[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR656.23]

[Page 373]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 656--NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA 
STUDIES OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec. 656.23  What priorities may the Secretary establish?

    (a) The Secretary may select one or more of the following funding 
priorities:
    (1) Specific countries or world areas, such as, for example, East 
Asia, Africa, or the Middle East.
    (2) Specific focus of a Center, such as, for example, a single world 
area; international studies; a particular issue or topic, e.g., 
business, development issues, or energy; or any combination.
    (3) Level or intensiveness of language instruction, such as 
intermediate or advanced language instruction, or instruction at an 
intensity of 10 contact hours or more per week.
    (4) Types of activities to be carried out, for example, cooperative 
summer intensive language programs, course development, or teacher 
training activities.
    (b) The Secretary may select one or more of the activities listed in 
Sec. 656.5 as a funding priority.
    (c) The Secretary announces any priorities in the application notice 
published in the Federal Register.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122)