# Rulemaking and Guidance Procedures
> **US Department of Education** · Interim final regulations. · Published 2020-10-05 · Effective 2020-11-04 · 85 FR 62597
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-20799
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 62597
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 9
- **Publication date:** 2020-10-05
- **Effective date:** 2020-11-04
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2020-OGC-0150
## Abstract

The Department of Education (Department) issues these interim final regulations to codify procedures relating to the issuance of rulemaking and guidance documents. These regulations implement an Executive order entitled "Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents," issued on Oct. 9, 2019, whose central principles are transparency and the presumption that guidance documents only clarify existing legal obligations and may not become a vehicle for implementing new, binding requirements on stakeholders or the public. In addition, these, these regulations outline how the Department will develop rules and the circumstances under which it will do so.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/05/2020-20799/rulemaking-and-guidance-procedures)
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