---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 106.71"
title: "34"
number: "106.71"
heading: "Retaliation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/106.71"
---

# §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](/cfr/34/106.44.md). Upon receiving a complaint alleging retaliation, a recipient must initiate its grievance procedures under [§ 106.45](/cfr/34/106.45.md), or, as appropriate, an informal resolution process under [§ 106.44(k)](/cfr/34/106.44.md?p=k). As set out in [§ 106.45(e)](/cfr/34/106.45.md?p=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](/cfr/34/106.45.md) and [106.46](/cfr/34/106.46.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[89 FR 33896, Apr. 29, 2024]

### Source

Source: 85 FR 30578, May 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 30955, May 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[89 FR 33896, Apr. 29, 2024]