[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: 34CFR608.31]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

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

 

PART 608_STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 

PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart D_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?

 

Sec. 608.31  How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant?



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, for each 

fiscal year, the Secretary determines the amount of a grant under this 

part by-

    (1) Multiplying fifty percent of the amount appropriated for the 

HBCU Program by the following fraction:



Number of Pell Grant recipients at the applicant institution during the 

school year immediately preceding that fiscal year.

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Number of Pell Grant recipients at all applicant institutions during the 

school year immediately preceding that fiscal year.



    (2) Multiplying twenty-five percent of the amount appropriated for 

the HBCU Program by the following fraction:



Number of graduates of the applicant institution during the school year 

immediately preceding that fiscal year.

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Number of graduates of all applicant institutions during the school year 

immediately preceding that fiscal year.



    (3) Multiplying twenty-five percent of the amount appropriated for 

the HBCU Program by the following fraction:



The percentage of graduates of an applicant institution who, within five 

years of graduating with baccalaureate degrees, are in attendance at 

graduate or professional schools and enrolled in degree programs in 

disciplines in which Blacks are underrepresented

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The sum of the percentages of those graduates of all applicant 

institutions.



    (4) Adding the amounts obtained in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and 

(a)(3) of this section.

    (b)(1) For each fiscal year, the numerator in paragraph (a)(3) of 

this section is calculated by--

    (i) Determining the number of graduates of an applicant institution 

who, within five years of graduating with baccalaureate degrees, 

attended graduate or professional schools and enrolled in degree 

programs in disciplines in which Blacks are underrepresented during the 

school year immediately preceding that fiscal year; and

    (ii) Dividing the number obtained in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this 

section by the number of graduates of an applicant institution who 

graduated with baccalaureate degrees during the five school years 

immediately preceding the school year described in paragraph (b)(1)(i) 

of this section.

    (2) For purposes of this section, the Secretary--

    (i) Considers that Blacks are underrepresented in a professional or 

academic discipline if the percentage of Blacks in that discipline is 

less than the percentage of Blacks in the general population of the 

United States; and

    (ii) Notifies applicants of the disciplines in which Blacks are 

underrepresented through a notice in the Federal Register, after 

consulting with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    (c) Notwithstanding the formula in paragraph (a) of this section--



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    (1) For each fiscal year, each eligible institution with an approved 

application must receive at least $500,000; and

    (2) If the amount appropriated for a fiscal year for the HBCU 

Program is insufficient to provide $500,000 to each eligible institution 

with an approved application, each grant is ratably reduced. If 

additional funds become available for the HBCU Program during a fiscal 

year, each grant is increased on the same basis as it was decreased 

until the grant amount reaches $500,000.

    (d) The amount of any grant that the Secretary determines will not 

be required by a grantee for the period for which the grant was made is 

available for reallotment by the Secretary during that period to other 

eligible institutions under the formula contained in paragraph (a) of 

this section.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1063)