecting the Abstract: The Fast Response Survey
students that will be conducted three Docket ID number or via postal mail, System (FRSS) 109 survey on teachers’
years (BPS:20/22) and six years (BPS:20/ commercial delivery, or hand delivery. use of technology for school and
25) after beginning their postsecondary Please note that comments submitted by homework assignments in public
education. This request covers fax or email and those submitted after schools is conducted by the National
NPSAS:20 field test materials and the comment period will not be Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
procedures related to institution accepted. Written requests for as part of the IES response to the request
sampling, institution contacting, information or comments submitted by in the Every Student Succeeds Act of
enrollment list collection, and postal mail or delivery should be 2015 (ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to
enrollment list sampling, which are addressed to the Director of the provide information about the
scheduled to begin by November 2018. Information Collection Clearance educational impact of access to digital
In late 2018, NCES will submit a Division, U.S. Department of Education, learning resources (DLRs) outside of the
separate request for the NPSAS:20 field 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room classroom. The expanding use of
test student data collection, including 206–06, Washington, DC 20202–4537. technology affects the lives of students
student record data abstraction and both inside and outside the classroom.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
student interviews, which in turn are For this reason, the role of technology
specific questions related to collection in education is an increasingly
scheduled to begin in January 2019. activities, please contact Kashka
Following the 2018–19 field test study, important area of research. While access
Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email to technology can provide valuable
NCES will request to conduct the NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. learning opportunities to students,
NPSAS:20 full-scale data collection, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The technology by itself does not guarantee
scheduled to take place from October 1, Department of Education (ED), in successful outcomes. Schools and
2019 through September 2020. The accordance with the Paperwork teachers play an important role in
materials that will be used in the 2019– Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. successfully integrating technology into
20 full-scale study will be based upon 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general teaching and learning. Findings from
the field test materials included in this public and Federal agencies with an the FRSS 109 study will provide insight
submission and in the forthcoming opportunity to comment on proposed, on the types and availability of DLRs
student data collection submission. revised, and continuing collections of outside of the classroom, and will
Dated: June 29, 2018. information. This helps the Department contribute to IES legislatively mandated
Kate Mullan, assess the impact of its information report on the educational impact of
Acting Director, Information Collection collection requirements and minimize access to DLRs outside the classroom.
Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy the public’s reporting burden. It also To provide the needed data, FRSS 109
Officer, Office of Management. helps the public understand the will collect nationally representative
[FR Doc. 2018–14441 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] Department’s information collection data from public school teachers about
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P requirements and provide the requested their use of DLRs for teaching, and how
data in the desired format. ED is their knowledge and beliefs about their
soliciting comments on the proposed students’ access to DLRs outside the
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION information collection request (ICR) that classroom affect the assignments they
is described below. The Department of give. The survey will focus on
[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0054]
Education is especially interested in information that can best be provided by
Agency Information Collection public comment addressing the teachers from their perspective and
Activities; Submission to the Office of following issues: (1) Is this collection direct interaction with students. FRSS
Management and Budget for Review necessary to the proper functions of the 109 will provide national statistics on:
and Approval; Comment Request; Fast Department; (2) will this information be (1) Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs
Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: processed and used in a timely manner; about students’ access to technology for
Teachers’ Use of Technology for (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; doing school assignments outside of
School and Homework Assignments (4) how might the Department enhance school; (2) Barriers and challenges
the quality, utility, and clarity of the teachers believe their students face in
AGENCY: National Center for Education information to be collected; and (5) how using technology for class assignments
Statistics (NCES), Department of might the Department minimize the outside of school; and (3) Computers
Education (ED). burden of this collection on the that the district or school may make
ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use available to students for use outside of
of information technology. Please note class time. The request for FRSS 109
SUMMARY: In accordance with the that written comments received in preliminary activities, including
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is response to this notice will be securing research approval from special
proposing a revision of an existing considered public records. contact school districts beginning in
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1

information collection. Title of Collection: Fast Response April 2018, notifying superintendents of
DATES: Interested persons are invited to Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers’ districts with sampled schools about the
submit comments on or before August 6, Use of Technology for School and survey, and obtaining teacher lists from
2018. Homework Assignments. sampled schools beginning in August
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the OMB Control Number: 1850–0857. 2018, was approved in March 2018,
documents related to the information Type of Review: A revision of an with the latest change request approved
collection listed in this notice, please existing information collection. in April 2018 (1850–0857 v.2–4). This

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Contact		For specific questions related to collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or email [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 31383