---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 304.23"
title: "34"
number: "304.23"
heading: "Assurances that must be provided by grantee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/304.23"
---

# §304.23. Assurances that must be provided by grantee.


Before receiving an award, a grantee that intends to grant scholarships under the program must include in its application an assurance that the following requirements will be satisfied:

- (a) **Requirement for agreement.** Prior to granting a scholarship, the grantee will require each scholar to enter into a written agreement in which the scholar agrees to the terms and conditions set forth in [§ 304.30](/cfr/34/304.30.md). This agreement must explain the Secretary's authority to grant deferrals and exceptions to the service obligation pursuant to [§ 304.31](/cfr/34/304.31.md) and include the current Department address for purposes of the scholar's compliance with [§ 304.30(i)](/cfr/34/304.30.md?p=i), or any other purpose under this part.
- (b) **Standards for satisfactory progress.** The grantee must establish, notify scholars of, and apply reasonable standards for measuring whether a scholar is maintaining satisfactory progress in the scholar's course of study.
- (c) **Exit certification.**
  - (1) At the time of exit from the program, the grantee must provide the following information to the scholar:
    - (i) The number of years the scholar needs to work to satisfy the work requirements in [§ 304.30(d)](/cfr/34/304.30.md?p=d);
    - (ii) The total amount of scholarship assistance received subject to [§ 304.30](/cfr/34/304.30.md);
    - (iii) The time period, consistent with [§ 304.30(f)(1)](/cfr/34/304.30.md?p=f-1), during which the scholar must satisfy the work requirements; and
    - (iv) As applicable, all other obligations of the scholar under [§ 304.30](/cfr/34/304.30.md).
  - (2) Upon receipt of this information from the grantee, the scholar must provide written certification to the grantee that the information is correct.
- (d) **Information.** The grantee must forward the information and written certification required in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section to the Secretary, as well as any other information that is necessary to carry out the Secretary's functions under section 662 of the Act and this part.
- (e) **Notification to the Secretary.** If the grantee is aware that the scholar has chosen not to fulfill or will be unable to fulfill the obligation under [§ 304.30(d)](/cfr/34/304.30.md?p=d), the grantee must notify the Secretary when the scholar exits the program.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1462(h), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 32398, June 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.