[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR644.20]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 644--EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTERS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--How Does the Secretary Make a Grant?
 
Sec. 644.20  How does the Secretary decide which new grants to make?


    (a) The Secretary evaluates an application for a new grant as 
follows:
    (1)(i) The Secretary evaluates the application on the basis of the 
selection criteria in Sec. 644.21.
    (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in Sec. 644.21 is 100 
points. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses 
with the criterion.
    (2)(i) For an application for a new grant to continue to serve 
substantially the same populations or campuses that the applicant is 
serving under an expiring project, the Secretary evaluates the 
applicant's prior experience in delivering services under the expiring 
project on the basis of the criteria in Sec. 644.22.
    (ii) The maximum score for all the criteria in Sec. 644.22 is 15 
points. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses 
with the criterion.
    (3) The Secretary awards additional points equal to 10 percent of 
the application's score under paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of this section 
to an application for a project in Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau), or the 
Northern Mariana Islands if the applicant meets the requirements of 
subparts A, B, and D of this part.
    (b) The Secretary makes new grants in rank order on the basis of the 
applications' total scores under paragraphs (a) (1) through (3) of this 
section.
    (c) If the total scores of two or more applications are the same and 
there are insufficient funds for these applications after the approval 
of higher-ranked applications, the Secretary uses the remaining funds to 
serve geographic areas and eligible populations that have been 
underserved by the Educational Opportunity Centers program.
    (d) The Secretary may decline to make a grant to an applicant that 
carried out a project that involved the fraudulent use of funds under 
section 402A(c)(2)(B) of the HEA.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11, 1070a-16, and 1144a(a))