TITLE 34 - EDUCATION

SUBTITLE B - REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

CHAPTER IV - OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PART 411 - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

subpart c - HOW DOES THE SECRETARY MAKE A GRANT?

411.23 - How does the Secretary evaluate unsolicited applications?

  (a) At any time during a fiscal year, the Secretary may accept and consider for funding an unsolicited application that has not been submitted under a competition announced in the Federal Register for that fiscal year, if the project proposes activities described in 411.3.

  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 34 CFR 75.100, the Secretary may fund an unsolicited application without publishing an application notice in the Federal Register.

  (c) The Secretary may select an unsolicited application for funding in accordance with the procedures in 411.20(e) and 411.24.

  (d) The Secretary assigns the 15 points reserved under 411.20(b) as follows: (1) Ten points to the selection criterion in 411.21(a)national need.

  (2) Five points to the selection criterion in 411.21(b)plan of operation.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2402)