2018-15259. Title I-Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged-Supplement Not Supplant; Withdrawal

AGENCY:

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION:

Proposed rule; withdrawal.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) pertaining to the supplement not supplant requirements under title I, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

DATES:

As of July 17, 2018, the proposed regulations published on September 6, 2016, at 81 FR 61148 are withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick Rooney, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3W202, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 1118(b)(2) of the ESEA, as amended by the ESSA, contains a new provision for demonstrating compliance with the title I, part A supplement not supplant requirement. Pursuant to section 1601(b)(3)(A) of the ESEA, prior to issuing any regulations that implement the supplement not supplant requirement, the Department must engage in negotiated rulemaking. The Department conducted negotiated rulemaking on draft supplement not supplant regulations in spring 2016 but the negotiating committee did not reach consensus.

Subsequently, on September 6, 2016, the Department published in the Federal Register an NPRM (81 FR 61148) proposing regulations relating to the supplement not supplant requirement in title I, part A of the ESEA, as amended by the ESSA. In January 2017, the Department announced that it would not publish final regulations on this requirement. As a result, the Department withdraws its NPRM. We note that this is considered a deregulatory action under Executive Order 13771. Because the Department did not publish final regulations, this withdrawal will have no effect on existing regulations, which do not include provisions implementing the title I, part A supplement not supplant requirement.

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Dated: July 12, 2018.

Frank Brogan,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.