2015 US Code
Title 20 - Education (Sections 1 - 10013)
Chapter 31 - General Provisions Concerning Education (Sections 1221 - 1235g)
Subchapter IV - Enforcement (Sections 1234 - 1234i)
Sec. 1234f - Compliance agreements
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 31 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION SUBCHAPTER IV - ENFORCEMENT Sec. 1234f - Compliance agreements |
Contains | section 1234f |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 90-247, title IV, §457, as added Pub. L. 100-297, title III, §3501(a), Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 355. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 102 Stat. 355 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 90-247, Public Law 100-297 |
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In accordance with section 1234c of this title, the Secretary may enter into a compliance agreement with a recipient under an applicable program. The purpose of any compliance agreement under this section shall be to bring the recipient into full compliance with the applicable requirements of law as soon as feasible and not to excuse or remedy past violations of such requirements.
(b) Procedures applicable(1) Before entering into a compliance agreement with a recipient, the Secretary shall hold a hearing at which the recipient, affected students and parents or their representatives, and other interested parties are invited to participate. The recipient shall have the burden of persuading the Secretary that full compliance with the applicable requirements of law is not feasible until a future date.
(2) If the Secretary determines, on the basis of all the evidence presented, that full compliance is genuinely not feasible until a future date, the Secretary shall make written findings to that effect and shall publish those findings, along with the substance of any compliance agreement, in the Federal Register.
(c) ContentsA compliance agreement under this section shall contain—
(1) an expiration date not later than 3 years from the date of the written findings under subsection (b)(2) of this section, by which the recipient shall be in full compliance with the applicable requirements of law, and
(2) those terms and conditions with which the recipient must comply until it is in full compliance.
(d) Failure of recipient to comply with terms and conditionsIf a recipient fails to comply with the terms and conditions of a compliance agreement under this section, the Secretary may consider that compliance agreement to be no longer in effect, and the Secretary may take any action authorized by law with respect to the recipient.
(Pub. L. 90–247, title IV, §457, as added Pub. L. 100–297, title III, §3501(a), Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 355.)
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective 180 days after Apr. 28, 1988, but not applicable to recipients receiving written notice to return funds prior to that date, see section 3501(b) of Pub. L. 100–297, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under section 1234 of this title.
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