Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, 409 [2019-00256]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00256]


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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 18 / Monday, January 28, 2019 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 409]]



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; extension 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. The Department is extending the public 
comment period for two days, until January 30, 2019.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published November 29, 
2018, at 83 FR 61462, is extended. Comments must be submitted to the 
Department on or before January 30, 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 after the comment period. 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.
     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.
    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 also email your 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. However, the Federal eRulemaking Portal was 
temporarily unavailable for a portion of January 16 and 17, 2019, due 
to technical issues. To ensure that the public will have had 60 days in 
total to submit comments on the Department's NPRM using the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal, the Department is extending the public comment 
period for an additional two days. The Department must now receive your 
comments submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal on or before 
11:59 p.m. EST January 30, 2019, hand delivered on or before 5 p.m. EST 
January 30, 2019, or postmarked on or before January 30, 2019, if 
delivered by postal mail or commercial delivery.
    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 
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Code of Federal Regulations is available at www.govinfo.gov. At this 
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    Dated: January 23, 2019.
Betsy DeVos,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 2019-00256 Filed 1-24-19; 4:15 pm]
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