[Federal Register: July 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 145)]
[Notices]               
[Page 43843-43844]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 2005 School Enrollment 
Supplement.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0464.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,750 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 55,000.
    Avg. Hours per Response: 3 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking Office of 
Management and Budget approval of the supplemental inquiry concerning 
school enrollment to be conducted in conjunction with the Current 
Population Survey (CPS) October 2005 Supplement.
    The School Enrollment Supplement is jointly sponsored by the U.S. 
Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and the National 
Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
    This data series provides basic information on enrollment status of 
various segments of the population necessary as background for policy 
formation and implementation. The CPS October supplement is the only 
annual source of data on public/private elementary and secondary school 
enrollment and characteristics of private school students and their 
families, which are used for tracking historical trends and for policy 
planning and support. The basic school enrollment questions have been 
collected annually in the CPS for 40 years. Consequently, this 
supplement is the only source of historical data--at the national 
level--on the age distribution and family characteristics of college 
students, and on the demographic characteristics of preprimary school 
enrollment. As part of the federal government's efforts to collect data 
and provide timely information to local governments for policymaking 
decisions, this supplement provides national trends in enrollment and 
progress in school. Discontinuance of these data would mean not 
complying with the federal government's obligation to provide data to 
decision makers on current educational issues and would disrupt a data 
series that has been in existence for 40 years.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182 and Title 29 U.S.C., 
Sections 1-9.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
dhynek@doc.gov).

    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) or e-
mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).


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    Dated: July 25, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-14991 Filed 7-28-05; 8:45 am]

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