Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/08/22/2018-17480/outdated-or-superseded-regulations-title-i-parts-a-through-c-christa-mcauliffe-fellowship-program
Timestamp: 2019-10-15 14:07:47
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Federal Register :: Outdated or Superseded Regulations: Title I, Parts A through C; Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program; and Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community-Priority
A Rule by the Education Department on 08/22/2018
Effective August 22, 2018.
34 CFR 237
1810-AB36
1810-AB37
1810-AB38
1810-AB39
1810-AB40
1810-AB41
1810-AB42
1810-AB43
1810-AB44
1810-AB48
(1) Part 200 (RINs 1810-AB36, 1810-AB39, 1810-AB40, 1810-AB41, 1810-AB42, 1810-AB43, 1810-AB44, and 1810-AB48)
(2) Part 237 (RIN 1810-AB37)
(3) Part 299 (1810-AB38)
34 CFR Part 237
PART 237—[REMOVED AND RESERVED]
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Anna Lieth, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3W337, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-5682 or by email: Anna.Lieth@ed.gov.
Consistent with Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” the Department is evaluating all existing regulations and making recommendations to the Secretary regarding their repeal, replacement, or modification, consistent with applicable law. As part of that effort, we have determined it is appropriate to take three deregulatory actions in this document to remove regulations that are outdated or unnecessary in parts 200, 237, and 299.
The regulations being removed have been superseded by new legislation or were issued to implement a program that is no longer funded. Therefore, these deregulatory actions will have no effect on the current operation of the Department's grant programs. To the extent that amendments to existing regulations or new regulations are needed to implement new legislation, they will be issued separately from this document. Any determination to issue new regulations will be carefully considered to ensure that it is consistent with the President's regulatory reform efforts and the principles in Executive Orders 12866 and 13771.
The Department is continuing to review its other existing regulations thoroughly. To the extent the Secretary can identify further opportunities for regulatory reform, the Secretary will take appropriate action to revise or eliminate existing regulations, reduce burden, and increase flexibility.
In these final regulations, we take the following three deregulatory actions:
In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Accordingly, some changes to the ESEA have rendered whole portions of the regulations in part 200 inconsistent with the statute. The superseded regulations in part 200 that the Department rescinds are: 34 CFR 200.7 (Disaggregation of Data); 200.12 (State Accountability System); 200.13-200.22 (Adequate Yearly Progress); 200.27-200.28 (Schoolwide Programs); 200.30-200.53 (LEA and School Improvement); 200.55-200.57 and 200.59-200.60 (Highly Qualified Teachers and Duties of Paraprofessionals); 200.81(d), 200.81(f), 200.81(g), and 200.81(h) (Migrant Education Program (MEP)); and 200.89(a) (Allocation of funds under the MEP for FY 2006 and subsequent years). In addition, the ESSA removed the authority for the Migrant Education Even Start Program. Accordingly, the Department rescinds 34 CFR 200.80 because it is no longer needed.
The Department rescinds the regulations governing the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program. We take this action because this program is no longer authorized under the Higher Education Act. The program was last funded in 1995.
The Department rescinds the regulations establishing the priority for activities in an Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community. We take this action because the last Congressional extension of tax benefits to Empowerment Zones ended in 2017 and, thus, the program is no longer viable.
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed regulations. However, the APA provides that an agency is not required to conduct notice-and-comment rulemaking when the agency, for good cause, finds that the requirement is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest (5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and (d)(3)). There is good cause to waive rulemaking in this case because these final regulations merely remove existing regulations that are outdated, unnecessary, or superseded by recent statutory changes. This regulatory action adopts no new regulations and does not establish or affect substantive policy. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Secretary has determined that proposed regulations are unnecessary and, thus, waives notice-and-comment rulemaking.
(3) Materially alter the budgetary impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, Start Printed Page 42439or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or
We are issuing this regulatory action only upon a reasoned determination that it provides benefits and will not have any costs. In choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, we selected the approach that maximizes net benefits. Based on the analysis that follows, the Department believes that these regulations are consistent with the principles in Executive Order 13563.
This regulatory action is necessary to remove superseded, outdated, or unnecessary regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
This regulatory action is a benefit to the public, grant recipients, and the Department as the action will remove any confusion that might be caused by maintaining superseded, outdated, or unnecessary regulations in the CFR.
The Department has also analyzed the costs of this regulatory action and has determined that it will impose no additional costs ($0). As detailed earlier, this regulatory action reflects statutory changes and removes superseded, outdated, or unnecessary regulatory provisions.
This rule does not contain any information collection requirements. The previously OMB-approved information collections that were associated with part 237 are no longer active information collections (OMB Control Numbers 1810-0532 and 1810-0537). The OMB-approved information collection associated with the sections of part 200 (Consolidated State Plans OMB 1810-0576) that this rule removes has been modified as necessary to align with the requirements of the ESSA.
For reasons discussed in the preamble, and under the authority at 20 U.S.C. 3474, 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, Public Law 109-270, and Public Law 114-95, the Secretary amends Chapter II of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
2. Remove and reserve § 200.7.
3. Remove the center heading “State Accountability System” and remove and reserve § 200.12.
§§ 200.13 through 200.22
4. Remove the center heading “Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)” and remove and reserve §§ 200.13 through 200.22.
§§ 200.27 and 200.28
5. Remove and reserve §§ 200.27 and 200.28.
§§ 200.30 through 200.53
6. Remove the center heading “LEA and School Improvement” and remove and reserve §§ 200.30 through 200.53.
7. Revise the center heading “Qualifications of Teachers and Paraprofessionals” to read “Qualifications of Paraprofessionals”.
§§ 200.55 through 200.57
8. Remove and reserve § 200.57.
§§ 200.59 and 200.60
9. Remove and reserve §§ 200.59 and 200.60.
10. Remove and reserve § 200.80.
11. In § 200.81, remove and reserve paragraphs (d), (f), (g), and (h).
12. In § 200.89, amend the section heading by removing the words “MEP allocations;” and by removing and reserving paragraph (a).
13. Remove and reserve part 237.
15. Remove and reserve subpart B, consisting of § 299.3.
[FR Doc. 2018-17480 Filed 8-21-18; 8:45 am]