34 CFR § 101.21 - Parties.

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title: "34 CFR § 101.21 - Parties."
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title_name: "Education"
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section_name: "Parties."
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part_name: "PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS UNDER PART 100 OF THIS TITLE"
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# 101.21 Parties.

(a) The term party shall include an applicant or recipient or other person to whom a notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing has been mailed naming him a respondent.

(b) The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, shall be deemed a party to all proceedings.