34 CFR § 606.20 - How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?

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title: "34 CFR § 606.20 - How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?"
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section_name: "How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
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part_name: "DEVELOPING HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1101  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
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# 606.20 How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?

(a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in—

(1) Sections 606.21 and 606.23 for a planning grant; and

(2) Sections 606.22, 606.23, 600.24, and 606.25 for a development grant.

(b) The Secretary informs applicants of the maximum possible score for each criterion in the application package or in a notice published in the *Federal Register*.

(c)(1) The Secretary considers funding an application for a planning grant that meets the requirements under § 606.21.

(2) The Secretary considers funding an application for a development grant that—

(i) Is submitted with a comprehensive development plan that satisfies all the elements required of such a plan under § 606.8; and

(ii) In the case of an application for a cooperative arrangement grant, demonstrates that the grant will enable each eligible participant to meet the goals and objectives of its comprehensive development plan better and at a lower cost than if each eligible participant were funded individually.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101 )

[64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 13373, Mar. 21, 2005]