[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11309-11310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04201]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Part 81

[Docket ID ED-2021-OFO-0121]
RIN 1880-AA91


Standardizing Filing Procedures for Administrative Appeals; 
Correction

AGENCY: Office of Finance and Operations, Department of Education.

ACTION: Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: On September 23, 2021, the Department of Education published 
in the Federal Register final regulations for Standardizing Filing 
Procedures for Administrative Appeals. This document corrects an error 
to the regulatory text in the final regulations.

DATES: The correction to these final regulations is effective March 1, 
2022.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects an error in FR Doc. 
2021-20304 that published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2021 
(86 FR 52829). Due to a technical error, paragraph (b)(3) was not added 
to 34 CFR 81.20. This technical amendment adds paragraph (b)(3) to 
Sec.  81.20.

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List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 81

    Administrative practice and procedure, Grant programs--education.

Denise L. Carter,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Finance and Operations.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble to FR Doc. 2021-20304, 
published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2021 (86 FR 52829), 
the Department of Education makes the following technical amendment to 
34 CFR part 81.

PART 81--GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT--ENFORCEMENT

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1. The authority citation for part 81 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1234-1234i, and 3474(a), unless 
otherwise noted.


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2. Amend Sec.  81.20 by:
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a. Adding paragraph (b)(3); and
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b. Removing the parenthetical authority citation at the end of the 
section.
    The addition reads as follows:


Sec.  81.20  Interlocutory appeals to the Secretary from rulings of an 
ALJ.

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    (b) * * *
    (3)(i) The petition must be filed electronically, and served upon 
the ALJ and other parties, by submission to OES on behalf of the Office 
of the Secretary unless a party shows the Secretary good cause why the 
petition cannot be filed electronically.
    (ii) If the Secretary permits a party to file a petition in paper 
format, the filing party must file the petition with the Office of 
Hearings and Appeals (OHA) on behalf of the Secretary by hand-delivery 
or regular mail. The filing party must provide a copy of the petition 
to the ALJ at the time the petition is filed, and a copy of the 
petition must be served upon the other parties by hand-delivery or 
regular mail.
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[FR Doc. 2022-04201 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
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