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Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: Annual Report on 

Appeals Process (RSA–722). 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0563. 

Type of Review: An extension without 

change of a currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

local, and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 78. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 156. 

Abstract: Pursuant to Subsection 

102(c)(8)(A) and (B) of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended 

by Title IV of the Workforce Innovation 

and Opportunity Act, the RSA–722 is 

needed to meet specific data collection 

requirements on the number of requests 

for mediations, hearings, administrative 

reviews, and other methods of dispute 

resolution requested and the manner in 

which they were resolved. The 

information collected is used to evaluate 

the types of complaints made by 

applicants and eligible individuals of 

the vocational rehabilitation program 

and the final resolution of appeals filed. 

Respondents are State agencies that 

administer the Federal/State Program 

for Vocational Rehabilitation. 

Dated: February 26, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04245 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0034] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; FollowUp Surveys to the 2023–24 National 

Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS): 

2024–25 Teacher Follow-Up Survey 

(TFS) and 2024–25 Principal Follow-Up 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before APRIL 

29, 2024. 

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– 

2024–SCC–0034. 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. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department 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 

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 Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department 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: Follow-Up Surveys 

to the 2023–24 NTPS: 2024–25 Teacher 

Follow-Up Survey (TFS) and 2024–25 

Principal Follow-Up. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0617. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 26,049. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,337. 

Abstract: This request is to conduct 

data collection for the two follow-up 

surveys to the 2023–24 National 

Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS)— 

the 2024–25 Teacher Follow-up Survey 

(TFS) and the 2024–25 Principal 

Follow-up Survey (PFS). The 2024–25 

TFS is a one year follow-up of a 

subsample of teachers who responded to 

the 2023–24 NTPS, and the 2024–25 

PFS is a one year follow-up of 

principals who responded to the 2023– 

24 NTPS. The TFS and PFS are 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES), 

within the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED). 

The 2024–25 TFS and 2024–25 PFS, 

like earlier TFS and PFS collections, 

will measure the one year attrition rates 

of teachers and principals, respectively, 

who leave the profession and will 

permit comparisons of stayers, movers, 

and leavers to fulfill the legislative 

mandate for NCES to report on the 

‘‘condition of education in the United 

States.’’ ‘‘Stayers’’ are teachers or 

principals who remain in the same 

school between the NTPS year of data 

collection and the follow-up year. 


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‘‘Movers’’ are teachers or principals who 

stay in the profession but change 

schools between the NTPS year and the 

follow-up year. ‘‘Leavers’’ are NTPS 

respondents who leave the teaching or 

principal profession between the NTPS 

year and the follow-up year. 

The 2024–25 TFS analysis file will 

include TFS data in addition to data 

collected in the 2023–24 NTPS on 

teacher characteristics, qualifications, 

perceptions of the school environment 

and the teaching profession, and a host 

of other topics. Prior TFS data have 

played an important role in improving 

the understanding of the conditions that 

affect the balance between teacher 

attrition and retention. The NTPS and 

TFS provide national data on turnover 

in the teacher workforce, including rates 

of attrition from teaching, sources and 

characteristics of newly hired teachers, 

and characteristics and destinations of 

leavers. These data help shift the debate 

from the issue of teacher quantity to 

teacher quality; that is, from a focus on 

teacher shortages measured only in 

terms of the number of teaching 

positions left vacant to the 

qualifications and years of experience of 

teachers who stay in the classroom 

versus those who leave the profession. 

The cross-sectional repeated design of 

the TFS allows the analysis of trends 

related to these topics. 

The 2024–25 PFS analysis file will 

include PFS data in addition to data on 

principal characteristics, qualifications, 

and perceptions of the school 

environment from data collected in the 

2023–24 NTPS. Together, the NTPS and 

PFS will provide national data on 

turnover in the principal workforce, 

including rates of attrition from 

principalship, sources and 

characteristics of newly hired 

principals, characteristics and 

destinations of leavers, and due to the 

cross-sectional repeated design of the 

PFS, analyses of trends related to these 

topics. 

This clearance request is to conduct 

both 2024–25 NTPS follow-up surveys 

(TFS and PFS), including all 

recruitment and data collection 

activities. This request seeks 

authorization for the 2024–25 TFS and 

2024–25 PFS under the TFS single OMB 

number (OMB# 1850–0617). 

This submission will undergo a 60- 

day public comment period, followed 

by an additional 30-day public comment 

period. This submission includes 

Supporting Statement Part A 

(justification), Part B (collection of 

information employing statistical 

methods), and Part C (item justification); 

Appendix A (respondent contact 

materials) and Appendix B 

(questionnaires). All submitted 

documents are subject to revision before 

the 30-day public comment period, and 

we encourage interested parties to 

return to these documents in late spring 

2024 to see final drafts that will be 

submitted to OMB for their final review. 

Dated: February 23, 2024. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04192 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0033] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Teacher and Principal Survey 

of 2023–2024 (NTPS 2023–24) Data 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 1, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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: National Teacher 

and Principal Survey of 2023–2024 

(NTPS 2023–24) Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0598. 

Type of Review: A revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 108,478. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 52,757. 

Abstract: The National Teacher and 

Principal Survey (NTPS), conducted 

every three years by the National Center 

for Education Statistics (NCES), is a 

system of related questionnaires that 

provides descriptive data on the context 

of elementary and secondary education. 

Redesigned from the Schools and 

Staffing Survey (SASS) with a focus on 

flexibility, timeliness, and integration 

with other ED data, the NTPS system 

allows for school, principal, and teacher 

characteristics to be analyzed in relation 

to one another. NTPS is an in-depth, 

nationally representative survey of first 

through twelfth grade public and private 

school teachers, principals, and schools. 

Kindergarten teachers in schools with at 

least a first grade are also surveyed. 

NTPS utilizes core content and a series 

of rotating modules to allow timely 

collection of important education trends 

as well as trend analysis. Topics 

covered include characteristics of 

teachers, principals, schools, teacher 

training opportunities, retention, 

retirement, hiring, and shortages. 

The NTPS serves as the base year for 

two follow-up collections: The Principal 

Follow-up Survey (PFS) contacts 

principals who responded to the 

previous year’s NTPS collection to 

determine whether, one year later, they 

are working as a principal at the same 

school as the previous year (‘‘stayers’’), 

have moved to a different school 

(‘‘movers’’), or have left the profession 

(‘‘leavers’’). The Teacher Follow-up 

Survey (TFS) contacts a sample of 


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