[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR260.113]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 260--EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart A--Fellowship and Scholarship Grants
 
Sec. 260.113  Responsibilities of employing agencies.

    (a) A candidate's employing agency is responsible for furnishing a 
statement of endorsement and information concerning the relevancy of the 
candidate's study to agency requirements. The agency is encouraged to 
identify educational and training priorities and to provide backup to 
support its priority candidates for these programs.
    (b) Employing agencies are encouraged to give favorable 
consideration to the requests of candidates for educational leave and 
salary support for the study period to facilitate the candidates' 
applications. Agency decisions involving salary support and educational 
leave that will affect the acceptance of awards by recipients should be 
made at the earliest possible date to provide adequate time for the FHWA 
to select alternates to replace candidates that decline their awards.
    (c) Agencies are responsible for negotiations with their candidates 
concerning conditions of reinstatement and the candidates' commitments 
to return to work.
    (d) Employing agencies are encouraged to publicize the availability 
of these grants throughout the agencies, to implement procedures for 
internal evaluation of applications, and to forward the applications to 
the FHWA division office in their State.
    (e) Employing agencies that choose to process their employees' 
applications are responsible for observing the cutoff date for the FHWA 
to receive applications. This date will be stipulated in the Notices 
announcing the program for each academic year.