[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR75.217]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 75--DIRECT GRANT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--How Grants Are Made
 
Sec.  75.217  How the Secretary selects applications for new grants.

    (a) The Secretary selects applications for new grants on the basis 
of the authorizing statute, the selection criteria, and any priorities 
or other requirements that have been published in the Federal Register 
and apply to the selection of those applications.
    (b)(1) The Secretary may use experts to evaluate the applications 
submitted under a program.
    (2) These experts may include persons who are not employees of the 
Federal Government.
    (c) The Secretary prepares a rank order of the applications based 
solely on the evaluation of their quality according to the selection 
criteria.
    (d) The Secretary then determines the order in which applications 
will be selected for grants. The Secretary considers the following in 
making these determinations:
    (1) The information in each application.
    (2) The rank ordering of the applications.
    (3) Any other information--
    (i) Relevant to a criterion, priority, or other requirement that 
applies to the selection of applications for new grants;
    (ii) Concerning the applicant's performance and use of funds under a 
previous award under any Department program; and
    (iii) Concerning the applicant's failure under any Department 
program to submit a performance report or its submission of a 
performance report of unacceptable quality.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474)

[52 FR 27804, July 24, 1987, as amended at 62 FR 4167, Jan. 29, 1997]