RULES and Regulations: Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

Publication Date
February 03, 2021
Subject
RULES and Regulations: Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
FR Type
Notice

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7974-7977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02231]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Parts 36 and 668

RIN 1801-AA21


Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Final regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) issues these final 
regulations to adjust the Department's civil monetary penalties (CMPs) 
for inflation. This adjustment is required by the Federal Civil 
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), 
which amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 
1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act). These final regulations provide the 
2021 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in 
the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on 
January 14, 2020 (2020 final rule).

DATES: These regulations are effective February 3, 2021. The adjusted 
CMPs established by these regulations are applicable only to civil 
penalties assessed after February 3, 2021 whose associated violations 
occurred after November 2, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levon Schlichter, U.S. Department of 
Education, Office of the General Counsel, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 
6E235, Washington, DC 20202-2241. Telephone: (202) 453-6387. Email: 
Levon.Schlinchter@ed.gov.
    
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-
877-8339.
 

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