---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 7929"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "7929"
heading: "Analysis and periodic review of departmental guidance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/7929"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter VIII — General Provisions"
  - "Part F — Uniform Provisions"
  - "Subpart 2 — other provisions"
---

# §7929. Analysis and periodic review of departmental guidance


The [Secretary](/usc/20/7801.md?p=46) shall develop procedures for the approval and periodic review of significant guidance documents that include—

- (1) appropriate approval processes within the [Department](/usc/20/7801.md?p=13);
- (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- (3) a publicly available list to identify those significant guidance documents that were issued, revised, or withdrawn within the past year; and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.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8549, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8041, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2121.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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.