---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 685.308"
title: "34"
number: "685.308"
heading: "Remedial actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/685.308"
---

# §685.308. Remedial actions.

- (a) **General.** The Secretary may require the repayment of funds and the purchase of loans by the school if the Secretary determines that the school is liable as a result of—
  - (1) The school's violation of a Federal statute or regulation;
  - (2) The school's negligent or willful false certification under [§ 685.215](/cfr/34/685.215.md); or
  - (3) The school's actions that gave rise to a successful claim for which the Secretary discharged a loan, in whole or in part, pursuant to [§ 685.206](/cfr/34/685.206.md), [§ 685.214](/cfr/34/685.214.md), [§ 685.216](/cfr/34/685.216.md), [§ 685.222](/cfr/34/685.222.md), or [subpart D](/cfr/34/subpartD.md) of this part.
- (b) In requiring a school to repay funds to the Secretary or to purchase loans from the Secretary in connection with an audit or program review, the Secretary follows the procedures described in [34 CFR part 668](/cfr/34/part668.md), subpart H.
- (c) The Secretary may impose a fine or take an emergency action against a school or limit, suspend, or terminate a school's participation in the Direct Loan Program in accordance with [34 CFR part 668](/cfr/34/part668.md), subpart G.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 61690, Dec. 1, 1994, as amended at 81 FR 76089, Nov. 1, 2016; 84 FR 49933, Sept. 23, 2019; 87 FR 66068, Nov. 1, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087a—1087j. Subpart A also issued under U.S.C. 1087e(a). Subpart B also issued under U.S.C 1078, 1078-3, 1087(e), 1087e(a)(2), 1087e(a), 1087e(a)(3), 1087e(b), 1087e(d), 1087e(d)(1), 1087e(f), 1087e(g), 1087(m)(1)(A), 1091(a), 1092(d)(1), 1098e(a)(2), 1098e(a)(3), 1098h(a)(2). Subpart C also issued under U.S.C 1087a.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 61690, Dec. 1, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 61690, Dec. 1, 1994, as amended at 81 FR 76089, Nov. 1, 2016; 84 FR 49933, Sept. 23, 2019; 87 FR 66068, Nov. 1, 2022]