[Federal Register: August 11, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 154)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance
Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 12, 2010.
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 Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, 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.
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.
Dated: August 5, 2010.
James Hyler,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory
Information Management Services, Office of Management.
Institute of Education Sciences
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS 2011/12) Preliminary Field
Activities 2010/11.
OMB #: 1850-0598.
Agency Form Number(s): N/A.
Frequency: One time.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, State Educational
Agencies (SEAs) or Local Educational Agencies (LEAs); Businesses or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
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Responses: 18,503.
Burden Hours: 886.
Abstract: The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) is an in-depth,
nationally representative survey of first through twelfth grade public
and private school teachers, principals, schools, library media
centers, and school districts. For public school districts, principals,
schools, teachers and school libraries, the survey estimates are state-
representative. For private school principals, schools, and teachers,
the survey estimates are representative of private school types. There
are two additional components within SASS's 4-year data collection
cycle: The Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) and the Principal Follow-up
Survey (PFS), which are conducted a year after the SASS main
collection. SASS respondents include public and private school
principals, teachers, and school and school district staff. Topics
covered include characteristics of teachers, principals, schools,
school libraries, teacher training opportunities, retention,
retirement, hiring, and shortages. This submission for SASS 2011/12
requests OMB approval for preliminary field activities to take place
prior to data collection in the fall of 2011, including (a) Submitting
SASS research applications to special districts that require prior
research approval before their schools and a coordinator can be
recruited for the study; (b) conducting a calling operation to verify
whether a subset of districts are one-school districts and will require
receiving a combined school- and district-level questionnaire; (c)
contacting all of the remaining districts, asking whether they are
willing to provide a Teacher Listing Form at a later time and to
request email addresses for sampled school principals; and (d) mailing
of a pre-contact letter to sample schools to verify the mailing address
of the school and to notify the school about the upcoming data
collection.
Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
may be accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the ``Browse
Pending Collections'' link and by clicking on link number 4376. 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.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-4537. Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202-401-0920. 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.
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