OMB83 Change Sheet

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Data Collection
Authorization Citation Update (OMB# 1850-0666 v. 18)
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change

1850-0666 v.18

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

86,000
90,982

86,000
90,982

88%

88%

75,811

75,811

Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping
hour burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

0

Difference
Explanation of difference

0
0

Program change
Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping
cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

NA
NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a nationally representative study of how students and their
families finance postsecondary education, was first implemented by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) in 1987 and has been fielded every 3 to 4 years since. The next major data collection will occur in 2016
following a field test collection in 2015. This submission is for the ninth cycle in the series, NPSAS:16, which will
also serve as the base year study for the 2016 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B) which provides
data on the various paths of recent college graduates into employment and additional education. The NPSAS:16
sample will include about 2,000 institutions and about 128,000 students. Institution contacting began in October
2015 and student data collection is being conducted from January through September 2016. The NPSAS:16 full
scale institution contacting and enrollment list collection was approved in July 2015 (OMB# 1850-0666 v.15-16) and
the NPSAS:16 full scale student record abstractions, student surveying, and matching data to administrative files
was approved in December 2015 (OMB# 1850-0666 v.17). This requests is to amend the 2015-16 National
Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) supporting statement Part A and institution contacting materials to
correct the legislative citation under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

February 18, 2016

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