[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
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

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    (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.
    (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]