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1On December 10, 2015, the Every Student 

Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized the 

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(ESEA), was signed into law. The ESEA waiver 

provisions in section 8401 of the ESEA, as amended 

by the ESSA, went into effect on that date. 

However, the Department awarded and 

administered FY 2016 formula grant funds in 

accordance with the ESEA as in effect on the day 

before the date of enactment of the ESSA (i.e., the 

requirements promulgated under the No Child Left 

Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)) consistent with 

clarification from Congress in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2016. Accordingly, unless 

otherwise noted, all references to the ESEA in this 

notice refer to the ESEA, as amended by NCLB. 

identified for improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring to serve as a 

provider of SES during the 2011–2012 

school year. 

4. Waiver applicant: Wyoming 

Department of Education 

• Provisions waived: 34 CFR 

200.47(b)(1)(iv)(A) and (B). 

• Description of waiver: Permitted 

Wyoming to approve a school or LEA 

identified for improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring to serve as a 

provider of SES for the 2010–2011 and 

2011–2012 school years. 

X. Authorizing an SEA To Waive the 

Carryover Limitation for an LEA 

Because of Its Receipt of Title I, Part A 

ARRA Funds 

Waiver to permit an SEA to waive the 

carryover limitation more than once 

within three years for an LEA that needs 

the additional waiver because of its 

receipt of Title I, Part A ARRA funds. 

Provision waived: Section 1127(b) of 

the ESEA. 

Eight Waiver applicants: 

• Maine Department of Education 

• Michigan Department of Education 

• Montana Office of Public Instruction 

• Nebraska Department of Education 

• Nevada Department of Education 

• Ohio Department of Education 

• Oklahoma State Department of 

Education 

• South Carolina Department of 

Education 

XI. Waiver of AYP Requirement for 

Annual Measurable Achievement 

Objectives (AMAOs) 

1. Waiver applicant: Colorado 

Department of Education 

• Provision waived: Section 

3122(a)(3)(A)(iii) of the ESEA. 

• Description of waiver: Granted a 

two-year waiver so that Colorado may 

use, for purposes of AMAO 3, the same 

targets used in the growth component of 

its State-developed differentiated 

recognition, accountability, and support 

system in reading, writing, and 

mathematics, in place of the State’s 

AMOs. 

XII. Waivers Related to Rural Programs 

A. Waivers Allowing SEAs To Provide 

Equitable Services for Private School 

Students and Teachers Under the RLIS 

Provision waived: Section 6222 of the 

ESEA. 

Two Waiver applicants: 

• Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands Public School System 

• Virgin Islands Department of 

Education 

B. Waivers Allowing SEAs To Meet the 

Academic Achievement Assessment 

Requirement in an Alternative Manner 

Under RLIS 

Provision waived: Section 6224(d) of 

the ESEA. 

Two Waiver applicants: 

• Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands Public School System 

• Virgin Islands Department of 

Education 

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Dated: October 3, 2017. 

Jason Botel, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21623 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Waivers Granted Under 

Section 8401 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

Amended by the Every Student 

Succeeds Act 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, we announce 

the waivers that the U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) granted during 

calendar year 2016 under the waiver 

authority in section 8401 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by the Every 

Student Succeeds Act.1

The ESEA requires that the 

Department publish in the Federal 

Register, and disseminate to interested 

parties, a notice of its decision to grant 

a waiver of statutory or regulatory 

requirements under the ESEA. Between 

2011 and 2016, the Department granted 

more than 800 waivers of statutory or 

regulatory requirements to State 

educational agencies (SEAs) but 

neglected to comply with the ESEA’s 

publication and dissemination 

requirements. This notice is intended to 

fulfill the Department’s obligation to 

publicize its waiver decisions by 

identifying the waivers granted during 

each calendar year. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kia 

Weems, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 

3W341, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 260–2221 or by email: 

Kia.Weems@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2016, 

the Department granted a total of 111 

waivers to States under the waiver 

authority in section 8401 of the ESEA, 

as amended by the ESSA. We granted: 

(a) 73 waivers extending the period in 

which funds were available for 

obligation: 66 waivers for school 

improvement activities, one waiver for 

Improving Teacher Quality, one waiver 

for Migrant Education, three waivers for 

21st Century Community Learning 

Centers (21st CCLC), and two waivers 

for Mathematics and Science 

Partnerships; 

(b) 32 waivers of requirements related 

to State academic standards or 

assessments: Six waivers allowing 

substitution of standards or assessments 

and six waivers permitting SEAs or 

LEAs to refrain from reporting 

assessment or accountability 

determinations; and 26 waivers of the 

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system cover the full range of its 

academic content standards for speaking 

and listening; 

(c) One waiver permitting an LEA to 

serve a Title I-eligible high school with 

a graduation rate below 60 percent that 

the SEA identified as a priority school; 

(d) One waiver permitting local 

educational agencies (LEAs) to operate a 

Title I schoolwide program in a priority 

school or a focus school that has less 

than 40 percent poverty and is 

implementing a schoolwide 

intervention; and 

(e) Four waivers allowing an SEA to 

waive the carryover limitation for an 

LEA that needs an additional waiver 

beyond what the SEA is authorized to 

grant. 

Waiver Data 

I. Extensions of the Obligation Period 

A. Sixty-six waivers to extend the 

period of availability of School 

Improvement Grant (SIG) funds. 

1. Extended the period of availability 

of fiscal year (FY) 2011 SIG funds 

awarded to two States under section 

1003(g) of the ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicants: 

• New York State Education 

Department 

• Wisconsin Department of Education 

2. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2012 SIG funds awarded to three 

States under section 1003(g) of the 

ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Missouri Department of Elementary 

and Secondary Education 

• New Jersey Department of Education 

• Texas Education Agency 

3. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2013 SIG funds awarded to seven 

States under section 1003(g) of the 

ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Iowa Department of Education 

• Missouri Department of Elementary 

and Secondary Education 

• Oregon Department of Education 

• Puerto Rico Department of Education 

• Tennessee Department of Education 

• Texas Education Agency 

• Wisconsin Department of Education 

4. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2014 SIG funds awarded to eight 

States under section 1003(g) of the 

ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Alabama State Department of 

Education 

• Arizona Department of Education 

• Georgia Department of Education 

• Iowa Department of Education 

• Kansas State Department of Education 

• New Hampshire Department of 

Education 

• North Dakota Department of Public 

Instruction 

• Puerto Rico Department of Education 

5. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2016 SIG funds awarded to 46 

States under section 1003(g) of the 

ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Alabama State Department of 

Education 

• Alaska Department of Education and 

Early Development 

• Arizona Department of Education 

• Arkansas Department of Education 

• California Department of Education 

• Colorado Department of Education 

• Connecticut State Department of 

Education 

• District of Columbia Office of the 

State Superintendent of Education 

• Florida Department of Education 

• Georgia Department of Education 

• Hawaii State Department of Education 

• Illinois State Board of Education 

• Indiana Department of Education 

• Iowa Department of Education 

• Kansas State Department of Education 

• Kentucky Department of Education 

• Louisiana Department of Education 

• Maine Department of Education 

• Maryland State Department of 

Education 

• Massachusetts Department of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

• Michigan Department of Education 

• Minnesota Department of Education 

• Mississippi Department of Education 

• Missouri Department of Elementary 

and Secondary Education 

• Montana Office of Public Instruction 

• Nebraska Department of Education 

• Nevada Department of Education 

• New Hampshire Department of 

Education 

• New Jersey Department of Education 

• New Mexico Public Education 

Department 

• New York State Education 

Department 

• North Carolina Department of Public 

Instruction 

• North Dakota Department of Public 

Instruction 

• Ohio Department of Education 

• Oklahoma State Department of 

Education 

• Oregon Department of Education 

• Pennsylvania Department of 

Education 

• Rhode Island Department of 

Education 

• South Carolina Department of 

Education 

• South Dakota Department of 

Education 

• Tennessee Department of Education 

• Texas Education Agency 

• Utah State Office of Education 

• Virginia Department of Education 

• Washington Office of the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 

• Wisconsin Department of Education 

B. One waiver to extend the period of 

availability of funds for Improving 

Teacher Quality awarded under Title II, 

Part A of the ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicant: 

• New York State Department of 

Education 

C. One waiver to extend the period of 

availability of funds for Migrant 

Education related activities awarded 

under section Title I, Part C of the 

ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicant: 

• New York State Department of 

Education 

D. Three waivers extending the period 

of availability of funds for the 21st 

CCLC program under Title IV, Part B of 

the ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

1. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2012 funds reserved under Title 

IV, Part B of the ESEA made available 

for the 21st CCLC program. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• North Dakota Department of Public 

Instruction 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

2. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2013 funds reserved under Title 

IV, Part B of the ESEA made available 

for the 21st CCLC program. 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Hawaii State Department of Education 

• Maryland State Department of 

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F. Two waivers to extend the period 

of availability of Mathematics and 

Science Partnerships funds. 

1. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2012 funds awarded to one State 

under Title II, Part B of the ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Illinois State Board of Education 

2. Extended the period of availability 

of FY 2013 funds awarded to one State 

under Title II, Part B of the ESEA. 

Provision waived: Tydings 

Amendment, section 421(b) of GEPA (20 

U.S.C. 1225(b)). 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Illinois State Board of Education 

III. Waivers of Requirements Related to 

State Academic Standards and 

Assessments 

A. One waiver allowing substitution 

of standards or assessments. 

Provisions waived: Section 

1111(b)(1)(B) and (3)(C)(i) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Hawaii State Department of Education 

Description of Waiver: One-year 

waiver for the 2015–2016 school year of 

the statutory and regulatory 

requirements under Title I, Part A of the 

ESEA, which require the State to apply 

the same academic achievement 

standards, and to use the same academic 

assessments, for all public school 

children in the State. 

B. Three waivers of the requirement 

for an SEA to administer high-quality 

student academic assessments. 

Provisions waived: Section 

1111(b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(C)(vii), and 

(b)(3)(C)(ix)(I) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Alaska Department of Education and 

Early Development 

• Montana Office of Public Instruction 

• Nevada Department of Education 

Description of Waiver: Waiver of the 

requirement that the SEA administer on 

an annual basis a set of high-quality 

student academic assessments in 

reading/language arts and mathematics 

to all students in grades three to eight 

and once in high school. 

C. One waiver of reporting 

requirements related to standards and 

assessments. 

Provisions waived: Section 

1111(h)(1)(C)(i), (1)(C)(iii)–(iv), and 

(2)(B) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Alaska Department of Education and 

Early Development 

Description of Waiver: Waiver for the 

2015–2016 school year of the SEA and 

LEA reporting requirements in the ESEA 

corresponding to the waived assessment 

requirements. 

D. Twenty-six waivers allowing States 

to have assessments that did not asses 

all content standards. 

Provision waived: Section 

1111(b)(3)(C)(ii) of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicants: 

• Alabama State Department of 

Education 

• Alaska Department of Education and 

Early Development 

• Arkansas Department of Education 

• California Department of Education 

• Georgia Department of Education 

• Idaho State Board of Education 

• Iowa Department of Education 

• Indiana Department of Education 

• Kentucky Department of Education 

• Kansas State Department of Education 

• Louisiana Department of Education 

• Maine Department of Education 

• Massachusetts Department of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

• Missouri Department of Elementary 

and Secondary Education 

• Montana Office of Public Instruction 

• Nevada Department of Education 

• New York State Department of 

Education 

• North Dakota Department of Public 

Instruction 

• Puerto Rico Department of Education 

• South Carolina Department of 

Education 

• Texas Education Agency 

• Virginia Department of Education 

• Washington Office of the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 

• West Virginia Department of 

Education 

• Wisconsin Department of Education 

• Wyoming Department Education 

Description of Waiver: Waiver from 

the requirement that the State’s 

assessment system measure the State’s 

speaking and listening standards. 

IV. Within-District Allocations 

One waiver granting flexibility 

regarding within-district Title I 

allocations. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• New York State Department of 

Education 

Description of Waiver: Permitted an 

LEA to serve with Title I funds a Title 

I-eligible high school with a graduation 

rate below 60 percent that the SEA 

identified as a priority school even if 

that school does not rank sufficiently 

high to be served based solely on the 

school’s poverty rate. 

Provisions waived: Section 

1113(a)(4)(B) and (c)(1) of the ESEA. 

V. School-Wide Poverty Threshold 

One waiver allowing a Title I 

schoolwide program in a school below 

the 40 percent poverty threshold. 

Provision waived: Section 1114(a)(1) 

of the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Missouri Department of Elementary 

and Secondary Education 

Description of Waiver: Waiver 

permitting LEAs to operate a 

schoolwide program in a priority school 

or a focus school that does not meet the 

schoolwide poverty threshold of 40 

percent and is implementing a 

schoolwide intervention. 

VI. Authorizing an SEA To Waive the 

Carryover Limitation 

A. Four waivers authorizing SEAs to 

waive the carryover limitation for an 

LEA more than once every three years. 

Provision waived: Section 1127(b) of 

the ESEA. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Indiana Department of Education 

Description of Waiver: One-year 

waiver to allow Indiana to grant the 

Indianapolis Public Schools, Edison 

Learning—Roosevelt College and Career 

Academy, and Dr. Robert H. Faulkner 

Academy a waiver of the carryover 

limitation with respect to the FY 2015 

Title I, Part A funds even if the LEA 

received a carryover waiver of either its 

FY 2013 or FY 2014 Title I, Part A funds 

from the State. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Michigan Department of Education 

Description of Waiver: One-year 

waiver allowed Michigan to grant the 

School District of the City of Pontiac 

and Saginaw City School District a 

waiver of the carryover limitation with 

respect to FY 2014 Title I, Part A funds 

even if the LEA received a carryover 

waiver of either its FY 2012 or FY 2013 

Title I, Part A funds from the State. 

Waiver Applicant: 

• Washington Office of the 

Superintendent of Public Instruction 

Description of Waiver: One-year 

waiver allowed Washington to grant not 

more than 90 LEAs a waiver of the 

carryover limitation with respect to 

unexpended FY 2015 Title I, Part A 

funds even if an LEA received a 

carryover waiver of either its FY 2013 or 

FY 2014 Title I, Part A funds from the 

State. 

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Dated: October 3, 2017. 

Jason Botel, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21616 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Waivers Granted Under 

Section 9401 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

Amended 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, we announce 

the waivers that the U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) granted during 

calendar year 2015 under the waiver 

authority in section 9401 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by the No 

Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA), 

including waivers related to flexibilities 

granted to States in exchange for Stateled reforms (ESEA flexibility). 

The ESEA requires that the 

Department publish in the Federal 

Register, and disseminate to interested 

parties, a notice of its decision to grant 

a waiver of statutory or regulatory 

requirements under the ESEA. Between 

2011 and 2016, the Department granted 

more than 800 waivers of statutory or 

regulatory requirements to State 

educational agencies (SEAs) but 

neglected to comply with the ESEA’s 

publication and dissemination 

requirements. This notice is intended to 

fulfill the Department’s obligation to 

publicize its waiver decisions by 

identifying the waivers granted during 

each calendar year. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kia 

Weems, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 

3W341, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 260–2221 or by email: 

Kia.Weems@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2015, 

the Department granted waivers under 

ESEA flexibility to 43 States under the 

waiver authority in section 9401 of the 

ESEA, in exchange for rigorous and 

comprehensive State-developed plans 

designed to improve student academic 

achievement and increase the quality of 

instruction. An additional 93 waivers 

that were not part of ESEA flexibility 

also were granted under the waiver 

authority in section 9401 of the ESEA. 

We granted: 

a. Ten waivers under ESEA flexibility 

to each of 43 States granting flexibility 

from ESEA requirements to improve 

student academic achievement and 

increase the quality of instruction: 

1. Allowing SEAs flexibility to select 

one of three options for setting new 

ambitious, but achievable annual 

measurable objectives (AMOs); 

2. Allowing flexibility in 

implementation of school improvement 

requirements to relieve local 

educational agencies (LEAs) of the 

requirement to identify schools for 

improvement, corrective action, or 

restructuring, as appropriate, and to take 

certain improvement actions in 

identified schools; 

3. Allowing flexibility in 

implementation of LEA improvement 

requirements to relieve SEAs of the 

requirement to identify LEAs for 

improvement or corrective action, as 

appropriate, and to take certain 

improvement actions for identified 

LEAs; 

4. Granting flexibility for rural LEAs; 

5. Permitting LEAs to operate a 

schoolwide program in a priority school 

or a focus school that does not meet the 

40 percent poverty threshold and is 

implementing a schoolwide 

intervention; 

6. Allowing SEAs flexibility to 

distribute school improvement funds to 

LEAs for use in priority and focus 

schools; 

7. Allowing funds reserved for State 

awards program to go to any reward 

school; 

8. Relating to highly qualified teacher 

(HQT) improvement plan requirements; 

9. Relating to limitations on the 

transferability of certain funds; and 

10. Permitting SEAs flexibility to 

award School Improvement Grant (SIG) 

funds to an LEA to implement one of 

the four SIG models in any priority 

school. 

In addition to waiving the 10 

provisions listed above, the Department 

granted three optional waivers to 43 

States under ESEA flexibility related to 

the following: 

1. 21st Century Community Learning 

Centers (21st CCLC) requirements, 

allowing SEAs flexibility to permit 

community learning centers to use 21st 

CCLC funds to support expanded 

learning time during the school day in 

addition to activities during non-school 

hours or periods when school is not in 

session; 

2. Requirements to make adequate 

yearly progress (AYP) determinations; 

and 

3. Requirements pertaining to Title I, 

Part A within-district allocations; 

b. Forty-five waivers extending the 

period in which funds were available 

for obligation: 40 waivers for school 

improvement activities, one waiver for 

Consolidated Grant funds for Insular 

Areas, one waiver for State assessment 

activities, and three waivers extending 

the period for SIG carryover funds; 

c. One waiver granting LEAs 

additional time to meet teacher and 

principal evaluation requirements for 

cohort 5 SIG schools; 

d. Five waivers allowing SEAs to 

approve schools or LEAs identified as in 

need of improvement to become 

supplemental educational services (SES) 

providers; 

e. Ten waivers of requirements 

pertaining to State academic standards 

or assessments: Four waivers allowing 

substitution of standards or assessments 

and six waivers exempting SEAs or 

LEAs from reporting assessment or 

accountability determinations; 

f. Fourteen waivers of the third of 

three annual measureable achievement 

objectives (AMAOs 3) under Title III, 

due to lack of assessment data in the 

2014–2015 school year; 

g. Two waivers allowing SEAs 

flexibility to distribute section 1003(a) 

funds to LEAs for use in priority and 

focus schools; 

h. Five waivers of the requirement to 

make AYP determinations; 

i. Six waivers allowing LEAs to carry 

out significant education reforms to 

improve student achievement; 

j. Two waivers authorizing an SEA to 

waive the carryover limitation for an 

LEA that needs an additional waiver; 

k. One waiver of the requirement to 

provide parents notice of public school 

choice options at least 14 days before 

the start of the school year; 

l. One waiver pertaining to school 

support and recognition allowing 

flexibility in the use of funds reserved 

for State awards program to go to any 

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