CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 685—WILLIAM D. FORD FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM > SUBPART C—Requirements, Standards, and Payments for Direct Loan Program Schools (§685.300 to §685.309) > 685.308—Remedial actions.

685.308—Remedial actions.

(a) General. The Secretary may require the repayment of funds and the purchase of loans by the school if the Secretary determines that the unenforceability of a loan or loans, or the disbursement of loan amounts for which the borrower was ineligible, resulted in whole or in part from—
(1) The school's violation of a Federal statute or regulation; or
(2) The school's negligent or willful false certification.
(b) In requiring a school to repay funds to the Secretary or to purchase loans from the Secretary in connection with an audit or program review, the Secretary follows the procedures described in 34 CFR part 668, subpart H.
(c) The Secretary may impose a fine or take an emergency action against a school or limit, suspend, or terminate a school's participation in the Direct Loan Program in accordance with 34 CFR part 668, subpart G.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.)