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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-24-0493]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information collection request titled “2025 and
2027 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)” to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. CDC previously published a “Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations” notice on February 9, 2024 to obtain
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received one non-substantive comment
related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days for public and
affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information collection project. The
Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in comments that:
(a) 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;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
(d) 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; and

(e) Assess information collection costs.
To request additional information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the
information collection plan and instruments, call (404) 639-7570. Comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review - Open for Public
Comments" or by using the search function. Direct written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the items contained in this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 3955806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice publication.
Proposed Project
2025 and 2027 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (OMB Control No. 0920-0493) –
Reinstatement with Change - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The purpose of this request is to obtain OMB approval for a Reinstatement with Change,
of the data collection titled National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a school-based
survey that has been conducted biennially since 1991. OMB approval for the 2021 YRBS and
2023 YRBS expired November 30, 2023 (OMB Control No. 0920–0493). CDC seeks a threeyear approval to conduct the YRBS in Spring 2025 and Spring 2027. Changes incorporated into
this Reinstatement request include the addition of a validation study of fruit and vegetable intake,
the results of which will be used to inform changes to the 2027 YRBS questionnaire. Additional
changes include an updated title for the information collection to accurately reflect the years in
which the survey will be conducted and minor changes to the data collection instrument.
The YRBS assesses priority health risk behaviors related to the major preventable causes
of mortality, morbidity, and social problems among both youth and young adults in the United

States. Data on health risk behaviors of adolescents are the focus of approximately 65 national
health objectives in Healthy People 2030, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS). The YRBS provides data to measure 14 Healthy People 2030
objectives. In addition, the YRBS can identify racial and ethnic disparities in health risk
behaviors. No other national source of data measures as many of the Healthy People 2030
objectives addressing adolescent health risk behaviors as the YRBS. The data also will have
significant implications for policy and program development for school health programs
nationwide.
In Spring 2025 and Spring 2027, the YRBS will be conducted among nationally
representative samples of students attending public and private schools in grades 9–12, and in
2025, the validation study will be conducted among a convenience sample of schools and
students. Information supporting the YRBS also will be collected from state-, district-, and
school-level administrators and teachers. The table below reports the number of respondents
annualized over the three-year project period. The total estimated annualized burden hours are
4,389. There are no costs to respondents other than their time.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
Type of Respondent

Form Name

Number of

Number of

Average

Respondents

Responses per

Burden per

Respondent

Response (in
hr)

State Administrators

District Administrators

School Administrators

State-level
Recruitment
Script for the
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey
District-level
Recruitment
Script for the
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey
School-level
Recruitment
Script for the

1

30/60

1

30/60

1

30/60

School Administrators

Teachers

Teachers
Students
Students
Students

Youth Risk
Behavior Survey
School-level
Recruitment
Script for the
Validation Study
Permission Form
Tracking Log for
the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey
Permission Form
Tracking Log for
the Validation
Study
Youth Risk
Behavior Survey
Dietary Behavior
Questionnaire
24-hour Dietary
Recall Interview

1

30/60

1

15/60

1

15/60

1

30/60

1

10/60

1

30/60

Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead,
Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Public Health Ethics and Regulations,
Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-15536 Filed: 7/15/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/16/2024]