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DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0077 

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 note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, (202) 502–7411. 

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: Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS:2017) Item Validation and 

Operational Field Tests. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0911. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 25,951. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8,729. 

Abstract: The Middle Grades 

Longitudinal Study of 2016–2017 

(MGLS:2017) is the first study 

sponsored by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), within the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of 

the U.S. Department of Education (ED), 

to follow a nationally-representative 

sample of students as they enter and 

move through the middle grades (grades 

6–8). The data collected through 

repeated measures of key constructs will 

provide a rich descriptive picture of the 

academic experiences and development 

of students during these critical years 

and will allow researchers to examine 

associations between contextual factors 

and student outcomes. The study will 

focus on student achievement in 

mathematics and literacy along with 

measures of student socioemotional 

wellbeing and other outcomes. The 

study will also include a special sample 

of students with different types of 

disabilities that will provide descriptive 

information on their outcomes, 

educational experiences, and special 

education services. Baseline data for the 

MGLS:2017 will be collected from a 

nationally-representative sample of 6th 

grade students in winter of 2017 with 

annual follow-ups in winter 2018 and 

winter 2019 when most of the students 

in the sample will be in grades 7 and 8, 

respectively. This request is to 

concurrently conduct the Item 

Validation and the Operational Field 

Tests for the MGLS: 2017, beginning in 

January 2016. The primary purpose of 

the Item Validation Field Test is to 

determine the psychometric properties 

of items and the predictive potential of 

assessment and survey items so that 

valid, reliable, and useful assessment 

and survey instruments can be 

composed for the main study. The 

primary purposes of the Operational 

Field Test are to obtain information on 

recruiting, particularly for the targeted 

disability groups; on obtaining a 

tracking sample that can be used to 

study mobility patterns in subsequent 

years; and on administrative 

procedures. 

Dated: June 11, 2015. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–14838 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2015–ICCD–0044] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Understanding the Impact of Providing 

Information to Parents About the Role 

of Algebra II: An Opportunistic Study 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a new information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 17, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2015–ICCD–0044 

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 note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. 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 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Christopher 

Boccanfuso, 202–219–1674. 

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, 


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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: Understanding the 

Impact of Providing Information to 

Parents about the Role of Algebra II: An 

Opportunistic Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW. 

Type of Review: A new information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,468. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 133. 

Abstract: In June 2013, Texas 

Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 

(HB) 5 into law, which changed high 

school graduation requirements for 

public school students in Texas. Prior to 

this, most students were required to 

complete algebra II in order to graduate 

from high school. After the enactment of 

HB 5, completing algebra II is optionalstudents may elect to complete algebra 

II as part of two of the graduation plans 

offered under HB 5. REL Southwest is 

working with the Texas Education 

Agency (TEA) to carry out an 

opportunistic experiment to determine 

if directly providing parents/guardians, 

prior to students’ selection of their 

courses, with information on the 

importance of completing algebra II for 

college access and success has an 

impact on the percentage of students 

who enroll in and complete algebra II by 

the end of their junior year. REL 

Southwest will investigate the impact of 

providing parents/guardians with 

information about the role of algebra II 

in college access and success in a 

randomized controlled trial in which 

the treatment schools provide parents/

guardians of students with information 

about the role of algebra II in college 

access and success, while control 

schools continue business-as-usual. 

Dated: June 12, 2015. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–14864 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Friday, July 17, 2015—3:00 p.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: Teleconference. Instructions 

for access can be found on the FESAC’s 

Web site at (http://science.energy.gov/

fes/fesac/meetings/). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edmund J. Synakowski, Designated 

Federal Officer, Office of Fusion Energy 

Sciences (FES); U.S. Department of 

Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290, 

Telephone: (301) 903–4941. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: To provide 

advice on a continuing basis to the 

Director, Office of Science of the 

Department of Energy, on the many 

complexes scientific and technical 

issues that arises in the development 

and implementation of the fusion 

energy sciences program. 

Tentative Agenda Items: 

• Presentation on and Discussion of the 

Report of the SNFA 

• Vote on the Report of the SNFA 

• Public Comment 

• Adjourn 

Note: Remote attendance of the FESAC 

meeting will be possible via ReadyTalk. 

Instructions can be found on the FESAC Web 

site (http://science.energy.gov/fes/fesac/

meetings/) or by contacting Dr. Samuel J. 

Barish by email at: sam.barish@

science.doe.gov or by phone at: (301) 903– 

2917. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make an oral statement regarding any 

of the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Dr. Samuel J. Barish at (301) 

903–8584 (fax) or sam.barish@

science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

scheduled oral statements during the 

Public Comments time on the agenda. 

The Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days on the Fusion 

Energy Sciences Advisory Committee’s 

Web site at http://science.energy.gov/

fes/fesac/. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on June 11, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–14897 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, July 9, 2015—6:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ohio State University, 

Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road, 

Piketon, Ohio 45661. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Simonton, Alternate Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Energy 

Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, Post 

Office Box 700, Piketon, Ohio 45661, 

(740) 897–3737, Greg.Simonton@

lex.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Board: The purpose of the Board is 

to make recommendations to DOE–EM 

and site management in the areas of 

environmental restoration, waste 

management and related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of Agenda 


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