83-C Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2019–20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) Informed Consent and Student
Records Update Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change
Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping hour
burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

1850-0666 v.28

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

105,214
111,614

105,214
111,614

100%

100%

131,801

131,801

Difference
Explanation of difference
Program change

0

0
0

Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping cost
burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), part of
the U.S. Department of Education, examines how students and their families pay for education after high school. The fundamental
purpose of NPSAS is to create a research data set that brings together information about a variety of programs for a large sample of
undergraduate and graduate students. NPSAS provides the data for comprehensive descriptions of the undergraduate and
graduate student populations in terms of their demographic characteristics, academic programs, types of institutions attended,
attendance patterns, and employment. NPSAS was first implemented during the 1986–87 academic year and has been fielded
every 2 to 4 years since. The 11th cycle in the NPSAS series, NPSAS:20, will be conducted during the 2019–20 academic year and
will be both nationally- and state-representative. The 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) is a nationally
representative cross-sectional study of how students and their families finance education beyond high school in a given academic
year. NPSAS is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and was first implemented by NCES during the
1986–87 academic year and has been fielded every 3 to 4 years since. This request pertains to the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series
conducted during the 2019–20 academic year. NPSAS:20 will be both nationally- and state-representative and will serve as the
base year data collection for the 2020 cohort of the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:20), a study of firsttime beginning postsecondary students that will be conducted three years (BPS:20/22) and six years (BPS:20/25) after beginning
their postsecondary education. NPSAS:20 will consist of a nationally-representative sample of undergraduate and graduate
students, and a nationally-representative sample of first-time beginning students (FTBs). The request to conduct all activities related
to NPSAS:20 was approved by OMB including the latest change request in January 2020 (OMB#1859-0666 v.25-27). The
NPSAS:20 enrollment list collection from institutions takes place from October 2019 through July 2020, the student records
collection will take place from March through November 2020, and the student survey data collection will take place from February
(upon OMB approval) through early December 2020. This request is to provide updates to the main student data collection
materials following IRB review. In addition to updating language in the contacting materials, student records instrument, and
informed consent, it also adds a Hispanic ethnicity item to the abbreviated student survey. This request does not introduce changes
to the estimated respondent burden or the costs to the federal government.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

February 14, 2020
**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
OMB 83-C

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