Publication Date: July 3, 2018
Posted Date: July 3, 2018
Subject: Delay of State Authorization Rules for Distance Education Providers
FR Type: Final
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2018)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 31296-31303] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2018-14373] [[Page 31295]] Vol. 83 Tuesday, No. 128 July 3, 2018 Part III Department of Education ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Program Integrity and Improvement; Final Rule Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 128 / Tuesday, July 3, 2018 / Rules and Regulations [[Page 31296]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 [Docket ID ED-2018-OPE-0041] RIN 1840-AD39 Program Integrity and Improvement AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Secretary delays, until July 1, 2020, the effective date of selected provisions of the final regulations entitled Program Integrity and Improvement published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016 (the 2016 final regulations). The Secretary is delaying the effective date of selected provisions of the 2016 final regulations based on concerns recently raised by regulated parties and to ensure that there is adequate time to conduct negotiated rulemaking to reconsider selected provisions of 2016 final regulations and, as necessary, develop revised regulations. The provisions for which the effective date is being delayed are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. DATES: Effective June 29, 2018, the effective date for the amendments to 34 CFR 600.2, 600.9(c), 668.2, and the addition of 34 CFR 668.50, published December 19, 2016, at 81 FR 92236, is delayed until July 1, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sophia McArdle, Ph.D., U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Mail Stop 290-44, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-6318. Email: sophia.mcardle@ed.gov. 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.