{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-81.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 81.31","heading":"Measure of recovery.","body":"A recipient that made an unallowable expenditure or otherwise failed to discharge its obligation to account properly for funds shall return an amount that—\n(a) Meets the standards for proportionality in § 81.32;\n(b) In the case of a State or local educational agency, excludes any amount attributable to mitigating circumstances under the standards in § 81.23; and\n(c) Excludes any amount expended in a manner not authorized by law more than five years before the recipient received the notice of a disallowance decision under § 81.34.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education","PART 81—GENERAL EDUCATION PROVISIONS ACT—ENFORCEMENT","Subpart B—Hearings for Recovery of Funds"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"237b461f73d2193c2f154c47627d0202088dbac4aaa9ac2f22e91e291d8cab9c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-81.30","next":"us/34-cfr-81.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}