[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 34, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 34CFR101.21] [Page 360] TITLE 34--EDUCATION CHAPTER I--OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PART 101_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS UNDER PART 100 OF THIS TITLE --Table of Contents Subpart C_Parties Sec. 101.21 Parties. (a) The term party shall include an applicant or recipient or other person to whom a notice of hearing or opportunity for hearing has been mailed naming him a respondent. (b) The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, shall be deemed a party to all proceedings.