Publication Date: February 1, 2019
Posted Date: February 12, 2019
Subject: Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2019)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 971-974] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2019-00670] ========================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 34 CFR Parts 36 and 668 [Docket ID ED-2019-OGC-0004] RIN 1801-AA18 Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Final regulations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2019 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2018 (2018 final rule). DATES: These regulations are effective February 1, 2019. The adjusted CMPs established by these regulations are applicable only to civil penalties assessed after February 1, 2019 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.schlichter@ed.gov.levon.schlichter@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. Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed in this section.