---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 21.20"
title: "34"
number: "21.20"
heading: "Types of eligible applicants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/21.20"
---

# §21.20. Types of eligible applicants.


The following types of parties that prevail in adversary adjudications are eligible to apply under the Act for an award of fees and other expenses:

- (a) **An individual who has a net worth of not more than $2 million.**
- (b) **Any owner of an unincorporated business who has—**
  - (1) A net worth of not more than $7 million, including both personal and business interests; and
  - (2) **Not more than 500 employees.**
- (c) **A charitable or other tax-exempt organization—**
  - (1) As described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 ([26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)](/usc/26/501.md?p=c-3)); and
  - (2) **Having not more than 500 employees.**
- (d) **A cooperative association—**
  - (1) As defined in section 15(a) of the Agricultural Marketing Act ([12 U.S.C. 1141(a)](/usc/12/1141.md?p=a)); and
  - (2) **Having not more than 500 employees.**
- (e) **Any other partnership, corporation, association, unit of local government, or organization that has—**
  - (1) A net worth of not more than $7 million; and
  - (2) **Not more than 500 employees.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 47192, Sept. 7, 1993, unless otherwise noted.