CPS School Enrollment Supplement 2020 -- Census invites comment on adding COVID-related questions (by 9/17)

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Aug 18 -- The Current Population Survey, School Enrollment Supplement provides information on the population 3 years old and older on school enrollment, junior or regular college attendance, and high school graduation. The Census Bureau requests OMB approval to add seven questions to the School Enrollment Supplement in October 2020 and invites the public to comment to OMB by September 17, 2020. The added questions will assist researchers to understand how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affected schooling at an individual child level, such as:

How children received instruction in a distance-format, if at all;
how much digital and internet access children had, if at all;
how much live interaction children had with teachers, if at all; and
how much time was spent on distance learning.
 
FR notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/18/2020-18034/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for
Letter to OMB describing request: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=103551200
Proposed questions (pp. 6-8 of): https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/DownloadDocument?objectID=103552900
 
Point of contact: Lisa Clement, Census Bureau  (301) 763-3806  lisa.a.clement@census.gov