FR Doc 07-4446
[Federal Register: September 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 176)]
[Notices]
[Page 52090-52091]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for
OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10222,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit responses
electronically by e-mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax to
(202) 395-6974. Commenters should include the following subject line in
their response ``Comment: [insert OMB number], [insert abbreviated
collection name, e.g., ``Upward Bound Evaluation'']. Persons submitting
comments electronically should not submit paper copies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public an
early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB
may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the
extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat
the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal
law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform
its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that
notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to
submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information
collection, grouped by office, contains the following: (1) Type of
review requested, e.g., new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: September 6, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort (ECLS-B),
Kindergarten Year Delayed Entry and Repeaters.
Frequency: One-time.
Affected Public: Individuals or household; Businesses or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't,
SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
Responses: 10,483.
Burden Hours: 4,026.
Abstract: The ECLS-B is part of a longitudinal studies program. The
ECLS-B is designed to follow a national representative sample of
children born in 2001 from nine months of age through kindergarten. The
cohort has already been seen at nine months and at two years. The
current effort is directed towards seeing them in their kindergarten
year. The children turned five in 2006, and while the majority of these
children were in kindergarten year in 2006, some of them are repeating
kindergarten and some were delayed entering kindergarten. It is these
children, who either are repeating kindergarten or were delayed
entering kindergarten, who are being contacted in this data collection.
Requests for copies of the information collection submission for
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edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse Pending Collections'' link
and by clicking on link number 3385. When you access the information
collection, click on ``Download Attachments'' to view. Written requests
for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC
20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the
complete title of the information collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity
requirements should be electronically mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
[FR Doc. 07-4446 Filed 9-11-07; 8:45 am]
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