2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Study - Student Data Collection and Student Records

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
NPSAS24 Income Category Change Memo 1850-0666 v37.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2023-12-18	Repair queued
NPSAS24 Student Survey FS v36 Response to 30D Public Comment.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-11-20	Repair queued
Appendix I Results of the NPSAS24 Field Test Experiment.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-09-25	Repair queued
Appendix D NPSAS24 FS Institution Contacting Materials.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-09-25	Repair queued
Part B NPSAS24 FS Student Collection.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2023-09-25	Repair queued
Part A NPSAS24 FS Student Collection.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-09-25	Missing upstream

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
211733	2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Study - Institution Contacting and List Collection	Other-Appendices A-C NPSAS24 FS Student	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1850-0666	ICR Reference No: 202312-1850-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202309-1850-009
Agency/Subagency: ED/IES	Agency Tracking No: ED-2023-SCC-0176
Title: 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Study - Student Data Collection and Student Records
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/19/2023

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2026	12/31/2026
Responses	109,145	109,145
Time Burden (Hours)	91,185	91,185
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: This request is to conduct the 2023–24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Student Data and Student Records Collections. This study is being conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education. This submission covers materials and procedures related to institution sampling, enrollment list collection, and matching to administrative data files as part of the NPSAS:24 data collection. The materials and procedures are based on those developed for previous institution-based data collections, including the 2019–20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20) [OMB #1850-0666 v.23], and the 2017-18 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study Administrative Collection (NPSAS:18-AC) [1850-0666 v.21]. The first NPSAS was implemented by NCES during the 1986–87 academic year to meet the need for national data about significant financial aid issues. Since 1987, NPSAS has been fielded every 2 to 4 years, most recently during the 2019–20 academic year (NPSAS:20). NPSAS:24 will be nationally-representative. The NPSAS:24 sample size will include about 2,000 institutions from which will be sampled 137,000 nationally representative undergraduate and 25,000 nationally representative graduate students who will be asked to complete a survey and for whom we will collect student records and administrative data. Also, NPSAS:24 is scheduled to serve as the base year for the 2024 cohort of the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study, but no funding is available to field follow-up surveys. In the event Congress appropriates additional funds, the NPSAS:24 sampling design will include a nationally representative sample of students who will complete requirements for the bachelor’s degree during the NPSAS year (i.e., completed at some point between July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024). Subsets of questions in the student survey will focus on describing aspects of the experience of students in their last year of postsecondary education, including student debt, education experiences, and preparation activities for those planning to teach at the preK through 12th grade level. Previous submissions were designed to adequately justify the need for and overall practical utility of the full study, presenting the overarching plan for all phases of the data collection and providing as much detail about the measures to be used as is available at the time of this submission. As part of the completed field test, NCES published a notice in the Federal Register allowing first a 60- and then a 30-day public comment period. Field test materials, procedures, and results have informed this request for clearance for the full-scale study. For this full-scale study, NCES first published a notice in the Federal Register allowing an additional 30-day public comment period on the final details of the NPSAS:24 full-scale study Institution Contacting and List Collection, which was approved in September 2023 (OMB# 1850-0666 v.35). NCES is now submitting a separate clearance package covering the student data collection, including the student record data abstraction and student surveys, for an additional 30-day public comment period.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 20 USC 9573 Name of Law: Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA 2002)
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 67269	09/29/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 67269	09/29/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Full-Scale Study - Institution Contacting and List Collection

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	109,145	109,145	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	91,185	91,185	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The agency estimate for the previously requested and cleared activity required small adjustment due to changes in the sample. The newly requested burden due to agency discretion is to collect data associated with a new phase of the study, the student collections.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $7,877,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 12/19/2023

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