U.S. Department of Education
Washington, D.C.

Second edition: September 1998

NOTE TO READER:

This booklet 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.

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