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Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

The Education Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 21, 2025. It took effect on January 21, 2025.

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What the agency says

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 2025 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2024 (2024 final rule).

Key facts

Document number: 2025-01419
Type: Final rule
Action: Final regulations
Agency: Education Department
Published: January 21, 2025
Takes effect: January 21, 2025
Dates: These regulations are effective January 21, 2025. The adjusted CMPs established by these regulations are applicable only to civil penalties assessed after January 21, 2025, whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015.
Regulation ID (RIN): 1801-AA25
Code of Federal Regulations: 34 CFR 36; 34 CFR 668
Topics: Administrative practice and procedure; Aliens; Claims; Colleges and universities; Consumer protection; Fraud; Grant programs-education; Loan programs-education; Penalties; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Student aid; Vocational education
Pages: 4

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