CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education > PART 81—GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT—ENFORCEMENT > SUBPART B—Hearings for Recovery of Funds (§81.30 to §81.45) > 81.41—Initial decision.

81.41—Initial decision.

(a) The ALJ makes an initial decision based on the record.
(b) The initial decision includes the ALJ's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and reasoning on all material issues.
(c) The initial decision is transmitted to the Secretary by hand-delivery or Department mail, and to the parties by certified mail, return receipt requested, by the Office of Administrative Law Judges.
(d) For the purpose of this part, “initial decision” includes an ALJ's modified decision after the Secretary's remand of a case.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 557(c) ; 20 U.S.C 1221e-3, 1234(f)(1) , and 3474(a))

Code of Federal Regulations

[54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 43473, 43474, Aug. 16, 1993]