34 CFR § 648.30 - How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

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title: "34 CFR § 648.30 - How does the Secretary evaluate an application?"
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title_name: "Education"
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section_name: "How does the Secretary evaluate an application?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
part_number: "648"
part_name: "GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED"
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authority: "20 U.S.C. 1135-1135e, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 648.30 How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

(a) The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in § 648.31.

(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*.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135, 1135b)

[58 FR 65842, Dec. 16, 1993, as amended at 70 FR 13375, Mar. 21, 2005]