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statements with the committee, or make 

verbal comments from the floor during 

the public meeting, at the times, and in 

the manner, permitted by the BoV. 

Written Statements: Pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140 and 

section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments or statements to the BoV 

about its mission and/or the topics to be 

addressed in this public meeting. 

Written comments or statements should 

be submitted to Capt. Campos, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, at the email address listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section in the following 

formats: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft 

Word. The comment or statement must 

include the author’s name, title, 

affiliation, address, and daytime 

telephone number. Written comments or 

statements being submitted in response 

to the agenda set forth in this notice 

must be received by the committee DFO 

at least five (5) business days (20 July) 

prior to the meeting so that they may be 

made available to the BoV Chairman for 

their consideration prior to the meeting. 

Written comments or statements 

received after this date (20 July) may not 

be provided to the BoV until its next 

meeting. Please note that because the 

BoV operates under the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, all written comments will be 

treated as public documents and will be 

made available for public inspection. 

Verbal Comments: Members of the 

public will be permitted to make verbal 

comments during the meeting only at 

the time and in the manner allowed 

herein. If a member of the public is 

interested in making a verbal comment 

at the open meeting, that individual 

must submit a request, with a brief 

statement of the subject matter to be 

addressed by the comment, at least three 

(3) business days (24 July) in advance, 

via electronic mail, the preferred mode 

of submission, at the email address 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. The BoV DFO will log 

each request to make a comment, in the 

order received, and the DFO and BoV 

Chairman will determine whether the 

subject matter of each comment is 

relevant to the BoV’s mission and/or the 

topics to be addressed in this public 

meeting. A period near the end of the 

meeting will be available for verbal 

public comments. Members of the 

public who have requested to make a 

verbal comment and whose comments 

have been deemed relevant under the 

process described in this paragraph, will 

be allotted no more than five (5) 

minutes during this period, and will be 

invited to speak in the order in which 

their requests were received by the DFO. 

For the benefit of the public, rosters that 

list the names of BoV members and any 

releasable materials presented during 

the BoV meeting shall be made available 

upon request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Captain Natalie Campos, Officer of the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air 

Force, SAF/MRM, Executive Officer and 

Force Management Action Officer, 1660 

Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20330, (703) 697–7058, 

natalie.m.campos.mil@mail.mil. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department 

of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14393 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0072] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 2019–20 

National Postsecondary Student Aid 

Study (NPSAS: 20) Field Test 

Institution Contacting and Enrollment 

List Collection 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 4, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2018–ICCD–0072. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number 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, Room 

206–06, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email 

NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. 

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: 2019–20 National 

Postsecondary Student Aid Study 

(NPSAS: 20) Field Test Institution 

Contacting and Enrollment List 

Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0666. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 794. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 726. 

Abstract: The 2019–20 National 

Postsecondary Student Aid Study 

(NPSAS:20) is a nationally 

representative cross-sectional study of 

how students and their families finance 

education beyond high school in a given 

academic year. NPSAS is conducted by 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) and was first 

implemented by NCES during the 1986– 

87 academic year and has been fielded 

every 2 to 4 years since. This request is 

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the 11th cycle in the NPSAS series that 

will be conducted during the 2019–20 

academic year. NPSAS:20 also will 

serve as the base year data collection for 

the Beginning Postsecondary Students 

Longitudinal Study (BPS), a study of 

first-time beginning postsecondary 

students that will be conducted three 

years (BPS:20/22) and six years (BPS:20/ 

25) after beginning their postsecondary 

education. This request covers 

NPSAS:20 field test materials and 

procedures related to institution 

sampling, institution contacting, 

enrollment list collection, and 

enrollment list sampling, which are 

scheduled to begin by November 2018. 

In late 2018, NCES will submit a 

separate request for the NPSAS:20 field 

test student data collection, including 

student record data abstraction and 

student interviews, which in turn are 

scheduled to begin in January 2019. 

Following the 2018–19 field test study, 

NCES will request to conduct the 

NPSAS:20 full-scale data collection, 

scheduled to take place from October 1, 

2019 through September 2020. The 

materials that will be used in the 2019– 

20 full-scale study will be based upon 

the field test materials included in this 

submission and in the forthcoming 

student data collection submission. 

Dated: June 29, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14441 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0054] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; Fast 

Response Survey System (FRSS) 109: 

Teachers’ Use of Technology for 

School and Homework Assignments 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 6, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2018–ICCD–0054. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number 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, Room 

206–06, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela, 202–245–7377 or email 

NCES.Information.Collections@ed.gov. 

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: Fast Response 

Survey System (FRSS) 109: Teachers’ 

Use of Technology for School and 

Homework Assignments. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0857. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 9,500. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,251. 

Abstract: The Fast Response Survey 

System (FRSS) 109 survey on teachers’ 

use of technology for school and 

homework assignments in public 

schools is conducted by the National 

Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 

as part of the IES response to the request 

in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 

2015 (ESSA, 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to 

provide information about the 

educational impact of access to digital 

learning resources (DLRs) outside of the 

classroom. The expanding use of 

technology affects the lives of students 

both inside and outside the classroom. 

For this reason, the role of technology 

in education is an increasingly 

important area of research. While access 

to technology can provide valuable 

learning opportunities to students, 

technology by itself does not guarantee 

successful outcomes. Schools and 

teachers play an important role in 

successfully integrating technology into 

teaching and learning. Findings from 

the FRSS 109 study will provide insight 

on the types and availability of DLRs 

outside of the classroom, and will 

contribute to IES legislatively mandated 

report on the educational impact of 

access to DLRs outside the classroom. 

To provide the needed data, FRSS 109 

will collect nationally representative 

data from public school teachers about 

their use of DLRs for teaching, and how 

their knowledge and beliefs about their 

students’ access to DLRs outside the 

classroom affect the assignments they 

give. The survey will focus on 

information that can best be provided by 

teachers from their perspective and 

direct interaction with students. FRSS 

109 will provide national statistics on: 

(1) Teachers’ knowledge and beliefs 

about students’ access to technology for 

doing school assignments outside of 

school; (2) Barriers and challenges 

teachers believe their students face in 

using technology for class assignments 

outside of school; and (3) Computers 

that the district or school may make 

available to students for use outside of 

class time. The request for FRSS 109 

preliminary activities, including 

securing research approval from special 

contact school districts beginning in 

April 2018, notifying superintendents of 

districts with sampled schools about the 

survey, and obtaining teacher lists from 

sampled schools beginning in August 

2018, was approved in March 2018, 

with the latest change request approved 

in April 2018 (1850–0857 v.2–4). This 


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