[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR643.22]

[Page 301]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 643_TALENT SEARCH--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C_How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec. 643.22  How does the Secretary evaluate prior experience?

    (a) In the case of an application described in Sec. 
643.20(a)(2)(i), the Secretary reviews information relating to an 
applicant's performance under its expiring Talent Search project. This 
information includes performance reports, audit reports, site visit 
reports, and project evaluation reports.
    (b) The Secretary evaluates the applicant's prior experience in 
delivering services on the basis of the following criteria:
    (1) (3 points) (i) Whether the applicant provided services to the 
number of participants required to be served under the approved 
application; and
    (ii) Whether two-thirds of all participants served were low-income 
individuals and potential first-generation college students.
    (2) (6 points) The extent to which the applicant met or exceeded its 
objectives regarding the retention, reentry, and graduation levels of 
secondary school participants.
    (3) (6 points) The extent to which the applicant met or exceeded its 
objectives regarding the admission or reentry of participants to 
programs of postsecondary education.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1840-0549)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-12)