[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR401.23]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 401_INDIAN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make an Award?
 
Sec. 401.23  Is the Secretary's decision not to make an award under the 
Indian Vocational Education Program subject to a hearing?

    (a) After receiving written notice from an authorized official of 
the Department that the Secretary will not award a grant or cooperative 
agreement to an eligible applicant under Sec. 401.2(a)(1), an Indian 
tribal organization has 30 calendar days to make a written request to 
the Secretary for a hearing to review the Secretary's decision.
    (b) Within 10 business days of the Department's receipt of a hearing 
request, the Secretary designates a Department employee who is not 
assigned to the Office of Vocational and Adult Education to serve as a 
hearing officer. The hearing officer conducts a hearing and issues a 
written decision within 75 calendar days of the Department's receipt of 
the hearing request. The hearing officer establishes rules for the 
conduct of the hearing. The hearing officer conducts the hearing solely 
on the basis of written submissions unless the officer determines, in 
accordance with standards in 34 CFR 81.6(b), that oral argument or 
testimony is necessary.

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    (c) The Secretary does not make any award under this part to an 
Indian tribal organization until the hearing officer issues a written 
decision on any appeal brought under this section.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control No. 1830-
0013)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2313(b); 25 U.S.C. 450f)