[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: 34CFR101.53]

[Page 362]
 
                           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 F_Proceedings Prior to Hearing
 
Sec. 101.53  Amendment of notice or answer.

    The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights may amend the notice of 
hearing or opportunity for hearing once as a matter of course before an 
answer thereto is served, and each respondent may amend his answer once 
as a matter of course not later than 10 days before the date fixed for 
hearing but in no event later than 20 days from the date of service of 
his original answer. Otherwise a notice or answer may be amended only by 
leave of the presiding officer. A respondent shall file his answer to an 
amended notice within the time remaining for filing the answer to the 
original notice or within 10 days after service of the amended notice, 
whichever period may be the longer, unless the presiding officer 
otherwise orders.