[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: 34CFR426.22]

[Page 107]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 426_COOPERATIVE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make an Award?
 
Sec. 426.22  What selection criteria does the Secretary use for the 
Program for Model Consumer and Homemaking Education Projects?

    (a) The Secretary uses the following criteria to evaluate an 
application for a model consumer and homemaking education project:
    (1) Program factors. (10 points) The Secretary reviews the quality 
of the proposed project to assess the extent to which project activities 
will improve, expand, and update programs that will--
    (i) Be conducted for residents of economically depressed areas or 
areas with high rates of unemployment;
    (ii) Encourage participation of traditionally underserved 
populations;
    (iii) Encourage the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping; 
and
    (iv) Address priorities and emerging concerns at the local, State, 
and national levels, such as the articulation of secondary and 
postsecondary consumer and homemaking education programs and the 
integration of basic skills in consumer and homemaking education 
programs.
    (2) Demonstration program design. (10 points) The Secretary reviews 
each application to determine the extent to which the applicant--
    (i) Bases the proposed consumer and homemaking education project on 
successful model education programs that include components similar to 
the components required by this program, as evidenced by empirical data 
from those programs in such factors as--
    (A) Student performance and achievement;
    (B) Placement of students in jobs, including the preparation of 
students for the occupation of homemaking; and
    (C) Successful transfer of students to a wide variety of 
postsecondary educational programs;
    (ii) Proposes project objectives that contribute to the improvement 
of consumer and homemaking education; and
    (iii) Proposes to use unique and innovative techniques to produce 
benefits that address educational problems and needs that are of 
national significance.
    (b) The Secretary also uses the criteria and points in Sec. 426.21 
(c) through (h) to evaluate an application.

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

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2420a)