---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 34.15"
title: "34"
number: "34.15"
heading: "Consequences of failure to appear for an oral hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/34.15"
---

# §34.15. Consequences of failure to appear for an oral hearing.

- (a) If you do not appear for an in-person hearing you requested, or you do not answer a telephone call convening a telephone hearing, at the time set for the hearing, we consider you to have withdrawn your request for an oral hearing.
- (b) If you do not appear for an oral hearing but you demonstrate that there was good cause for not appearing, we may reschedule the oral hearing.
- (c) If you do not appear for an oral hearing you requested and we do not reschedule the hearing, we provide a paper hearing to review your objections, based on the evidence in your file and any evidence you have already provided.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 8142, Feb. 19, 2003, unless otherwise noted.