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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Office of Elementary and Secondary Education</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Education</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing title I, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), to phase out the authority of States to define modified academic achievement standards and develop alternate assessments based on those modified academic achievement standards in order to satisfy ESEA accountability requirements.  These proposed amendments would permit, as a transitional measure, States that meet certain criteria to continue to administer alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards and include the results in accountability determinations, subject to limitations on the number of proficient scores that may be counted, for a limited period of time.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>34 CFR 200.1</CFR>
            <CFR>34 CFR 200.6</CFR>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Paul</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Brown</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>S</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1810</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Elementary and Secondary Education</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OESE</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 260-0976</PHONE>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Room 3C132, Room 3C132, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
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