[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42337-42338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20050]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Current Population Survey--October 1999 School Enrollment
Supplement.
Form Number(s): None (computer instrument).
Agency Approval Number: 0607-0464.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Burden: 6,400 hours.
Number of Respondents: 48,000.
Avg Hours Per Response: 8 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting clearance for the
collection of data concerning the School Enrollment Supplement to be
conducted in conjunction with the October 1999 Current Population
Survey (CPS). The Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and
the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) sponsor the basic
annual school enrollment questions which have been collected annually
in the CPS for 40 years. This year's supplement will also contain
questions that were last asked in October 1995 concerning language
proficiency, disabilities, and grade retention for persons 3-24 years
of age.
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These additional questions are sponsored by the NCES.
This survey provides information on public/private elementary and
secondary school enrollment, and characteristics of private school
students and their families, which is used for tracking historical
trends and for policy planning and support. This survey is the only
source of national data on the age distribution and family
characteristics of college students, and the only source of demographic
data on preprimary school enrollment. As part of the Federal
Government's efforts to collect data and provide timely information to
local governments for policymaking decisions, the survey provides
national trends in employment and progress in school.
The data are used by Federal agencies; state, county, and city
governments; and private organizations responsible for education to
formulate and implement education policy. They are also used by
employers and analysts to anticipate the composition of the labor force
in the future. The NCES will use the data concerning language
proficiency, disabilities, and grade retention to study the phenomenon
of children being retained in grade.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
OMB Desk Officer: Linda Hutton, (202) 395-7858.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5033, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
LEngelme@doc.gov).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to Linda Hutton, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: July 28, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-20050 Filed 8-3-99; 8:45 am]
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