34 C.F.R. § 85.605 How does suspension differ from debarment?
Title 34 - Education
Suspension differs from debarment in that— Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235); 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103–355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327.
Title 34: Education
PART 85—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)
Subpart F—General Principles Relating to Suspension and Debarment Actions
§ 85.605 How does suspension differ from debarment?
------------------------------------------------------------------------ A suspending official . . . A debarring official . . .------------------------------------------------------------------------(a) Imposes suspension as a temporary Imposes debarment for a status of ineligibility for specified period as a final procurement and nonprocurement determination that a person is transactions, pending completion of an not presently responsible. investigation or legal proceedings.(b) Must_.............................. Must conclude, based on a(1) Have adequate evidence that there preponderance of the evidence, may be a cause for debarment of a that the person has engaged in person; and. conduct that warrants(2) Conclude that immediate action is debarment. necessary to protect the Federal interest.(c) Usually imposes the suspension Imposes debarment after giving first, and then promptly notifies the the respondent notice of the suspended person, giving the person an action and an opportunity to opportunity to contest the suspension contest the proposed and have it lifted. debarment.------------------------------------------------------------------------
