[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR606.2]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 606_DEVELOPING HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM--Table of 

Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 606.2  What institutions are eligible to receive a grant under 

the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program?



    (a) An institution of higher education is eligible to receive a 

grant under this part if--

    (1) At the time of application, it has an enrollment of 

undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent 

Hispanic students;

    (2) It provides assurances that not less than 50 percent of its 

Hispanic students are low-income individuals;

    (3) It has an enrollment of needy students as described in Sec. 

606.3(a), unless the Secretary waives this requirement under Sec. 

606.3(b);

    (4) It has low average educational and general expenditures per 

full-time equivalent undergraduate student as described in Sec. 

606.4(a), unless the Secretary waives this requirement under Sec. 

606.4(c);

    (5) It is legally authorized by the State in which it is located to 

be a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it 

awards a bachelor's degree; and

    (6) It is accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized 

accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to 

be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training 

offered.

    (b) A branch campus of a Hispanic-Serving institution is eligible to 

receive a grant under this part if--

    (1) The institution as a whole meets the requirements of paragraphs 

(a)(3) through (a)(6) of this section; and

    (2) The branch campus satisfies the requirements of paragraphs 

(a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.



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    (c)(1) An institution that receives a grant under the Strengthening 

Institutions Program (34 CFR part 607) or the Strengthening Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities Program (34 CFR part 608) for a 

particular fiscal year is not eligible to receive a grant under this 

part for that same fiscal year, and may not relinquish its grant under 

those programs to secure a grant under this part.

    (2) A Hispanic-Serving institution under this part may not 

concurrently receive grant funds under the Strengthening Institutions 

Program, Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

Program, or Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions 

Program.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101a and 1101d)



[64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 1263, Jan. 8, 2001]