Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; State of Preschool Survey 2013-2015, 8443 [2014-03030]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 8443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03030]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2014-ICCD-0014]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; State 
of Preschool Survey 2013-2015

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/National Center for Education 
Statistics (IES), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 14, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this notice should be 
submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
https://www.regulations.gov by selecting Docket ID number Ed-2014-ICCD-
0014 or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please 
note that comments submitted by fax or email and those submitted after 
the comment period will not be accepted. 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 2E103, Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to collection 
activities or burden, please call Katrina Ingalls, 703-620-3655 or 
electronically mail ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not send comments 
here. We will ONLY accept comments in this mailbox when the 
regulations.gov site is not available to the public for any reason.

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: State of Preschool Survey 2013-2015.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0895.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 53.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 636.
    Abstract: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 
within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department 
of Education (ED), is seeking approval to conduct in 2014, 2015, and 
2016 the annual, web-based State of Preschool survey, which centralizes 
data about publicly provided early childhood education opportunities. 
Data are collected from state agencies responsible for providing early 
childhood education and made available for secondary analyses. Data 
collected as part of the survey focus on enrollment counts in state-
funded early childhood education programs, funding provided by the 
states for these programs, and program monitoring and licensing 
policies. The collected data are then reported, both separately and in 
combination with extant data available from federal agencies supporting 
early childhood education programs such as Head Start and the U.S. 
Census Bureau. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau form the basis for some 
of the rates developed for the State of Preschool reports. The data and 
annual report resulting from the State of Preschool data collection 
provide a key information resource for research and for federal and 
state policy on publicly funded early childhood education.

Kate Mullan,
Acting Director,
    Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 
and Records Management Services, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-03030 Filed 2-11-14; 8:45 am]
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