---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 222.6"
title: "34"
number: "222.6"
heading: "Which applications does the Secretary accept?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/222.6"
---

# §222.6. Which applications does the Secretary accept?

- (a) The Secretary accepts or approves for payment any otherwise approvable application under [section 8002](/cfr/34/8002.md) or [section 8003](/cfr/34/8003.md) that is timely filed with the Secretary in accordance with §§ [222.3](/cfr/34/222.3.md), [222.4](/cfr/34/222.4.md), and [222.5](/cfr/34/222.5.md), as applicable.
- (b) The Secretary does not accept or approve for payment any [section 8002](/cfr/34/8002.md) or [section 8003](/cfr/34/8003.md) application that is not timely filed with the Secretary as described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, except as follows:
  - (1) **The Secretary accepts and approves for payment any otherwise approvable application filed within—**
    - (i) 60 days from the application deadline established in [§ 222.3](/cfr/34/222.3.md); or
    - (ii) 60 days from the date of the Secretary's written notice of an LEA's failure to comply with the applicable filing date.
  - (2) The Secretary reduces the payment for applications described in [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section by 10 percent of the amount that would have been paid if the LEA had timely filed the application.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 50778, Sept. 29, 1995, as amended at 80 FR 33162, June 11, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7701-7714; Pub. L. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643; unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 50778, Sept. 29, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 50778, Sept. 29, 1995, as amended at 80 FR 33162, June 11, 2015]