Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
| Published date | 14 February 2019 |
| Record Number | 2019-02566 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Education Department |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 4018-4019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02566]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Part 106
RIN 1870-AA14
[Docket ID ED-2018-OCR-0064]
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 29, 2018, the Department published in the Federal
Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or
Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance regulations. That
NPRM established a 60-day comment period from November 29, 2018,
through January 28, 2019. On January 28, the Department published in
the Federal Register a document extending the public comment period for
two days, until January 30, 2019. In an abundance of caution, to the
extent that some users may have experienced technical issues preventing
the submission of comments using the Federal eRulemaking Portal, the
Department is reopening the comment period for one day on February 15,
2019.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published November 29,
2018 at 83 FR 61462, and extended on January 28, 2019 at 84 FR 409, is
reopened. Comments must be submitted to the Department on February 15,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. The
Department will not accept comments submitted by fax or by email or
those submitted outside of the comment period. Thus, we will not accept
comments submitted from January 31, 2019, through February 14, 2019, or
comments submitted after February 15, 2019. To ensure that the
Department does not receive duplicate copies, please submit your
comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the
top of your comments.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for finding a rule on the site
and submitting comments, is available on the site under ``How to use
Regulations.gov'' in the Help section. If
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you experience technical difficulties when trying to submit your
comment, call the www.regulations.gov helpdesk at 877-378-5457.
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: The
Department strongly encourages commenters to submit their comments
electronically. If, however, you mail or deliver your comments about
the proposed regulations, address them to Brittany Bull, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 6E310,
Washington, DC 20202-5900. Comments submitted via mail must be
postmarked on February 15, 2019. Comments hand-delivered to the
Department must be delivered between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST on
February 15, 2019.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing in
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bull, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 6E310, Washington, DC 20202-
5900. Telephone: 202-453-7100. You may email questions to
TitleIXNPRM@ed.gov, but, as described above, comments must be submitted
via the Federal eRulemaking Portal, postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery.
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:
Background: On November 29, 2018, the Department published an NPRM
in the Federal Register (83 FR 61462), to amend the Nondiscrimination
on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving
Federal Financial Assistance regulations to provide appropriate
standards for how recipients must respond to incidents of sexual
harassment. The NPRM established a 60-day comment period through
January 28, 2019. On January 28, the Department published in the
Federal Register a document (84 FR 409) extending the public comment
period for two days, until January 30, 2019. In an abundance of
caution, to the extent that some users may have experienced technical
issues preventing the submission of comments using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, the Department is reopening the comment period for
one day on February 15, 2019. Commenters must submit comments: Between
12:00 a.m. EST and 11:59 p.m. EST on February 15, 2019 if submitted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal; between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
EST on February 15, 2019, if hand-delivered; or postmarked on February
15, 2019, if delivered by postal mail or commercial delivery. Please do
not resubmit a comment that was previously submitted. The Department is
continuously processing and posting all comments received from the
public in a manner that ensures the Department is able to review and
consider each comment. Once all comments have been processed, they will
be posted and publicly available.
Call the www.regulations.gov helpdesk at 877-378-5457 if you
experience any technical difficulties that prevent you from submitting
your comment on February 15, 2019. You also have the option to deliver
your comment by postal mail, commercial delivery or hand delivery if a
technical issue prevents you from submitting your comment through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the
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Dated: February 12, 2019.
Betsy DeVos,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 2019-02566 Filed 2-12-19; 4:15 pm]
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