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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>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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<p>The Department will rescind the title I, part A regulations related to the Qualifications of Teachers and Paraprofessionals which address the highly qualified teacher and paraprofessional requirements in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, including the statutory definition of Highly Qualified Teacher, duties of paraprofessionals, and expenditures for professional development. We are taking this deregulatory action because these regulations have been superseded by the Every Student Succeeds Act.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Deregulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>34 CFR 200.55</CFR>
            <CFR>34 CFR 200.59</CFR>
            <CFR>34 CFR 200.60</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 3474</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 1221e-3</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 114-95</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2018</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <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>Patrick</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Rooney</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1810</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Elementary and Secondary Education</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OESE</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 219-1662</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>patrick.rooney@ed.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4B113,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20202</ZIP>
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