Department of Education

Margaret Spellings
Secretary

Raymond Simon
Deputy Secretary

Third Edition: August 2005

This publication provides a non-technical summary of the Department of Education's discretionary grants process and the laws and regulations that govern it. The reader should not rely on it as the sole source of information in matters of discretionary grant application, review, award, administration, grant closeout, or audit at the Department of Education, and should consult the appropriate regulations in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations for the specific rules that apply to the Department's programs. Nothing in this document is intended to impart specific rights to applicants or grantees.

Permission to reproduce this document in whole or in part is not necessary, but the citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Grantmaking at ED, Answers to Your Questions About the Discretionary Grants Process, Washington, D.C., 2005.

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