# Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2022-04-20 · Effective 2022-04-20 · 87 FR 23450
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-08222
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 23450
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 2022-04-20
- **Effective date:** 2022-04-20
## 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 2022 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on February 3, 2021 (2021 final rule).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/20/2022-08222/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties-for-inflation)
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