---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 101.54"
title: "34"
number: "101.54"
heading: "Request for hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/101.54"
---

# §101.54. Request for hearing.


Within 20 days after service of a notice of opportunity for hearing which does not fix a date for hearing the respondent, either in his answer or in a separate document, may request a hearing. Failure of the respondent to request a hearing shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a hearing and to constitute his consent to the making of a decision on the basis of such information as is available.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 30931, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.