Att 6 - Published 60-Day FRN

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60 Federal Register Notice

Volume 70

Number 212

November 3, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-06-0604]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and

Recommendations

In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.

To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-4766

and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance

Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail

to [email protected].

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the information shall have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways

to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,

including through the use of automated collection techniques or other

forms of information technology. Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

School Associated Violent Death Surveillance System (0920-0604)--

Reinstatement without change--National Center for Injury Prevention and

Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP), National Center for

Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) proposes to maintain a system for

the surveillance of school-associated homicides and suicides. The

system will rely on existing public records and interviews with law

enforcement officials and school officials. The purpose of the system

is to (1) estimate the rate of school-associated violent death in the

United States and (2) identify common features of school-associated

violent deaths. The system will contribute to the understanding of

fatal violence associated with schools, guide further research in the

area, and help direct ongoing and future prevention programs.

Violence is the leading cause of death among young people, and

increasingly recognized as an important public health and social issue.

In 1998, over 3,500 school aged children (5 to 18 years old) in the

United States died violent deaths due to suicide, homicide, and

unintentional firearm injuries. The vast majority of these fatal

injuries were not school associated. However, whenever a homicide or

suicide occurs in or around school, it becomes a matter of particularly

intense public interest and concern. NCIPC conducted the first

scientific study of school-associated violent deaths during the 1992-99

academic years to establish the true extent of this highly visible

problem. Despite the important role of schools as a setting for

violence research and prevention interventions, relatively little

scientific or systematic work has been done to describe the nature and

level of fatal violence associated with schools. Until NCIPC conducted

the first nationwide investigation of violent deaths associated with

schools, public health and education officials had to rely on limited

local studies and estimated numbers to describe the extent of school-

associated violent death.

The system will draw cases from the entire United States in

attempting to capture all cases of school-associated violent deaths

that have occurred. Investigators will review public records and

published press reports concerning each school-associated violent

death. For each identified case, investigators will also interview an

investigating law enforcement official (defined as a police officer,

police chief, or district attorney), and a school official (defined as

a school principal, school superintendent, school counselor, school

teacher, or school support staff) who are knowledgeable about the case

in question. Researchers will request information on both the victim

and alleged offender(s)--including demographic data, their academic and

criminal records, and their relationship to one another. They will also

collect data on the time and location of the death; the circumstances,

motive, and method of the fatal injury; and the security and violence

prevention activities in the school and community where the death

occurred, before and after the fatal injury event. There are no costs

to the respondents other than their time.

Estimate of Annualized Burden Table

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Number of Average burden/ Total annual

Respondents Number of responses/ response (in burden (in

respondents respondents hours) hours)

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School Officials................................ 35 1 60/60 35

Policy Officials................................ 35 1 60/60 35

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Total....................................... 70 .............. .............. 70

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Dated: October 28, 2005.

Betsey Dunaway,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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