Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX), 9768 [2019-04979]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04979]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2019-ICCD-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX)

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department 
of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing an extension of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2019-ICCD-
0026. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number 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 ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. 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, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9086, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Maria Hishikawa, 202-260-1473.

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: Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX).
    OMB Control Number: 1810-0683.
    Type of Review: An extension of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 46.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 454,701.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has a continued 
need to support existing regulations for the use of the Migrant Student 
Information Exchange (MSIX), a nationwide, electronic records exchange 
mechanism mandated under Title I, Part C of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended. As a condition of receiving 
a grant of funds under the Migrant Education Program (MEP), each State 
educational agency (SEA) is required to collect, maintain, and submit 
minimum health and education-related data to MSIX within established 
time-frames. These regulations facilitate timely school enrollment, 
placement, and accrual of secondary course credits for migratory 
children and help us determine accurate migratory child counts and meet 
other MEP reporting requirements. The MEP is authorized under sections 
1301-1309 in Title I, Part C of the ESEA. MSIX and the minimum data 
elements (MDEs) are authorized specifically under section 1308(b) of 
the ESEA. The burden hours and costs associated with this data 
collection are required to ensure that States implement and utilize 
MSIX for interstate migrant student records exchange, which will then 
enable the Department to meet the statutory mandate in section 1308(b) 
of the ESEA to facilitate the electronic exchange of MDEs by SEAs to 
address the educational and related needs of migratory children.

    Dated: March 13, 2019.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Information Collection Clearance Program, Information 
Management Branch, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-04979 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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