[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5172-5173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01123]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice of the Rescission of Outdated Guidance Documents

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: On August 31, 2020, we published in the Federal Register a 
notice announcing the guidance documents the Department of Education 
(Department) is rescinding because they are outdated, after conducting 
a review of its guidance under Executive Order (E.O.) 13891 (85 FR 
54148). This notice makes corrections to the included list of documents 
for the Office of Postsecondary Education.

DATES: This correction is applicable on January 19, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Mahaffie, Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 6E-231, Washington, DC 20202. 
Telephone: (202) 453-7862. Email: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 9, 2019, the President issued 
E.O. 13891 titled ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency 
Guidance Documents.'' 84 FR 55235. Section 3(b) of the E.O. requires 
the Department to ``review its guidance documents and, consistent with 
applicable law, rescind those guidance documents that it determines 
should no longer be in effect.'' On August 31, 2020, we published a 
notice in the Federal Register notifying the public, including the 
Department's stakeholders, of the guidance documents the Department was 
rescinding as outdated (e.g., superseded by subsequent statutory 
amendments or enactments), in accordance with section

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3(b) of E.O. 13891 (85 FR 54148) (the August 31 Notice).
    The August 31 Notice inadvertently included 18 documents that were 
not intended to be rescinded. We are revising the list of rescinded 
documents for the Office of Postsecondary Education to remove the 
inadvertently included documents.

Corrections

    In FR Doc 2020-19144 appearing on page 54148 in the Federal 
Register of August 31, 2020, the following corrections are made:
    1. On page 54167, the 27th entry from the top of the page, entitled 
``Sample Default Prevention and Management Plan . . . 9/30/2005'' is 
removed.
    2. On page 54169, the 17th entry from the top of the page, entitled 
``FWS Community Service Requirements . . . 5/17/2007'' is removed.
    3. On page 54171, the third entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``Guidance to Institutions and Accrediting Agencies Regarding 
a Credit Hour as Defined in the Final Regulations Published on October 
29, 2010 . . . 3/18/2011'' is removed.
    4. On page 54172, the third entry from the top of the page, 
entitled ``Implementation of Program Integrity regulations . . . 7/20/
2011'' is removed.
    5. On page 54172, the 36th entry from the top of the page, entitled 
``Title IV Eligibility for Students Without a Valid High School Diploma 
. . . 12/6/2012'' is removed.
    6. On page 54172, the 39th entry from the top of the page, entitled 
``Charges Incurred at Bookstores . . . 11/28/2012'' is removed.
    7. On page 54173, the 26th entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``Competency-Based Education Programs--Q&A . . . 12/19/2014'' 
is removed.
    8. On page 54173, the fourth entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``FY 2016 Sequester Required Changes to the Title IV Student 
Aid Programs . . . 4/23/2015'' is removed.
    9. On page 54174, the 29th entry from the top of the page, entitled 
``2017-2018 Award Year: FAFSA[supreg] Information to be Verified and 
Acceptable Documentation . . . 4/5/2016'' is removed.
    10. On page 54174, the 30th entry from the top of the page, 
entitled ``Changes to Title IV Eligibility for Students Without a Valid 
High School Diploma Who Are Enrolled in Eligible Career Pathway 
Programs . . . 5/9/2016'' is removed.
    11. On page 54174, the 31st entry from the top of the page, 
entitled ``FY 2017 Sequester Required Changes to the Title IV Student 
Aid Programs . . . 5/31/2016'' is removed.
    12. On page 54174, the 34th entry from the top of the page, 
entitled ``2017-2018 Federal Pell Grant Payment and Disbursement 
Schedules . . . 10/18/2016'' is removed.
    13. On page 54174, the 19th entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``Withdrawal of Dear Colleague Letter 15-14 . . . 3/16/2017'' 
is removed.
    14. On page 54174, the 17th entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``Subject: 2018-2019 Award Year: FAFSA[supreg] Information to 
be Verified and Acceptable Documentation . . . 5/25/2017'' is removed.
    15. On page 54174, the third entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``Subject: Modifications to the Campus-Based Programs for 
institutions and students affected by Hurricanes or Tropical Storms 
Harvey, Irma, and Maria . . . 3/26/2018'' is removed.
    16. On page 54174, the second entry from the bottom of the page, 
entitled ``Subject: REVISED 2018-2019 Federal Pell Grant Payment and 
Disbursement Schedules . . . 4/10/2018'' is removed.
    17. On page 54175, the second entry from the top of the page, 
entitled ``Subject: Webinar Recording-How to Correct Historical 
Enrollment Reporting in NSLDS . . . 6/19/2019'' is removed.
    18. On page 54175, the fourth entry from the top of the page, 
entitled ``Subject: Online Training Resource-Financial Aid 
Administrator's Took Kit . . . 9/10/2019'' is removed.
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Mitchell Zais,
Acting Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 2021-01123 Filed 1-15-21; 8:45 am]
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