83 FR 7186 - Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 34 (February 20, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7186-7188]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03386]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-18-1048]


Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``Assessing Education Agency Staff 
Perceptions of School Climate and Youth Access to Services.'' This 
study provides in-depth assessment of HIV and STD prevention efforts in 
three local education agencies funded by CDC's Division of Adolescent 
and School Health to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval. CDC previously published a ``Proposed Data 
Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations'' notice on 
August 17, 2017, to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies. CDC received four comments related to the previous notice. 
This notice serves to

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allow an additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Direct written comments 
and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice to the 
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Provide 
written comments within 30 days of notice publication.

Proposed Project

    Assessing Education Agency Staff Perceptions of School Climate and 
Youth Access to Services (OMB #0920-1048, Expiration Date 02/28/2018)--
Revision--Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), National 
Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requests a 
one-year OMB approval for the revision of the information collection 
with OMB control number 0920-1048. The information collection uses two 
separate, but complementary, information collections to conduct 
assessment of prevention efforts that are taking place in three local 
education agencies (LEA) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) under PS13-1308: Promoting Adolescent Health through 
School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance.
    This data collection will provide data and reports for the funded 
LEAs, and will allow the LEAs to identify areas of the program that are 
working well and other areas that will need additional improvement. In 
addition, the findings will allow CDC to determine the potential impact 
of currently recommended strategies and make changes to those 
recommendations if necessary. This revision request involves no changes 
to instruments, protocols, or burden estimates per respondent or per 
data collection cycle; however, annualized burden estimates have 
technical changes due to changes in the number of data collections 
planned and the length of clearance requested.
    The first information collection will involve collecting 
information from a total of up to 735 LEA employees in 3 LEAs through a 
Web-based instrument tailored to each LEA. The instrument will include 
items that ask education agency staff about professional development, 
referral practices, community linkages/partners, school climate, school 
policies and practices, and staff comfort levels in helping address the 
health needs of youth.
    The second information collection will be conducted in only one LEA 
(Broward County Public Schools) and is designed to provide an in-depth 
assessment of one LEA as a way to supplement the Web-based data 
collection with more detailed information. This information collection 
will involve in-person interviews with up to 44 LEA employees (2 
district level employees, and up to 6 school level employees in each of 
7 schools) to learn about six domains that can impact school climate: 
Policy, practice, programs, professional development, place, and 
pedagogy.
    CDC will administer both the Web-based instrument and in-person 
interviews in the 2017-2018 school year as the final data collection in 
a series of data collections for the five-year PS13-1308 cooperative 
agreement. Although some staff may have participated in previous years' 
data collections, this is not a longitudinal design and individual 
staff member responses will not be tracked across the years. CDC will 
not collect personally identifiable information.
    All school staff members will receive informed consent forms prior 
to participation in the information collection. The consent form 
explains the study and also explains participants may choose not to 
complete the Web-based instrument or participate in the interviews with 
no penalty and no impact on their job or relationship with the LEA. 
Participation is completely voluntary.
    For the Web-based instrument, the estimated burden per response 
ranges from 20-25 minutes, and burden estimates presented here are 
based on the assumption of a 25-minute response time per response. The 
estimated annualized burden of this data collection is 306 hours for 
respondents.
    For the interviews, the estimated burden per response ranges from 
60-90 minutes, depending on whether the respondent is a district-level 
administrator, a school-level administrator, or another school staff 
member. The burden estimates presented here are based on the assumption 
of a one-hour response time per district-level and school-level 
administrator response and a 1.5-hour response time per school staff 
member response. The estimated annualized burden of this data 
collection is 58 hours for respondents.
    The two information collections combine for a total estimated 
annualized burden of 364 hours for respondents. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time.

                             Table A.12-1--Estimated Annualize Burden to Respondents
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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
        Type of respondents                   Form name             respondents    responses per   response (in
                                                                                    respondent         hrs.)
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School staff.......................  Web-based instrument for                245               1           25/60
                                      Broward County Public
                                      Schools.
School staff.......................  Web-based instrument for                245               1           25/60
                                      Los Angeles Unified School
                                      District.

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School staff.......................  Web-based instrument for                245               1           25/60
                                      San Francisco Unified
                                      School District.
District-level Administrators......  School Climate Index                      2               1               1
                                      Interview Guide for
                                      District-level
                                      Administrators.
School-level Administrators........  School Climate Index                     14               1               1
                                      Interview Guide for School-
                                      level Administrators.
School Staff.......................  School Climate Index                     28               1             1.5
                                      Interview Guide for School
                                      Staff.
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-03386 Filed 2-16-18; 8:45 am]
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