# Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2020-01-14 · Effective 2020-01-14 · 85 FR 2033
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-00413
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 2033
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 2020-01-14
- **Effective date:** 2020-01-14
## Abstract

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 2020 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2019 (2019 final rule). This rule was previously reported as RIN 1801-AA19.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/01/14/2020-00413/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties-for-inflation)
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