[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: 34CFR271.20]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 271_STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DESEGREGATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C_How Does an SEA Apply for a Grant?
 
Sec. 271.20  What conditions must an applicant meet to obtain funding?


    To obtain funding under this program:
    (a) An applicant must demonstrate its leadership in facilitating 
desegregation (in each of the desegregation assistance areas for which 
it has applied) as indicated by policies and procedures adopted by the 
SEA to assist in the desegregation process;
    (b) The applicant's project director must have access to the Chief 
State School Officer;
    (c) The applicant must have a plan of the steps that it has taken or 
would take to inform the LEAs it will serve, public school personnel, 
students, and parents of the desegregation assistance available;
    (d) The applicant must have familiarity with the desegregation-
related needs and problems of the school boards and other responsible 
governmental agencies in its State;
    (e) The assistance to be provided by the applicant must be designed 
to meet the desegregation needs (in each of the desegregation assistance 
areas for which it has applied) within its State;
    (f) The applicant must identify specific desegregation problems that 
would be addressed by its proposed project;
    (g) The applicant must have a plan for coordination with other 
related desegregation programs in its State, that will prevent 
duplication of assistance when a responsible governmental agency 
requests assistance from both the SEA and the DAC or other program;
    (h) The applicant must provide a plan of operation for the proposed 
project that includes:
    (1) An effective plan of management that ensures proper and 
efficient administration of the project;
    (2) A clear description of how the objectives of the project relate 
to the purposes of the program;
    (3) The way the applicant plans to use its resources and personnel 
to achieve each objective; and

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    (4) How the applicant will ensure that project participants who are 
otherwise eligible to participate are selected without regard to race, 
national origin, color, sex, age, or handicapping condition.
    (i) The applicant must have familiarity with materials used in 
providing technical assistance and training in each of the desegregation 
assistance areas for which it has applied;
    (j) The key personnel the applicant plans to use on the project must 
be qualified, as determined by:
    (1) The experience and training of the project director and other 
key personnel; and
    (2) The time that the project director and other key personnel will 
devote to the project to ensure its success;
    (k) The applicant, as part of its nondiscriminatory employment 
practices, shall ensure that its personnel are selected for employment 
without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age or 
handicapping condition.
    (l) The project must have an adequate budget to support the project 
activities, and costs must be reasonable in relation to the objectives 
of the project; and
    (m) The applicant must have an evaluation plan that includes methods 
of evaluation that are appropriate for the project and, to the extent 
possible, are objective and produce data that are quantifiable.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1810-0030)

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c-2)