[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR75.220]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
PART 75--DIRECT GRANT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--How Grants Are Made
 
Sec. 75.220  Procedures the Department uses under Sec. 75.219(a).

    If the special circumstances of Sec. 75.219(a) appear to exist for 
an application, the Secretary uses the following procedures:
    (a) The Secretary assembles a board to review the application.
    (b) The board consists of:
    (1) A program officer of the program under which the applicant wants 
a grant;
    (2) An employee from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer 
(OCFO) with responsibility for grant policy; and
    (3) A Department employee who is not a program officer of the 
program but who is qualified to evaluate the application.
    (c) The board reviews the application to decide if:
    (1) The special circumstances under Sec. 75.219(a) are satisfied;
    (2) The application rates high enough, based on the selection 
criteria, priorities, and other requirements that apply to the program, 
to deserve selection; and
    (3) Selection of the application will not have an adverse impact on 
the budget of the program.
    (d) The board forwards the results of its review to the Secretary.
    (e) If each of the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section is 
satisfied, the Secretary may select the application for funding.
    (f) Even if the Secretary does not select the application for 
funding, the applicant may submit its application under the procedures 
in Subpart C of this part.

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

[45 FR 22497, Apr. 3, 1980. Redesignated at 45 FR 77368, Nov. 21, 1980, 
as amended at 45 FR 86297, Dec. 30, 1980; 64 FR 50391, Sept. 16, 1999]