The Secretary amends Part 76 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) to require a State to file its State plan and other related documents under a given program by a date certain or face deferral of the date on which the State may begin to obligate funds under the program. The Secretary also modifies the policy announced in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding pre-award costs incurred after the date funds are available for obligation by the Secretary and before the date a State has an approved State plan. Under the modified policy, the Secretary will allow pre- award costs for matching and Maintenance of Effort expenditures because these expenditures are not subject to the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 (CMIA). The Secretary takes these actions to protect the Federal Government from interest liabilities under the CMIA when the Department is late in making an initial payment under a State- administered program because the State failed to submit a substantially approvable plan or other required document in a timely fashion. The Secretary also makes conforming amendments to Part 667.