[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: 34CFR299.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                  CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND
              SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 299_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Selection Criteria
 
Sec. 299.3  What priority may the Secretary establish for activities in 
an Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community?


    For any ESEA discretionary grant program, the Secretary may 
establish a priority, as authorized by 34 CFR 75.105(b), for projects 
that will--
    (a) Use a significant portion of the program funds to address 
substantial problems in an Empowerment Zone, including a Supplemental 
Empowerment

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Zone, or an Enterprise Community designated by the United States 
Department of Housing and Urban Development or the United States 
Department of Agriculture; and
    (b) Contribute to systemic educational reform in such an Empowerment 
Zone, including a Supplemental Empowerment Zone, or such an Enterprise 
Community, and are made an integral part of the Zone or Community's 
comprehensive community revitalization strategies.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2831(a))