34 CFR § 106.71 - Retaliation.

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title: "34 CFR § 106.71 - Retaliation."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "106.71"
section_name: "Retaliation."
chapter_name: "OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "106"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1681  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 30955, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 106.71 Retaliation.

A recipient must prohibit retaliation, including peer retaliation, in its education program or activity. When a recipient has information about conduct that reasonably may constitute retaliation under Title IX or this part, the recipient is obligated to comply with § 106.44. Upon receiving a complaint alleging retaliation, a recipient must initiate its grievance procedures under § 106.45, or, as appropriate, an informal resolution process under § 106.44(k). As set out in § 106.45(e), if the complaint is consolidated with a complaint of sex-based harassment involving a student complainant or student respondent at a postsecondary institution, the grievance procedures initiated by the consolidated complaint must comply with the requirements of both §§ 106.45 and 106.46.

[89 FR 33896, Apr. 29, 2024]