20 U.S.C. § 7712 — Forgiveness of overpayments
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 89-10 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 91 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may forgive all or part of a local educational agency’s overpayment when the overpayment resulted from an error by the Secretary. The Secretary may also forgive an agency error when repayment would cause undue financial hardship and seriously harm the agency’s educational program.
Despite any other law, the Secretary may forgive all or part of a local educational agency’s duty to repay an overpayment under this subchapter or its predecessor authorities if the Secretary decides the overpayment resulted from (1) the Secretary’s error, or (2) the agency’s error and full repayment would cause the agency undue financial hardship and seriously harm its educational program.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may forgive the obligation of a local educational agency to repay, in whole or in part, the amount of any overpayment received under this subchapter, or under this subchapter’s predecessor authorities, if the Secretary determines that the overpayment was made as a result of an error made by—
the Secretary; or
the local educational agency and repayment of the full amount of the overpayment will result in an undue financial hardship on the agency and seriously harm the agency’s educational program.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–10, title VII, § 7012, formerly title VIII, § 8012, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3769; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title XVIII, § 1815], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–387; renumbered title VII, § 7012, Pub. L. 114–95, title VII, § 7001(c)(2), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2074.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 89-10 · 108 Stat. 3769
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-398 · 114 Stat. 1654, 1654
- 2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-95 · 129 Stat. 2074
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-10 on 1994-10-20.
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