34 CFR § 396.32 - What additional factors does the Secretary consider in making awards?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t34/s396.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "34 CFR § 396.32 - What additional factors does the Secretary consider in making awards?"
title_number: 34
title_name: "Education"
section_number: "396.32"
section_name: "What additional factors does the Secretary consider in making awards?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "396"
part_name: "TRAINING OF INTERPRETERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DEAF-BLIND"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sections 12(c) and 302(a) and (f) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 772(a) and (f), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 55625, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "396"
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# 396.32 What additional factors does the Secretary consider in making awards?
In addition to the selection criteria listed in § 396.31 and 34 CFR 75.210, the Secretary, in making awards under this part, considers the geographical distribution of projects throughout the country, as appropriate, in order to best carry out the purposes of this program. To accomplish this, the Secretary may in any fiscal year make awards of regional or national scope.
(Authority: Sections 12(c) and 302(f) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 709(c) and 772(f))