Title I-Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Education of Migratory Children, 61342-61346 [2018-25931]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61342-61346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25931]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Part 200

RIN 1810-AB49
[Docket ID ED-2018-OESE-0079]


Title I--Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; 
Education of Migratory Children

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Department proposes to modify the current requirements 
related to the responsibilities of State educational agency (SEA) 
recipients of funds under title I, part C, of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), to conduct annual 
prospective re-interviews to confirm the eligibility of children under 
the Migrant Education Program (MEP). Based on input from MEP 
stakeholders, we propose to clarify who constitutes an independent re-
interviewer, and to reduce the costs and burden of prospective re-
interviews conducted by independent re-interviewers, while maintaining 
adequate quality control measures to safeguard the integrity of program 
eligibility determinations.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before January 28, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not 
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after 
the comment period. To ensure that we do 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 accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under ``Help.''
     Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: The 
Department strongly encourages commenters to submit their comments 
electronically. However, if you mail or deliver your comments about 
these proposed regulations, address them to Patricia Meyertholen, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E315, 
Washington, DC 20202.
    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: Patricia Meyertholen, U.S. Department 
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E315, Washington, DC 20202. 
Telephone: (202) 260-1394. Email: [email protected].
    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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.011.
    Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding 
these proposed regulations. To ensure that your comments have maximum 
effect in developing the final regulations, we urge you to identify 
clearly the specific section or sections of the proposed regulations 
that each of your comments addresses and to arrange your comments in 
the same order as the proposed regulations.
    We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific

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requirements of Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771 and their 
overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result 
from these proposed regulations. Please let us know of any further ways 
we could reduce potential costs or increase potential benefits while 
preserving the effective and efficient administration of the 
Department's programs and activities.
    During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public 
comments about these proposed regulations by accessing Regulations.gov. 
You may also inspect the comments in person in room 3E315, 400 Maryland 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Eastern 
Time, Monday through Friday of each week except Federal holidays. 
Please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the 
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will provide an appropriate 
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who 
needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the 
public rulemaking record for these proposed regulations. If you want to 
schedule an appointment for this type of accommodation or auxiliary 
aid, please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.

Background and Proposed Regulations

    The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations in 34 CFR 
200.89(b)(2), which pertain to an SEA's responsibilities for conducting 
annual prospective re-interviews for children determined to be eligible 
for the MEP, as part of the SEA's quality control system.
    Final requirements for prospective re-interviewing were published 
in the Federal Register on July 29, 2008 (73 FR 44102), and became 
effective on August 28, 2008. In accordance with these requirements, 
SEAs must, on an annual basis, validate current-year child eligibility 
determinations through re-interviews for a randomly selected sample of 
children previously identified as migratory. Under Sec.  
200.89(b)(2)(i), at least once every three years, the annual 
prospective re-interviews must be conducted by one or more independent 
re-interviewers--that is, interviewers who are neither SEA nor local 
operating agency staff working to administer or operate the State MEP 
nor any other persons who worked on the initial eligibility 
determinations being tested. The current regulations do not specify who 
may conduct the annual prospective re-interviews in the years when an 
independent re-interviewer is not required. However, the Department has 
previously recommended to SEAs through guidance and technical 
assistance \1\ that the independent re-interviewer should not have been 
involved in the initial eligibility determination under review.
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    \1\ See pages 35-36 of U.S. Department of Education, Office of 
Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Migrant Education, 
Technical Assistance Guide on Re-interviewing: Washington, DC 20202 
(https://results-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/mep-reinterviewing-guide-dec-10.pdf).
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    Prospective re-interviewing is required in order to provide a 
quality control on the accuracy of an SEA's current-year eligibility 
determinations (i.e., migratory children for whom the SEA approved a 
Certificate of Eligibility during the current performance reporting 
period) and to guide any needed corrective actions or improvements in a 
State's migratory child identification and recruitment practices. 
Prospective re-interviewing is one element of an SEA's quality control 
system, which must also include the minimum requirements set forth in 
34 CFR 200.89(d), such as training for recruiters and staff involved in 
making eligibility determinations, and supervision and annual review 
and evaluation of the identification and recruitment practices of 
individual recruiters.
    The 2008 requirements stemmed from the Department's concerns about 
the accuracy and consistency of the processes SEAs had used to 
determine the eligibility of migratory children and the counts of 
children eligible for services that SEAs reported to the Department, 
which were examined in 2004 by the Office of Elementary and Secondary 
Education and the Office of Inspector General. The examination 
uncovered widespread errors in program eligibility determinations. In 
most cases, the errors seemed attributable to the poor training of 
State and local personnel responsible for determining eligibility, weak 
quality control procedures for reviewing child eligibility 
determinations, and a lack of uniformity in the implementation of the 
MEP eligibility requirements.
    Although the accuracy and integrity of program eligibility 
determinations has vastly improved since 2008, we believe prospective 
re-interviews remain an essential part of an SEA's quality control 
system. Maintaining adequate quality control in eligibility 
determinations is essential to ensuring that MEP-funded services are 
provided to children who meet the program eligibility criteria, and 
that the level and quality of those services is not diluted by the 
delivery of services to children who are not eligible to receive them. 
In addition, the number of eligible migratory children, as reported by 
SEAs, is a key factor in determining the amount of MEP funds awarded to 
SEAs.
    We are proposing these amendments to clarify for SEAs that 
individuals conducting annual prospective re-interviews must be 
individuals who were not involved in the initial eligibility 
determination being reviewed, as a quality control measure. This 
proposed change would codify the method the Department has previously 
recommended to SEAs through guidance and technical assistance, and is 
largely consistent with SEAs' current practices. To avoid confusion, 
the proposed regulations also replace the reference to ``current-year'' 
eligibility determinations with the term ``current performance 
reporting period (September 1 to August 31).'' A performance reporting 
period, sometimes referred to as a child count year, is a more specific 
timeframe: September 1 through August 31. This modification to the 
regulatory language is consistent with the Department's technical 
assistance and guidance on prospective re-interviewing, as well as 
SEAs' current re-interviewing practices. By adding these clarifications 
to the regulations, we intend to make this information as transparent 
and accessible as possible.
    We also propose to modify the requirement that SEAs use independent 
re-interviewers at least once every three years. Instead, the 
regulations would require the use of independent re-interviewers at 
least once within the first three full performance reporting periods 
(September 1 through August 31) following the effective date of a major 
statutory or regulatory change, as determined by the Secretary, that 
impacts program eligibility, in order to test eligibility 
determinations made based on the changed eligibility criteria. The 
entire sample of eligibility determinations to be tested by independent 
re-interviewers would be drawn from children determined to be eligible 
after the major statutory or regulatory change takes effect. This 
change would reduce the frequency of the required use of independent 
re-interviewers because after using independent re-interviewers at 
least once within the first three full performance reporting periods 
following a major statutory or regulatory change, SEAs would not be 
required to use independent re-interviewers again until an additional 
major statutory or

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regulatory change is implemented that impacts child eligibility. We 
believe that, by providing an impartial perspective from outside of the 
program, independent re-interviewers continue to be valuable, but that 
their perspective would be most beneficial in periods when changes to 
program eligibility have been recently implemented. We believe that 
independent re-interviewers' distance from the State or local 
administration and operation of the program makes them more likely to 
identify errors or misunderstanding of new or changed eligibility 
criteria--particularly if those issues are systemic or statewide. After 
independent re-interviewers identify eligibility issues and the SEA has 
implemented corrective actions or improvements, as required by current 
regulations in 200.89(b)(2)(vii), we believe sufficient quality control 
can be maintained by the SEA's annual prospective re-interviews, which 
may be conducted by SEA or local staff operating the MEP, as long as 
those staff members did not work on the initial eligibility 
determinations being tested. Finally, we propose to make this 
requirement effective September 1, 2020, to allow SEAs that receive MEP 
funds to complete their independent re-interviews of eligibility 
determinations that were made after the effective date (July 1, 2017) 
of the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Public Participation

    In accordance with Executive Order 13777, ``Enforcing the 
Regulatory Reform Agenda,'' the Department requested input from the 
public and identified stakeholders on existing program regulations. As 
part of that effort, on June 1, 2017, OESE staff contacted two of the 
largest national organizations representing State MEP directors to 
request input on whether, in their area of expertise, there are 
regulations that are unnecessary or in need of revision, and whether 
there are regulations that are particularly important for the 
Department to keep in place. In response to this outreach, we received 
responses from one organization, as well as MEP staff in one SEA. Their 
proposed alternatives to the current prospective re-interviewing 
requirements included modifying the timing, reducing the frequency, or 
reducing the number of re-interviews that SEAs are required to 
complete.
    On June 22, 2017, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice of evaluation of existing regulations (82 FR 28431), 
requesting input on regulations that may be appropriate for repeal, 
replacement, or modification. In response to this notice, we received 
comments from the same national organization representing State MEP 
directors that previously responded to the Department's June 1, 2017, 
outreach. That organization again proposed alternatives to the current 
prospective re-interviewing requirements, such as modifying the timing, 
reducing the frequency, or reducing the number of re-interviews that 
SEAs are required to complete.
    In addition, we have received input during ongoing consultation 
with State MEP directors on possible modifications to the prospective 
re-interviewing requirements. Most recently, we received input during a 
November 14, 2017, meeting with the MEP Coordination Work Group, a 
group of nine State MEP directors who represent State MEP directors in 
nine U.S. geographic regions.

Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771

Regulatory Impact Analysis

    Under Executive Order 12866, it must be determined whether this 
regulatory action is ``significant'' and, therefore, subject to the 
requirements of the Executive order and subject to review by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 
defines a ``significant regulatory action'' as an action likely to 
result in a rule that may--
    (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, 
or adversely affect a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, 
jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or 
Tribal governments or communities in a material way (also referred to 
as an ``economically significant'' rule);
    (2) Create serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an 
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) Materially alter the budgetary impacts of entitlement grants, 
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or
    (4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles stated in the 
Executive order.
    This proposed regulatory action is not a significant regulatory 
action subject to review by OMB under section 3(f) of Executive Order 
12866.
    Under Executive Order 13771, for each new regulation that the 
Department proposes for notice and comment or otherwise promulgates 
that is a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866 and 
that imposes total costs greater than zero, it must identify two 
deregulatory actions. For Fiscal Year 2019, any new incremental costs 
associated with a new regulation must be fully offset by the 
elimination of existing costs through deregulatory actions. The 
proposed regulations are not a significant regulatory action. 
Therefore, the requirements of Executive Order 13771 do not apply.
    We have also reviewed these regulations under Executive Order 
13563, which supplements and explicitly reaffirms the principles, 
structures, and definitions governing regulatory review established in 
Executive Order 12866. To the extent permitted by law, Executive Order 
13563 requires that an agency--
    (1) Propose or adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination 
that their benefits justify their costs (recognizing that some benefits 
and costs are difficult to quantify);
    (2) Tailor its regulations to impose the least burden on society, 
consistent with obtaining regulatory objectives and taking into 
account--among other things and to the extent practicable--the costs of 
cumulative regulations;
    (3) In choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, select 
those approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential 
economic, environmental, public health and safety, and other 
advantages; distributive impacts; and equity);
    (4) To the extent feasible, specify performance objectives, rather 
than the behavior or manner of compliance a regulated entity must 
adopt; and
    (5) Identify and assess available alternatives to direct 
regulation, including economic incentives--such as user fees or 
marketable permits--to encourage the desired behavior, or provide 
information that enables the public to make choices.
    Executive Order 13563 also requires an agency ``to use the best 
available techniques to quantify anticipated present and future 
benefits and costs as accurately as possible.'' The Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB has emphasized that these 
techniques may include ``identifying changing future compliance costs 
that might result from technological innovation or anticipated 
behavioral changes.''
    We are issuing these proposed regulations only on a reasoned 
determination that their benefits would justify their costs. In 
choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, we selected those 
approaches that would maximize net benefits. Based on the analysis that 
follows, the Department believes that these proposed regulations are 
consistent with the principles in Executive Order 13563.

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    We also have determined that this regulatory action would not 
unduly interfere with State, local, and Tribal governments in the 
exercise of their governmental functions.
    In accordance with the Executive orders, the Department has 
assessed the potential costs and benefits, both quantitative and 
qualitative, of this regulatory action. The potential costs associated 
with this regulatory action are those resulting from statutory 
requirements and those regulatory requirements that we have determined 
to be necessary for administering the Department's programs and 
activities.
    We anticipate that the proposed changes to these regulations will 
reduce the cost and burden associated with prospective re-interviewing, 
specifically the use of independent re-interviewers, for some SEAs. 
While we believe that SEAs will be required to conduct independent re-
interviews less frequently under the proposed regulations than they are 
required to currently, we cannot predict when statutory changes will 
occur. Under the current and proposed regulations, to qualify as 
``independent,'' the interviewers must be neither SEA nor local 
operating agency staff members working to administer or operate the 
State MEP nor any other persons who worked on the initial eligibility 
determinations being tested. Although there is no Federal requirement 
for SEAs to use a specific funding mechanism to support independent re-
interviewers, such as a contract, or to use out-of-State personnel who 
require travel costs, several SEAs have chosen to use such methods and 
personnel for independent re-interviews. For those SEAs that have 
chosen to use more costly methods for independent re-interviews, we 
anticipate that the reduced frequency of independent re-interviews will 
result in reduced cost and burden. Further, we do not believe that 
burden will be affected by the proposed change to clarify that annual 
prospective re-interviews must not be conducted by individuals who were 
involved in the initial eligibility determination being reviewed, as 
this is consistent with the current practices of most SEAs.
    Elsewhere in this section under Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 
identify and explain burdens specifically associated with information 
collection requirements.

Clarity of the Regulations

    Executive Order 12866 and the Presidential memorandum ``Plain 
Language in Government Writing'' require each agency to write 
regulations that are easy to understand.
    The Secretary invites comments on how to make these proposed 
regulations easier to understand, including answers to questions such 
as the following:
     Are the requirements in the proposed regulations clearly 
stated?
     Do the proposed regulations contain technical terms or 
other wording that interferes with their clarity?
     Does the format of the proposed regulations (grouping and 
order of sections, use of headings, paragraphing, etc.) aid or reduce 
their clarity?
     Would the proposed regulations be easier to understand if 
we divided them into more (but shorter) sections? (A ``section'' is 
preceded by the symbol ``Sec.  '' and a numbered heading; for example, 
Sec.  200.89.)
     Could the description of the proposed regulations in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this preamble be more helpful in 
making the proposed regulations easier to understand? If so, how?
     What else could we do to make the proposed regulations 
easier to understand?
    To send any comments that concern how the Department could make 
these proposed regulations easier to understand, see the instructions 
in the ADDRESSES section.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    The Secretary certifies that these proposed regulations would not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. Because these proposed regulations would affect only States 
and State agencies, the proposed regulations would not have an impact 
on small entities. State and State agencies are not defined as ``small 
entities'' in the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden, the Department provides the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections 
of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This helps ensure that the public 
understands the Department's collection instructions, respondents can 
provide the requested data in the desired format, reporting burden 
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are 
clearly understood, and the Department can properly assess the impact 
of collection requirements on respondents.
    These proposed regulations contain information collection 
requirements that are approved by OMB under OMB control number 1810-
0662; these proposed regulations do not affect the currently approved 
data collection.
    A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless OMB approves the collection under the PRA and the 
corresponding information collection instrument displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no person is required to comply with, or is subject to penalty for 
failure to comply with, a collection of information if the collection 
instrument does not display a currently valid OMB control number.
    Section 200.89(b)(2) contains an information collection 
requirement. This information collection has been approved by OMB 
Control Number 1810-0662. The currently approved collection includes 
cost and burden estimates based on annual prospective re-interviewing 
which do not vary based on the specific personnel used for re-
interviews, including independent re-interviewers. As SEAs would still 
be required to conduct prospective re-interviews on an annual basis 
under the proposed regulations, our cost and burden estimates are 
unchanged.
    We estimate a standard number of hours to conduct re-interviews--
including multiple attempts to locate the family and travel to their 
location (2 hours/child), analyze the findings (1 hour/child), and 
summarize findings for annual reporting (2 hours/SEA). We estimate 
costs based on a standard hourly rate for staff conducting re-
interviews ($10/hour) and a higher standard hourly rate for staff 
responsible for analysis and reporting ($25/hour). Some SEAs have 
elected to use more costly resources and methods when conducting 
independent re-interviews, such as contracts with private organizations 
and out-of-State personnel. Since these are not Federal requirements, 
under the PRA, any increased costs associated with these resources and 
methods were not factored into the cost and burden estimates in the 
currently approved collection, and, accordingly, any decreased costs 
associated with these resources and methods that would result from 
their less frequent use under the proposed regulations also do not 
affect the cost and burden estimates. Thus, the burden estimated in the 
approved information collection remains unchanged.

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Intergovernmental Review

    This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the 
regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive 
order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened 
federalism. The Executive order relies on processes developed by State 
and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal 
financial assistance.
    This document provides early notification of our specific plans and 
actions for this program.

Federalism

    Executive Order 13132 requires us to ensure meaningful and timely 
input by State and local elected officials in the development of 
regulatory policies that have federalism implications. ``Federalism 
implications'' means substantial direct effects on the States, on the 
relationship between the National Government and the States, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government. The proposed regulations in Sec.  200.89(b) may have 
federalism implications. We encourage State and local elected officials 
to review and provide comments on these proposed regulations.
    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 person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 
84.011: Education of Migratory Children)

List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 200

    Education of disadvantaged, Elementary and secondary education, 
Grant programs-education, Indians-education, Infants and children, 
Juvenile delinquency, Migrant labor, Private schools, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: November 23, 2018.
Betsy DeVos,
Secretary of Education.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Secretary proposes 
to amend part 200 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations as 
follows:

PART 200--TITLE I--IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 
DISADVANTAGED

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1. The authority citation for part 200 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6301 through 6576, unless otherwise noted.

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2. Section 200.89 is amended by:
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a. Revising paragraph (b)(2).
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b. Adding paragraph (b)(3).
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c. Revising the authority citation.
    The revisions and addition read as follows:


Sec.  200.89  Re-interviewing; Eligibility documentation; and Quality 
control.

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    (b) * * *
    (2) Prospective re-interviewing. As part of the system of quality 
controls identified in Sec.  200.89(d), an SEA must annually validate 
child eligibility determinations from the current performance reporting 
period (September 1 to August 31) through re-interviews for a randomly 
selected sample of children identified as migratory during the same 
performance reporting period using re-interviewers, who may be SEA or 
local operating agency staff members working to administer or operate 
the State MEP, or any other person trained to conduct personal 
interviews and who understands program eligibility requirements, but 
who did not work on the initial eligibility determinations being 
tested. In conducting these re-interviews, an SEA must--
    (i) Use one or more independent re-interviewers (i.e., interviewers 
who are neither SEA or local operating agency staff members working to 
administer or operate the State MEP nor any other persons who worked on 
the initial eligibility determinations being tested and who are trained 
to conduct personal interviews and to understand and apply program 
eligibility requirements) at least once every three years until 
September 1, 2020;
* * * * *
    (3) Prospective re-interviewing following a major statutory or 
regulatory change to child eligibility. Beginning September 1, 2020, an 
SEA must use one or more independent re-interviewers (i.e., 
interviewers who are neither SEA nor local operating agency staff 
members working to administer or operate the State MEP, nor any other 
persons who worked on the initial eligibility determinations being 
tested and who are trained to conduct personal interviews and to 
understand and apply program eligibility requirements) to validate 
child eligibility determinations at least once within the first three 
full performance reporting periods (September 1 through August 31) 
following the effective date of a major statutory or regulatory change 
that directly impacts child eligibility (as determined by the 
Secretary), consistent with the prospective re-interview process 
described in paragraph (b)(2)(ii)-(vii) of this section. The entire 
sample of eligibility determinations to be tested by independent re-
interviewers must be drawn from children determined to be eligible 
after the major statutory or regulatory change took effect.
* * * * *

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6391-6399, 6571, 18 U.S.C. 1001)


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