The information collected on Forms SSA-1372-BK and SSA-1372-BK-FC is needed to determine whether children of an insured worker are eligible for student benefits. The data allows SSA to determine student entitlement and whether entitlement will end. The respondents are student claimants for Social Security benefits, their respective schools and, in some cases, their representative payees.
The increase in the public reporting burden from 33,333 to 36,666 is due to an increase in the average burden per response by one minute. SSA is now asking the respondents to annotate the students expected graduation date to the page of the form that the school official keeps for future reporting purposes. SSA estimates that it may take up to one minute for the school official to complete that extra step.
Also, the other changes in the burden are due to conversion of this ICR to ROCIS. Prior to ROCIS we were unable to split this ICR into it's component ICs. Through ROCIS we have created four ICs in order to show both the burden per respondent type and per form.
$1,232,000
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Elizabeth Davidson 411-965-0454 liz.davidson@ssa.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.