[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 34CFR75.217]



[Page 145-146]

 

                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

PART 75_DIRECT GRANT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart D_How Grants Are Made

 

Sec.  75.217  How the Secretary selects applications for new grants.



    (a) The Secretary selects applications for new grants on the basis 

of the authorizing statute, the selection criteria, and any priorities 

or other requirements that have been published in the Federal Register 

and apply to the selection of those applications.

    (b)(1) The Secretary may use experts to evaluate the applications 

submitted under a program.

    (2) These experts may include persons who are not employees of the 

Federal Government.

    (c) The Secretary prepares a rank order of the applications based 

solely



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on the evaluation of their quality according to the selection criteria.

    (d) The Secretary then determines the order in which applications 

will be selected for grants. The Secretary considers the following in 

making these determinations:

    (1) The information in each application.

    (2) The rank ordering of the applications.

    (3) Any other information--

    (i) Relevant to a criterion, priority, or other requirement that 

applies to the selection of applications for new grants;

    (ii) Concerning the applicant's performance and use of funds under a 

previous award under any Department program; and

    (iii) Concerning the applicant's failure under any Department 

program to submit a performance report or its submission of a 

performance report of unacceptable quality.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474)



[52 FR 27804, July 24, 1987, as amended at 62 FR 4167, Jan. 29, 1997]