222.116—How are withholding procedures initiated under this subpart?
        
        (a) 
         If the Assistant Secretary decides to withhold an LEA's funds, the Assistant Secretary issues a written notice of intent to withhold the LEA's payments.
    
    
    
    
        
        (2) 
        
        (i) 
         Advises an LEA that has participated in an IPP hearing that it may request, in accordance with  § 222.117(c), that its payments not be withheld; or
    
    
        
        (ii) 
         Advises an LEA that has not participated in an IPP hearing that it may request a withholding hearing in accordance with  § 222.117(d).
    
    
        
        (c) 
         The Assistant Secretary sends a copy of the written notice of intent to withhold payments to the LEA and the affected Indian tribe or tribes by certified mail with return receipt requested.