Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Final Comment Request

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Final Comment Request

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Final notice of submission for OMB review.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has submitted a request for

clearance of the information collection described below to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB). A notice that EEOC would be submitting

this request was published in the Federal Register on December 24,

1998, allowing for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were

received.

DATES: Written comments on this final notice must be submitted on or

before April 16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this final notice should be submitted to the

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Danny Werfel,

Desk Officer for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, N.W., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503 or electronically

mailed to [email protected] Requests for copies of the proposed

information

[[Page 13200]]

collection request should be addressed to Mr. Neckere at the address

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joachim Neckere, Director, Program

Research and Surveys Division, 1801 L street, NW, Room 9222,

Washington, DC 20507, (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Collection Title: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report

EEO-5.

OMB Number: 0346-0003.

Frequency of Report: Biennial.

Type of Respondent: Public elementary and secondary school

districts with 100 or more employees.

Description of Affected Public: State and Local government.

Number of Responses: 5,000.

Reporting Hours: 12,000.

Federal Cost: $80,000.

Number of Forms: 1.

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

1964 requires employers to make and keep records relevant to a

determination of whether unlawful employment practices have been or are

being committed and to make reports therefrom as required by the EEOC.

Pursuant to that section, the EEOC has issued regulations which set

forth the reporting requirement for various kinds of employers. Public

elementary and secondary schools systems and districts have been

required to submit EEO-5 reports to EEOC since 1974 (biennially in even

numbered years since 1982). Since 1996 each school district or system

has submitted all of the district data on a single form, EEOC Form

168A. The individual school form, EEOC Form 168B, was discontinued in

1996, greatly reducing the respondent burden and cost.

EEO-5 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of

employment discrimination against public elementary and secondary

school districts. The data are used to support EEOC decisions and

conciliations, and for research. The data are shared with the

Department of Education (Office for Civil Rights and the National

Center for Education Statistics) and the Department of Justice.

Pursuant to Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

1964, EEO-5 data are also shared with State and local Fair Employment

Practices Agencies.

Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in

the EEO-5 collection is 5,000 public elementary and secondary school

districts. The number of responses per respondent is one (1) report.

The annual number of responses is approximately 5,000 and the total

hours per response is between one (1) and five (5) hours. Based upon

the large number of school districts responding via diskette, the total

number of response hours is estimated to equal 12,000 each time the

survey is conducted (i.e. biennially). Respondents are encouraged to

report data on electronic media such as magnetic tapes and diskettes.

Dated: March 9, 1999.

For the Commission.

Ida L. Castro,

Chairwoman.

[FR Doc. 99-6397 Filed 3-16-99; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6570-01-M