[Federal Register: August 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 149)]
[Notices]               
[Page 42337-42338]
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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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