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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 131 / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / Notices

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416–8300
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy Johnson,
[email protected],
(310) 416–8476
Or
Captain Frank Clark,
[email protected],
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Henry Williams,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0103]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Early
Childhood Longitudinal Study
Kindergarten Class of 2010–11 (ECLS–
K:2011) Spring 4th Grade Data
Collection & Recruitment for 5th Grade
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES)/National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), Department of
Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing [insert one of the following:
A revision of an existing information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 8, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0103
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at [email protected].
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will ONLY accept
comments during the comment period
in this mailbox when the regulations.gov
site is not available. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105,
Washington, DC 20202.

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For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Kasha
Kubdzela, 202–502–7411.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class
of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011) Spring 4th
Grade Data Collection & Recruitment for
5th Grade.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0750.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State or
Local governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 140,208.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 49,507.
Abstract: The Early Childhood
Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class
of 2010–11 (ECLS–K:2011), sponsored
by the National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of
Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S.
Department of Education (ED), is a
survey that focuses on children’s early
school experiences beginning with
kindergarten and continuing through
the fifth grade. It includes the collection
of data from parents, teachers, school
administrators, and nonparental care
providers, as well as direct child
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assessments. Like its sister study, the
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,
Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS–
K), the ECLS–K:2011 is exceptionally
broad in its scope and coverage of child
development, early learning, and school
progress, drawing together information
from multiple sources to provide rich
data about the population of children
who were kindergartners in the 2010–11
school year. This submission requests
OMBs clearance for (1) a spring 2015
fourth-grade national data collection
and (2) recruitment for the spring 2016
fifth-grade data collection.
Dated: July 2, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0071]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and approval; Comment Request; 2015
National Household Education Survey
(NHES 2015) Full Scale Data Collection
Institute of Education Sciences/
National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a revision of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before August 8,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in
response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov by selecting
Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0071
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
site is not available to the public for any
reason, ED will temporarily accept
comments at [email protected].
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted; ED will only accept comments
during the comment period in this
mailbox when the regulations.gov site is
not available. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 131 / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / Notices
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Kashka
Kubdzela, 202–502–7411.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. 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. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: 2015 National
Household Education Survey (NHES
2015) Full Scale Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1850–0768.
Type of Review: A revision of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 198,736.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 32,240.
Abstract: The National Household
Education Surveys Program (NHES) is
conducted by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES). NHES is
NCESs principal mechanism for
addressing education topics appropriate
for households rather than
establishments. Such topics cover a
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children’s readiness for school, parent
perceptions of school safety and
discipline, before- and after-school
activities of school-age children,
participation in adult education and
training, parent involvement in
education, school choice,
homeschooling, and civic involvement.
The NHES consists of a series of rotating
surveys using a two-stage design in
which a household screener collects
household membership and key
characteristics for sampling and then
appropriate topical survey(s) are mailed
to sample members. Data from the
NHES are used to provide national
cross-sectional estimates on populations
of special interest to education
researchers and policymakers. For
surveys about children, the population
of interest is defined by age or grade in
school, or both, depending on the
particular survey topic and research
questions. For surveys of adults, the
population of interest is those aged 16
to 65 who are not enrolled in grade 12
or below, excluding those on active duty
military service and those who are
institutionalized. The NHES targets
these populations using specific
screening and sampling procedures. The
NHES design also yields estimates for
subgroups of interest for each child and
adult survey. In addition to providing
cross-sectional estimates, the NHES is
designed to produce estimates from
repeated cross sections to measure
changes in key statistics. NHES surveys
were conducted approximately every
other year from 1991 through 2007
using random digit dial (RDD)
methodology; beginning in 2012 NHES
began collecting data by mail to improve
response rates. This submission seeks
clearance to repeat the child topical
surveys conducted in 2012, Parent and
Family Involvement in Education (PFI)
and Early Childhood Program
Participation (ECPP), to begin to
measure changes over time with the
new methodology. It also seeks
clearance to conduct the first adult
topical survey in NHES since 2005, the
Credentials for Work Survey (CWS), and
to pilot an adult topical survey for
NHES:2017, the Training for Work
Survey (TWS). The adult surveys were
developed in conjunction with the
Interagency Working Group on
Expanded Measures of Enrollment and
Attainment (GEMEnA) and the CWS
was pilot tested in the 2014 NHES
Feasibility Study. Data collection
approaches that were most successful at
balancing the need to limit overall bias,
respondent burden, and cost in the
Feasibility Study will be used for the
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Dated: July 2, 2014.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; National
Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research—
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Overview Information:
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)—
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program—
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers (RERCs)—Improving the
Accessibility, Usability, and
Performance of Technology for
Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of
Hearing Notice inviting applications for
new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2014.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.133E–4.
DATES:

Applications Available: July 9, 2014.
Deadline for Letter of Intent to Apply:
August 13, 2014.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: July
30, 2014.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 8, 2014.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Disability and Rehabilitation
Research Projects and Centers Program
is to plan and conduct research,
demonstration projects, training, and
related activities, including
international activities, to develop
methods, procedures, and rehabilitation
technology that maximize the full
inclusion and integration into society,
employment, independent living, family
support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with
disabilities, especially individuals with
the most severe disabilities. The
program is also intended to improve the
effectiveness of services authorized
under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended (Rehabilitation Act).

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