20 U.S.C. § 7712
Forgiveness of overpayments
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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- 20 U.S.C. § 7712, Forgiveness of overpayments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/453704
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may forgive the obligation of a local educational agency to repay, in whole or in part, the amount of any overpayment received under this subchapter, or under this subchapter’s predecessor authorities, if the Secretary determines that the overpayment was made as a result of an error made by—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
- Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
- Every Student Succeeds Act