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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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teachers who responded to the previous 

year’s NTPS collection in order to 

determine whether they are stayers, 

movers, or leavers, as well as additional 

questions about their career paths and 

employment experiences. (TFS and PFS 

are cleared as part of a separate package 

under OMB #1850–0617. The package 

for TFS/PFS 2024–25 will be cleared in 

2024.) 

For the 2021–22 and earlier TFS 

collections, our primary source of 

information on whether a teacher was a 

stayer, mover, or leaver (before we 

sampled and directly contacted those 

teachers) came from the school at which 

they worked during the previous year. 

However, not all schools report that 

information and, among those that do, 

they may not know the job status of the 

prior year’s teachers. In order to 

determine whether that information can 

be collected more accurate and 

efficiently, we plan to ask NTPS 

teachers, at the end of the 2023–24 

school year, whether they believe they 

will return to the same school in the 

2024–25 school year. If their responses 

align with the information we later 

collect from schools and/or teachers 

who complete the TFS, we may be able 

to use this information to sample 

teachers for future administrations of 

the TFS. 

For NTPS teachers who complete the 

NTPS Teacher Questionnaire web 

survey, on or after April 15, 2024, we 

will ask this question as the final item 

in the survey. For NTPS teachers who 

complete the survey before April 15, 

2024 or who complete a paper 

questionnaire, we will send them an 

email invitation asking them to answer 

this additional question and, if needed, 

update their contact information. 

Teachers will only be asked this 

question once, but we have provided 

sample questions that reflect the two 

different ways in which the question 

may be asked. We estimate that this 

question will add 1 additional minute of 

burden for teachers from whom it is part 

of NTPS Teacher Questionnaire web 

survey, and 3 minutes for teachers who 

answer this item through a standalone 

web survey. 

As part of this change, we have 

updated the estimated burden for 

teachers to complete the NTPS with the 

addition of this question in Part A. We 

have added the text of this question, 

shown here and in Appendix B, and the 

accompanying email for teachers who 

are sent a separate email invitation here 

and in Appendix A. 

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. 2024–04159 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings # 1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER24–697–001. 

Applicants: Westlands Solar Blue 

(OZ) Owner, LLC. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Supplement to Application for MBR 

Authority to be effective 12/19/2023. 

Filed Date: 2/21/24. 

Accession Number: 20240221–5224. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–698–001. 

Applicants: Castanea Project, LLC. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Supplement to Application for MBR 

Authority to be effective 12/19/2023. 

Filed Date: 2/22/24. 

Accession Number: 20240222–5000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1240–001. 

Applicants: Public Service Company 

of New Mexico. 

Description: Amendment to February 

8, 2024, Notice of Cancellation of Public 

Service Company of New Mexico. 

Filed Date: 2/20/24. 

Accession Number: 20240220–5314. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1291–000. 

Applicants: Consolidated Edison 

Company of New York, Inc. 

Description: Consolidated Edison 

Company of New York, Inc. submits 

Request for limited one-time waiver of 

section 7.4.1 of the New York 

Independent System Operator’s Market 

Administration and Control Area 

Services Tariff. 

Filed Date: 2/16/24. 

Accession Number: 20240216–5290. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/8/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1292–000. 

Applicants: Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Notice of Cancellation of BP 119—RS 

313 to be effective 1/1/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/21/24. 

Accession Number: 20240221–5206. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/13/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1293–000. 

Applicants: Public Service Company 

of New Mexico. 

Description: Petition for Limited 

Waiver of Public Service Company of 

New Mexico. 

Filed Date: 2/20/24. 

Accession Number: 20240220–5316. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/12/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1294–000. 

Applicants: Ameren Transmission 

Company of Illinois. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Submission of a Letter Agreement to be 

effective 2/23/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/22/24. 

Accession Number: 20240222–5031. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1295–000. 

Applicants: Moscow Development 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Moscow Development 

Company, LLC Requests Waiver of 

Section 3.4 of Schedule 22 of the ISO 

New England Inc., Open Access 

Transmission Tariff. 

Filed Date: 2/14/24. 

Accession Number: 20240214–5236. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/6/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1296–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

1Q2024 Tariff Clean-Up Filing to be 

effective 2/1/2023. 

Filed Date: 2/22/24. 

Accession Number: 20240222–5043. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1297–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2024–02–22_SA 4125 UE-Kelso 2 Solar 

1st Rev GIA (J1299) to be effective 4/23/ 

2024. 

Filed Date: 2/22/24. 

Accession Number: 20240222–5055. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1299–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2024–02–22_SA 4243 UE-Kelso 2 Solar 

FSA (J1299) to be effective 4/23/2024. 

Filed Date: 2/22/24. 

Accession Number: 20240222–5063. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 3/14/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1300–000. 

Applicants: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc., New York State 

Electric & Gas Corporation. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: New 

York Independent System Operator, Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: 

NYISO–NYSEG Joint 205: SGIA KCE 

NY10 SA2830 (CEII) to be effective 2/7/ 

2024. 


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