Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§7929 Analysis and periodic review of departmental guidance

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create procedures to approve and regularly review important guidance documents. The procedures must set internal approval steps, show which office issued each document, who or what it applies to and the issue date, publish a public list of documents issued, revised, or withdrawn in the past year, and let the public ask the agency to change or cancel a document.

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Title 20, §7929

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The Secretary shall develop procedures for the approval and periodic review of significant guidance documents that include—

(1)appropriate approval processes within the Department;

(2)appropriate identification of the agency or office issuing the documents, the activities to which and the persons to whom the documents apply, and the date of issuance;

(3)a publicly available list to identify those significant guidance documents that were issued, revised, or withdrawn within the past year; and

(4)an opportunity for the public to request that an agency modify or rescind an existing significant guidance document.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 7929

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73