[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR237.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 237_CHRISTA MCAULIFFE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 237.3  How are awards distributed?

    (a) Except as provided in section 563(a)(3) of the Act, the 
Secretary awards one national teacher fellowship under this part to an 
eligible teacher in each of the following:
    (1) Each congressional district in each of the fifty States.
    (2) The District of Columbia.
    (3) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    (4) Guam.
    (5) The Virgin Islands.
    (6) American Samoa.
    (7) The Northern Mariana Islands.
    (8) The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of Palau).
    (b)(1) If the conditions stated in section 563(a)(3) of the Act 
apply, the Secretary publishes an alternative distribution of fellowship 
under this part that:
    (i) Will permit fellowship awards at the level stated in Sec. 
237.4; and
    (ii) Is geographically equitable as determined by the Secretary.
    (2) The Secretary sends a notice of this distribution to each of the 
statewide panels established under Sec. 237.20.
    (c)(1) If a State fails to meet the applicable filing deadlines for 
fellowship recommendations established under this program, the Secretary 
does not make awards in that State.
    (2) In redistributing any returned or unused funds from a State, the 
Secretary takes into consideration, but is not limited to, the following 
factors:
    (i) The amount of funds available for redistribution.
    (ii) The number of States that request additional funds.
    (iii) The number of States that are willing to match fellowship 
funds.
    (iv) The requirements in Sec. 237.4(b) relating to minimum awards.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1113b(a))

[52 FR 26466, July 14, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 10966, Mar. 15, 1989]