[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24818-24819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12284]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Alternative Schools Random Assignment 
Evaluation

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed revision of the information collection 
of the Alternative Schools Random Assignment Evaluation. A copy of the 
proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting 
the employee listed below in the contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 15, 1996. 
Written comments should:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions use;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

ADDRESSES: David Lah, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-5637, 
Washington, DC 20210, 202-219-5782.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Alternative Schools Random Assignment Evaluation is an attempt 
on the part of the Department of Labor to find new ways of serving 
highly at-risk youth. In this demonstration, funds were provided to 
seven cities to replicate High School Redirection--a highly successful 
alternative school operating in Brooklyn, New York. Schools created 
under this demonstration are operated and staffed by local districts, 
but provide more personal attention and more remediation than typical 
public high schools. Under this evaluation, students applying to these 
schools were randomly assigned to attend or not attend the schools. The 
students are then to be followed up to determine whether the schools 
reduced dropout rates, increased rates of college enrollment, and 
decreased teen parenthood rates.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor is requesting a revision of the collection 
of information under the alternative schools demonstration. Five of the 
initial seven schools continue to exist in a form similar to High 
School Redirection. Random assignment has been completed in three of 
these schools, and follow-up surveys have been conducted in two of 
these three schools under OMB approval of this data collection. The 
Department is now seeking approval to conduct follow-up surveys in the 
third school in which random assignment has taken place. This is the 
Clark Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Alternative Schools Random Assignment Evaluation.
    OMB Number: 1205-0331.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Total Respondents: 800.
    Frequency: One follow-up survey and collection of school records at 
the Cincinnati school.
    Total Responses: 1,600.
    Average Time Per Response: One-half hour for the follow-up survey, 
and one-half hour in collecting school records.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 800.
    Estimated Total Burden Cost: $240,000.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: May 10, 1996.
Robert J. Litman,
Deputy Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.
[FR Doc. 96-12284 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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