---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 81.4"
title: "34"
number: "81.4"
heading: "Membership and assignment to cases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/81.4"
---

# §81.4. Membership and assignment to cases.

- (a) **The Secretary appoints Administrative Law Judges as members of the OALJ.**
- (b) **The Secretary appoints one of the members of the OALJ to be the chief judge.** The chief judge is responsible for the efficient and effective administration of the OALJ.
- (c) **The chief judge assigns an ALJ to each case or class of cases within the jurisdiction of the OALJ.**

## Notes

### 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.