[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09351]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Parts 612 and 686

[Docket ID ED-2014-OPE-0057]
RIN 1840-AD07


Teacher Preparation Issues

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Final rule; CRA Revocation.

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SUMMARY: Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress has passed, and 
the President has signed, a resolution of disapproval of the Teacher 
Preparation Issues final regulations that were published on October 31, 
2016. Pursuant to the resolution, the Department of Education 
(Department) is removing applicable regulations from the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

DATES: This action is effective May 9, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sophia McArdle, Ph.D., U.S. Department 
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W256, Washington, DC 
20202. Telephone: (202) 453-6318 or by email: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text 
telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 2016, the Department 
published the teacher preparation issues notice of final regulations 
(81 FR 75494). The regulations in 34 CFR part 612 were effective 
November 30, 2016. The amendments to part 686 were to be effective on 
July 1, 2017, except for amendatory instructions 4.A., 4.B., 4.C.iv., 
4.C.x., and 4.C.xi., amending 34 CFR 686.2(d) and (e), which were to be 
effective July 1, 2021. Congress subsequently passed a resolution of 
disapproval of the rule, and President Trump signed the resolution into 
law as Public Law 115-14 on March 27, 2017. Accordingly, the Department 
is hereby removing part 612 of the teacher preparation issues final 
regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations. The amendments to 
part 686 were not effective, and therefore, were never part of the Code 
of Federal Regulations. The Department is removing the instructions 
amending part 686 from the rule that published October 31, 2016.

List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 612

    Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Colleges and 
universities, Consumer protection, Grant programs--education, Loan 
programs--education, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Selective Service System, Student aid, Vocational education.

    Dated: May 4, 2017.
Betsy DeVos,
Secretary of Education.

Revocation of Amendatory Instructions

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, and under the authority 
of the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) and Public Law 
115-14 (March 27, 2017), the Secretary revokes the following amendatory 
instructions from FR Doc. 2016-24856, published in the issue of Monday, 
October 31, 2016 (81 FR 75494):


Sec. Sec.  686.1, 686.2, 686.3, 686.11, 686.12, 686.32, 686.37, 686.40, 
686.42, and 686.43  [Revocation of instructions]

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1. On pages 75619 through 75622, remove amendatory instructions 2 
through 12.

Amendment to 34 CFR Chapter VI

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, and under the authority 
of the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) and Public Law 
115-14 (March 27, 2017), the Secretary also amends chapter VI of title 
34 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 612--[Removed]

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1. Remove part 612.

[FR Doc. 2017-09351 Filed 5-8-17; 8:45 am]
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