[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: 34CFR648.33]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

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

 

PART 648_GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make an Award?

 

Sec. 648.33  What priorities and absolute preferences does the Secretary 

establish?



    (a) For each application period, the Secretary establishes as an 

area of national need and gives absolute preference to one or more of 

the general disciplines and sub-disciplines listed as priorities in the 

appendix to this part or the resulting interdisciplines.

    (b) The Secretary announces the absolute preferences in a notice 

published in the Federal Register.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135, 1135a)