# Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2023-01-30 · Effective 2023-01-30 · 88 FR 5784
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-01596
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 5784
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 2023-01-30
- **Effective date:** 2023-01-30
## 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 2023 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2022 (2022 final rule).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/30/2023-01596/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties-for-inflation)
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