[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54588-54589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21640]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Subtitle A

[Docket ID ED-2013-OS-0050]
RIN 1810-AB17


Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection 
Criteria: Race to the Top--District Program; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.

ACTION: Final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection 
criteria; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education is correcting an omission in the 
final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria 
published in the Federal Register on August 6, 2013 (78 FR 47980), 
namely waiving the 60-day time period for a major rule to become 
effective under the Congressional Review Act. Through this document, we 
correct this omission. We do not change any other aspect of the final 
priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria, and 
their regulatory texts remain unchanged.

DATES: Effective September 5, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Butler, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room 7E214, Washington, DC 20006-
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Correction

    In the Federal Register of August 6, 2013 (78 FR 47980), we make 
the following correction to the Race to the Top--District Program 
notice of final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection 
criteria:

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    On page 48003, in the first column, before the heading 
``Intergovernmental Review,'' add a new heading, Waiver of Delayed 
Effective Date under the Congressional Review Act, and the following 
three paragraphs:
    These final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection 
criteria have been determined to be a major rule for purposes of the 
Congressional Review Act (CRA) (5 U.S.C. 801, et seq.). Generally, 
under the CRA, a major rule takes effect 60 days after the date on 
which the rule is published in the Federal Register. Section 808(2) of 
the CRA, however, provides that any rule which an agency for good cause 
finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons 
therefore in the rule issued) that notice and public procedure thereon 
are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, 
shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency promulgating the 
rule determines.
    These final priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection 
criteria are needed to implement the Race to the Top--District program 
and run the competition in FY 2013. The Department must make awards no 
later than December 31, 2013, or the funds will lapse. To ensure that 
we do so, the Department established October 3, 2013, as the deadline 
by which applicants must submit their applications. This will give 
applicants sufficient time to submit high-quality applications (58 
days), peers sufficient time to conduct a thorough and rigorous review 
of applications (approximately 45 days), and the Department sufficient 
time to make awards (approximately 40 days).
    An effective date 60 days after publication would fall after 
October 3, and the priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection 
criteria would not be effective at the time applications are due. Given 
the large number of applications we expect, the need to provide peers 
with sufficient time for review, and the need to allow sufficient time 
for the Department to make awards, a later due date for applications is 
not practicable. Accordingly, there is good cause to waive the delayed 
effective date under the Congressional Review Act.

    Dated: August 30, 2013.
Arne Duncan,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 2013-21640 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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