83 FR 56831 - Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records-National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Studies

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 220 (November 14, 2018)

Page Range		56831-56834
FR Document		2018-24847
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a modified system of records entitled ``National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies'' (18-13-01). This system is used to fulfill NCES's legislative mandate to collect, report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data on the condition and progress of education in the United States and other nations at the early childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, including data on the critical influences, contexts, and transitions of: Students in elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and graduate education, and into employment and adult experiences; children at early childhood stage; homeschooled students; the general adult population; and participants in career training.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket ID ED-2017-IES-0131]


Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records-National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Studies

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of 
Education Sciences, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of records.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 
(Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this 
notice of a modified system of records entitled ``National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies'' 
(18-13-01). This system is used to fulfill NCES's legislative mandate 
to collect, report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data on the 
condition and progress of education in the United States and other 
nations at the early childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary, 
postsecondary, and adult levels, including data on the critical 
influences, contexts, and transitions of: Students in elementary, 
secondary, postsecondary, and graduate education, and into employment 
and adult experiences; children at early childhood stage; homeschooled 
students; the general adult population; and participants in career 
training.

DATES: The Department seeks comment on the modified system of records 
described in this notice in accordance with the requirements of the 
Privacy Act. We must receive your comments on or before December 14, 
2018.
    This modified system of records will become applicable upon 
publication in the Federal Register on November 14, 2018, unless the 
modified system of records notice needs to be changed as a result of 
public comment. Modified routine uses (1) and (2) in the ROUTINE USES 
OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND 
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES section will become applicable upon the 
expiration of the 30-day period of public comment on December 14, 2018, 
unless any of the modified routine uses in the system of records notice 
need to be changed as a result of public comment. The Department will 
publish any significant changes resulting from public comment.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not 
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after 
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, 
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the 
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to 
submit your comments electronically. Information on using 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under the ``help'' tab.
     Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you 
mail or deliver your comments about this modified system of records, 
address them to: Commissioner, National Center for Education 
Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of 
Education, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 550 12th Street SW, 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20202-4160.
    Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments 
received from members of the public available for public viewing in 
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include 
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly 
available.
    Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in Reviewing the 
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will supply an appropriate 
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who 
needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the 
public rulemaking record for this notice. If you want to schedule an 
appointment for this type of accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kashka Kubzdela, National Center for 
Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department 
of Education, PCP, 550 12th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-
4160. Telephone: (202) 245-7377. Email: 
NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or text 
telephone (TTY), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) toll free 
at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This system of records is used to fulfill 
NCES's legislative mandate to collect, report, analyze, and disseminate 
statistical data on the condition and progress of education in the 
United States and other nations at the early childhood, preschool, 
elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels. These data must 
be timely, objective, and non-ideological; free of political influence 
and bias; and relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, 
policymakers, and the public.
    The Department previously published the NCES Longitudinal Studies 
and the School and Staffing Surveys system of records in the Federal 
Register on June 4, 1999 (64 FR 30181-82). This modified system of 
records notice is updating:
    (a) The name of the system and the system's security classification 
to indicate that it is unclassified.
    (b) The system location to provide the current address of the 
Department's Institute of Education Sciences' National Center for 
Education Statistics office and the locations of its contractors and 
subcontractors serving as additional system locations;
    (c) The system manager to reflect the location of the National 
Center for Education Statistics;
    (d) The section entitled ``AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE 
SYSTEM'' to reflect the updated authorizing law for collecting and 
maintaining the records in this system of records;
    (e) The section entitled ``PURPOSES(S) OF THE SYSTEM'' to align the 
purpose with the legislative mandate set in the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 U.S.C. 9541 and 9543);
    (f) The section entitled ``CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE 
SYSTEM'' to provide a streamlined description and updated list of 
studies for which records are maintained (the categories of individuals 
in the system were neither expanded nor reduced), and to add that 
minors' participation in the listed studies is subject to ``implicit or 
explicit parental or legal guardian consent to participate . . . 
depending on school or school district requirements and on the 
Department's Protection of Human Subjects regulations (34 CFR part 
97).'';
    (g) The section entitled ``CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM'' to 
provide a streamlined description of the collected records;
    (h) The section entitled ``RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES'' to clarify 
and update the description to reflect that information in the records 
comes from responses to survey and assessment instruments and from 
administrative records maintained by K-12 schools and school districts, 
postsecondary institutions, the Department, and third-parties, 
including State and Federal

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agencies, as well as vendors, such as the National Student 
Clearinghouse (NSC);
    (i) The section entitled ``ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN 
THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES'' 
to modify both of the routine uses (Contract Disclosure and Research 
Disclosure) to replace the statement: ``will be required to maintain 
safeguards under the Privacy Act of 1974 and under section 406(d)(4) of 
[the General Education Provisions Act] GEPA (20 U.S.C. 1221e-1(d)(4)) 
with respect to such records'' with: ``must agree to safeguards to 
protect the security and confidentiality of the records disclosed from 
this system, consistent with ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573);'' to add a citation 
for ``the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 U.S.C. 
1417(c); 34 CFR 300.610-300.611, 300.613-300.623, and 300.625-
300.627)'' as applicable to the disclosure of records in this system by 
NCES; and to clarify for the Research Disclosure routine use that 
directly personally identifiable respondent information, such as name 
and contact information, is stored separately from the rest of the data 
collected in this system, and is not made available as part of a 
research disclosure, and add that the researcher must agree to use the 
information for statistical purposes only, not redisclose any data in 
identifiable form, and permit NCES' periodic inspection;
    (j) The section entitled ``POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF 
RECORDS'' to reflect updated electronic storage practices on secure 
servers and other secure electronic storage media, and to state that 
directly personally identifiable contact information is stored 
separately from the rest of the data collected in this system;
    (k) The section entitled ``POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF 
RECORDS'' to include that records are retrieved by title of survey and 
the unique number, and are indexed by a unique number assigned to each 
individual, which can be cross-referenced when needed with the 
separately stored direct personal identifiers to allow the records to 
be retrieved by name and contact information;
    (l) The section entitled ``POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND 
DISPOSAL OF RECORDS'' to indicate that the Department will submit a 
retention and disposition schedule to the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA) for review; and, that the records contained in 
this system will not be destroyed until NARA approves said schedule;
    (m) The section entitled ``ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL 
SAFEGUARDS'' to more accurately describe the various safeguards NCES 
and the Department employ to protect the data in this system; and
    (n) The sections entitled ``RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES'' and 
``NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES'' to specify which necessary particulars are 
required for an individual to provide when requesting to be notified if 
the system of records contains a record pertaining to him or her or 
when accessing a record.
    (o) A new section entitled ``HISTORY'' also has been added to the 
system of records notice to comply with the requirements of Office of 
Management and Budget Circular No. A-108.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations via the Federal Digital System at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other 
documents of the Department published in the Federal Register, in text 
or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe 
Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Dated: November 7, 2018.
Mark Schneider,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.


SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
    National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and 
Cross-sectional Studies (18-13-01).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
    Unclassified.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of 
Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education (Department), Potomac 
Center Plaza (PCP), 550 12th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20202-4160. See the Appendix at the end of this system notice for 
additional system locations.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
    Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute 
of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, PCP, 550 12th 
Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
    The data collections being administered and their maintenance are 
authorized under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 
U.S.C. 9541-9547 and 9571-9576).

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM:
    This system is used to fulfill NCES's legislative mandate to 
collect, report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data on the 
condition and progress of education in the United States and other 
nations at the early childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary, 
postsecondary, and adult levels. These data must be timely, objective, 
and non-ideological; free of political influence and bias; and relevant 
and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
    This system maintains records about individuals randomly selected 
from their respective populations of particular subgroups of children 
and adults (pre-Kindergarten children, pre-Kindergarten through 
graduate school students, parents or legal guardians, teachers, 
administrators, service providers, and general population adults) who 
voluntarily agree to participate (with implicit or explicit parental or 
legal guardian consent to participate for minors, depending on school 
or school district requirements and on the Department's Protection of 
Human Subjects regulations (34 CFR part 97)) in one of the NCES studies 
categorized below (with example studies provided for each category):
    1. National household studies [e.g., National Household Education 
Survey (NHES) including the current Early Childhood Education/Program 
Participation (ECPP) and Parent and Family Involvement in Education 
(PFI), and with past PFI-Enrolled and PFI-Homeschooled modules, the 
Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES)

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studies, and the past Adult Education (AE), Adult Education for Work-
Related Reasons (AEWR), Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (AELL), 
Before- and After-School Programs and Activities (ASPA), School 
Readiness (SR), Civic Engagement (CE), School Safety and Discipline 
(SS&D), and Household and Library Use (HHL)];
    2. National and international K-12 school and staff studies [e.g., 
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and its follow-ups Teacher Follow-Up 
Survey (TFS), Principal Follow-Up Survey (PFS), and Beginning Teacher 
Longitudinal Study (BTLS); redesigned SASS--National Teacher and 
Principal Surveys (NTPS); and studies not related to SASS, such as 
Teacher Compensation Survey (TCS)*, Teacher Pilot Study (TPS), School 
Survey of Crime and Safety (SSOCS), Teaching and Learning International 
Survey (TALIS) and its associated Video Studies, and ED School Climate 
Surveys (EDSCLS)];
    3. National early childhood longitudinal studies [e.g., Early 
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B); and Early 
Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class studies (ECLS-K)];
    4. International K-12 assessments studies [e.g., International 
Early Learning Study (IELS); Progress in International Reading Literacy 
Study (PIRLS); Civic Education Study (CivEd); Program for International 
Student Assessment (PISA); Program for International Student Assessment 
(PISA) Young Adult Follow-up (YAF) Study; Trends in International 
Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and its associated Video Studies; 
and International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)];
    5. National middle grades longitudinal studies [e.g., Middle Grades 
Longitudinal Study (MGLS)];
    6. National high school longitudinal studies [e.g., National 
Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS); National 
Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS); Education Longitudinal 
Study of 2002 (ELS); High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS); and 
High School and Beyond Longitudinal studies (HS&B)];
    7. National postsecondary studies [e.g., Recent College Graduates 
(RCG); National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) and its follow-
ups Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS) and 
Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B); National 
Postsecondary Student Aid Study, Administrative Collection (NPSAS-AC); 
National Postsecondary Education Cooperative--Sample Surveys (NPEC-S); 
National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF); and National Center 
for Education Research NCER-NPSAS Grant Studies];
    8. National and international adult assessment studies [e.g., 
International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS); Adult Literacy and 
Lifeskills Survey (ALL); National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL); 
and Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies 
(PIAAC)];
    9. National quick response studies [e.g., Quick Response 
Information System (QRIS) made up of pre-postsecondary Fast Response 
Survey System (FRSS) and Postsecondary Education Quick Information 
System (PEQIS)]; and
    10. NCES national and international developmental studies [e.g., 
cognitive interviews, focus groups, feasibility studies, usability 
tests, pilot tests, web tests, etc., utilized to develop new or to 
improve current data collection methodologies and instruments for 
particular existing or multiple current and future data collection 
programs].
    * TCS is an administrative records survey that collected between 
Fiscal Years (FY) 2007-2011 total compensation, teacher status, and 
demographic data about all teachers from multiple States.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
    This system consists of responses from students, their parents or 
legal guardians, teachers, administrators, service providers, and other 
adults to data collection instruments including information such as 
background and demographic data, functional measures (reports of 
children's functioning in cognitive, social, emotional, and physical 
domains), family characteristics, education and/or employment 
experiences, finances, aspirations, plans, and attitudes. Cognitive 
assessment scores, administrative and financial aid records, and high 
school and college transcripts are also appended to the records. The 
appended administrative records contain data such as attendance, 
program participation, and other information.
    The records for service providers, schools/institutions, and local 
educational agencies contain information on numbers and characteristics 
of students, teaching staff, and administrators; data on facilities, 
programs, services, and finances; and information related to student 
enrollment, persistence, completion, and performance. The records 
related to teachers and administrators contain, in addition to the 
above, data on certifications, training, experience, staff evaluations, 
salary, benefits, and attitudes and opinions related to various aspects 
of education and operations.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
    Information in the records comes from responses to survey and 
assessment instruments and from administrative records maintained by K-
12 schools and school districts, postsecondary institutions, the 
Department, and third-parties, including State and Federal agencies, as 
well as vendors, such as the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC).

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES 
OF USERS AND PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
    The Department may disclose information contained in a record in 
this system of records under the routine uses listed in this system of 
records without the consent of the individual if the disclosure is 
compatible with the purpose for which the record was collected. Any 
disclosure of individually identifiable information from a record in 
this system must also comply with the requirements of Section 183 of 
the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573) and its confidentiality standards that apply 
to all collection, reporting, and publication of data by NCES. Any 
disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) from students' 
education records that were obtained from schools, school districts, 
postsecondary institutions, and other sources must also comply with the 
requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 
(20 U.S.C. 1417(c); 34 CFR 300.610-300.611, 300.613-300.623, and 
300.625-300.627) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR part 99), which protect the privacy of student 
education records and the PII contained therein.
    (1) Contract Disclosure. When NCES contracts with a private firm 
for the purpose of collating, analyzing, aggregating, maintaining, 
appending, or otherwise refining records in this system, the 
Commissioner of Education Statistics may release relevant records to 
the contractor. The contractor must agree to safeguards to protect the 
security and confidentiality of the records disclosed from this system, 
consistent with Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).
    (2) Research Disclosure. Where the Commissioner of Education 
Statistics determines that an individual or organization is qualified 
to carry out specific research, the Commissioner may disclose 
information from the

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system of records to that researcher solely for the purpose of carrying 
out that research. Directly personally identifiable respondent 
information, such as name and contact information, are stored 
separately from the rest of the data collected in this system, and are 
not made available as part of a research disclosure. The researcher 
must agree to safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of 
the records disclosed from this system, consistent with Section 183 of 
the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573). Furthermore, the researcher must agree to 
use the information for statistical purposes only, not redisclose any 
data in identifiable form, and permit NCES' periodic inspection.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS:
    Records are maintained in a database on NCES' or its contractors' 
or subcontractors' secure servers and in other secure electronic 
storage media. Directly personally identifiable respondent information, 
such as name and contact information, is stored separately from the 
rest of the data collected in this system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS:
    Records in the location file are indexed by a unique number 
assigned to each individual, which can be cross-referenced when needed 
with the separately stored direct personal identifiers. Records are 
retrieved by title of survey and the unique number.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS:
    The Department shall submit a retention and disposition schedule 
that covers the records contained in this system to the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for review. The records will 
not be destroyed until such time as NARA approves said schedule.

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS:
    Access to the records is limited to authorized personnel who are 
briefed regarding confidentiality of the data, are required to sign a 
written statement attesting to their understanding of the significance 
of the confidentiality requirement and penalties for non-compliance, 
and have received Department security clearances.
    All physical access to the NCES, contractor, and subcontractor 
sites where this system of records is maintained, is controlled and 
monitored by security personnel who check each individual entering the 
buildings for his or her employee or visitor badge.
    The computer systems employed offer a high degree of resistance to 
tampering and circumvention. Security systems limit data access to 
contract staff on a ``need to know'' basis, and control each individual 
user's ability to access and alter records within the system.
    The NCES, contractor, and subcontractor employees who ``maintain'' 
(including collect, maintain, use, or disseminate) data in this system 
of records must comply with the requirements of the confidentiality 
standards under Section 183 of the ESRA (20 U.S.C. 9573).

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to gain access to a record that exists regarding you in 
this system of records, contact the system manager at the address 
listed above. You must provide necessary particulars such as the study 
in question, your name, current address, the date and place of your 
birth, and any other identifying information requested by the 
Department, while processing the request, to distinguish between 
individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the requirements 
in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to contest content of a record regarding you in this 
system of records, contact the system manager. Your request must meet 
the requirements in 34 CFR 5b.7.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
    If you wish to determine whether a record exists regarding you in 
this system of records, contact the system manager at the address 
listed above. You must provide necessary particulars such as the study 
in question, your name, current address, the date and place of your 
birth, and any other identifying information requested by the 
Department, while processing the request, to distinguish between 
individuals with the same name. Your request must meet the requirements 
in 34 CFR 5b.5, including proof of identity.

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
    None.

HISTORY:
    The system of records previously entitled ``National Center for 
Education Statistics Longitudinal Studies and the School and Staffing 
Surveys'' (18-13-01) was last published in the Federal Register at 64 
FR 30181-30182 (June 4, 1999).
Appendix to 18-13-01
Additional System Locations
     ABT Associates, 4550 Montgomery Ave., Suite 800 North, 
Bethesda, MD 20815-3343
     Activate Research, 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW, #515, 
Washington, DC 20036
     American Institutes for Research (AIR), 1000 and 1025 
Thomas Jefferson St. NW, Washington, DC 20007
     Branch Associates, 1628 John F. Kennedy Blvd., #800, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103
     Child Trends, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., #1200w, Bethesda, MD 
20814
     Educational Testing Service (ETS), 660 Rosedale Rd., 
Princeton, NJ 08541
     EurekaFacts, 51 Monroe St., Plaza East 10, Rockville, MD 
20850
     Fors Marsh Group, 1010 N Glebe Rd., #510, Arlington, VA 
22201
     Hager Sharp, 1030 15th St. NW, Suite 600E, Washington, DC 
20005
     Mathematica Policy Research, 1100 First St. NE, #1200, 
Washington, DC 20002
     National Opinion Research Center (NORC), 1155 E 60th St., 
Chicago, Illinois 60637; 55 E Monroe, Suite 3000, Chicago, IL 60603; 
4350 East-West Hwy., 8th Fl., Bethesda, MD 20814
     Pearson Inc., 2510 N Dodge St., Iowa City, Iowa 52245
     Research Support Services, 906 Ridge Ave., Evanston, IL 
60202
     RTI International, 3040 E Cornwallis Rd., Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
     Sanametrix, 1120 20th St. NW, South Tower, Suite 200, 
Washington, DC 20036; 506 Wonderwood Drive, Charlotte, NC 28211; 24574 
Spriggs Court, Hollywood, MD 20636
     Shugoll Research, 7475 Wisconsin Ave., #200, Bethesda, MD 
20814; 1800 Diagonal Rd., #300, Alexandria, VA 22314
     SRI International, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, #2800, 
Arlington, VA 22209
     Strategic Analytics Inc., 6503 Shipyard Place, Falls 
Church, VA 22043
     Synergy Enterprises, 8757 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 
20910
     U.S. Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD 
20746; 1201 E 10th St., Jeffersonville, IN 47190
     WESTAT, 1600 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comments submitted by fax or by email childhood, preschool, elementary,
or those submitted after the comment secondary, postsecondary, and adult
[Docket ID ED–2017–IES–0131]
period. To ensure that we do not receive levels. These data must be timely,
Privacy Act of 1974; System of duplicate copies, please submit your objective, and non-ideological; free of
Records–National Center for Education comments only once. In addition, please political influence and bias; and
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and include the Docket ID at the top of your relevant and useful to practitioners,
Cross-Sectional Studies comments. researchers, policymakers, and the
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to public.
AGENCY: National Center for Education www.regulations.gov to submit your The Department previously published
Statistics, Institute of Education comments electronically. Information the NCES Longitudinal Studies and the
Sciences, Department of Education. on using Regulations.gov, including School and Staffing Surveys system of
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of instructions for accessing agency records in the Federal Register on June
records. documents, submitting comments, and 4, 1999 (64 FR 30181–82). This
viewing the docket, is available on the modified system of records notice is
SUMMARY: In accordance with the site under the ‘‘help’’ tab. updating:
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended • Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, (a) The name of the system and the
(Privacy Act), the Department of or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver system’s security classification to
Education (Department) publishes this your comments about this modified indicate that it is unclassified.
notice of a modified system of records system of records, address them to: (b) The system location to provide the
entitled ‘‘National Center for Education Commissioner, National Center for current address of the Department’s
Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Education Statistics, Institute of Institute of Education Sciences’
Cross-sectional Studies’’ (18–13–01). Education Sciences, U.S. Department of National Center for Education Statistics
This system is used to fulfill NCES’s Education, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), office and the locations of its contractors
legislative mandate to collect, report, 550 12th Street SW, 4th Floor, and subcontractors serving as additional
analyze, and disseminate statistical data Washington, DC 20202–4160. system locations;
on the condition and progress of Privacy Note: The Department’s (c) The system manager to reflect the
education in the United States and other policy is to make all comments received location of the National Center for
nations at the early childhood, from members of the public available for Education Statistics;
preschool, elementary, secondary, public viewing in their entirety on the (d) The section entitled
postsecondary, and adult levels, Federal eRulemaking Portal at ‘‘AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE
including data on the critical influences, www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OF THE SYSTEM’’ to reflect the
contexts, and transitions of: Students in commenters should be careful to updated authorizing law for collecting
elementary, secondary, postsecondary, include in their comments only and maintaining the records in this
and graduate education, and into information that they wish to make system of records;
employment and adult experiences; (e) The section entitled
publicly available.
children at early childhood stage; Assistance to Individuals With ‘‘PURPOSES(S) OF THE SYSTEM’’ to
homeschooled students; the general Disabilities in Reviewing the align the purpose with the legislative
adult population; and participants in Rulemaking Record: On request, we will mandate set in the Education Sciences
career training. supply an appropriate accommodation Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) (20 U.S.C.
or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 9541 and 9543);
DATES: The Department seeks comment (f) The section entitled
on the modified system of records disability who needs assistance to
‘‘CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS
described in this notice in accordance review the comments or other
COVERED BY THE SYSTEM’’ to
with the requirements of the Privacy documents in the public rulemaking
provide a streamlined description and
Act. We must receive your comments on record for this notice. If you want to
updated list of studies for which records
or before December 14, 2018. schedule an appointment for this type of
are maintained (the categories of
This modified system of records will accommodation or auxiliary aid, please
individuals in the system were neither
become applicable upon publication in contact the person listed under FOR
expanded nor reduced), and to add that
the Federal Register on November 14, FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
minors’ participation in the listed
2018, unless the modified system of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: studies is subject to ‘‘implicit or explicit
records notice needs to be changed as a Kashka Kubzdela, National Center for parental or legal guardian consent to
result of public comment. Modified Education Statistics, Institute of participate . . . depending on school or
routine uses (1) and (2) in the ROUTINE Education Sciences, U.S. Department of school district requirements and on the
USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN Education, PCP, 550 12th Street SW, 4th Department’s Protection of Human
THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING Floor, Washington, DC 20202–4160. Subjects regulations (34 CFR part 97).’’;
CATEGORIES OF USERS AND Telephone: (202) 245–7377. Email: (g) The section entitled
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES section will NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. ‘‘CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE
become applicable upon the expiration If you use a telecommunications SYSTEM’’ to provide a streamlined
of the 30-day period of public comment device for the deaf (TDD) or text description of the collected records;
on December 14, 2018, unless any of the telephone (TTY), you may call the (h) The section entitled ‘‘RECORD
modified routine uses in the system of Federal Relay Service (FRS) toll free at SOURCE CATEGORIES’’ to clarify and
records notice need to be changed as a 1–800–877–8339. update the description to reflect that
result of public comment. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information in the records comes from
Department will publish any significant system of records is used to fulfill responses to survey and assessment
changes resulting from public comment. NCES’s legislative mandate to collect, instruments and from administrative
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments report, analyze, and disseminate records maintained by K–12 schools and
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal statistical data on the condition and school districts, postsecondary
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, progress of education in the United institutions, the Department, and third-
or hand delivery. We will not accept States and other nations at the early parties, including State and Federal

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of a modified system of records.
Dates		The Department seeks comment on the modified system of records described in this notice in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act. We must receive your comments on or before December 14, 2018.
Contact		Kashka Kubzdela, National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, PCP, 550 12th Street SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20202- 4160. Telephone: (202) 245-7377. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 56831