---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 81.30"
title: "34"
number: "81.30"
heading: "Basis for recovery of funds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/81.30"
---

# §81.30. Basis for recovery of funds.

- (a) Subject to the provisions of [§ 81.31](/cfr/34/81.31.md), an authorized Departmental official requires a recipient to return funds to the Department if—
  - (1) The recipient made an unallowable expenditure of funds under a grant or cooperative agreement; or
  - (2) The recipient otherwise failed to discharge its obligation to account properly for funds under a grant or cooperative agreement.
- (b) An authorized Departmental offcial may base a decision to require a recipient to return funds upon an audit report, an investigative report, a monitoring report, or any other evidence.

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 43473, Aug. 16, 1993]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3, 1234-1234i, and 3474(a), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 19512, May 5, 1989. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 43473, Aug. 16, 1993]