34 CFR § 110.20 - General responsibilities.

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title: "34 CFR § 110.20 - General responsibilities."
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "110.20"
section_name: "General responsibilities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "110"
part_name: "NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 6101  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 40197, July 27, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 110.20 General responsibilities.

Each ED recipient has primary responsibility for ensuring that its program or activity is in compliance with the Act and these regulations and shall take steps to eliminate violations of the Act. A recipient also has responsibility to maintain records, provide information, and to afford ED access to its records to the extent required for ED to determine whether the recipient is in compliance with the Act and these regulations.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6103)

[58 FR 40197, July 27, 1993, as amended at 65 FR 68057, Nov. 13, 2000]