[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24719]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Notice Establishing 
Deadlines for the Submission of Request for Waivers That Would Directly 
Affect School-Level Activities

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice establishing deadlines for the submission of requests 
for waivers that would directly affect school-level activities.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 
Secondary Education establishes deadlines for the submission of waiver 
requests under sections 14401 and 1113(a)(7) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), section 311(a) of the Goals 
2000: Educate America Act, and section 502 of the School-to-Work 
Opportunities Act of 1994.

DATES: Except in extraordinary circumstances, the following deadlines 
apply to requests for waivers affecting school-level activities:
    Requests for waivers that would be implemented in the semester 
immediately following January 1, 2000 must be submitted no later than 
October 15, 1999.
    Requests for waivers that would be implemented in the beginning of 
the 2000-2001 school year must be submitted no later than April 1, 
2000.

Applicability

    These deadlines apply only to waivers that would directly affect 
school-level activities. For example, the deadlines would apply to 
requests for waivers of the Title I targeting provisions or of the 
minimum poverty threshold required for implementation of a schoolwide 
program. However, the deadlines would not apply to waivers of 
requirements relating to the consolidation of administrative funds.

Submission of Waiver Request

    Waiver applicants are encouraged to submit their requests as early 
as possible and not wait until the deadlines to seek waivers. The 
requests will be reviewed upon receipt.
    For purposes of this notice, the submission date is the date that 
the waiver request is received by the U.S. Department of Education 
(Department) in substantially approvable form. A waiver request is 
considered to be in substantially approvable form when it has 
adequately addressed the applicable statutory criteria governing 
waivers.
    During the period a waiver request is under review by the 
Department, a waiver applicant must continue to comply with the 
requirement that is the subject of the waiver request.

ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS: All request for waivers should be 
submitted to the following address: Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
and Secondary Education, Attention: Waiver Staff, 400 Maryland Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information on waivers may be obtained 
from the Department's Waiver Assistance Line, (202) 401-7801. Copies of 
the Department's updated waiver guidance, which provide examples of 
waivers and describe how to apply for a waiver, are available at this 
number. The guidance, along with other information on flexibility, is 
also available at the Department's World Wide Web site at http://
www.ed.gov/flexibility

Electronic Access to This Document

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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
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    Dated: September 19, 1999.
Judith Johnson,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 99-24719 Filed 9-22-99; 8:45 am]
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