---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 606.2"
title: "34"
number: "606.2"
heading: "What institutions are eligible to receive a grant under the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/606.2"
---

# §606.2. What institutions are eligible to receive a grant under the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program?

- (a) **An institution of higher education is eligible to receive a grant under this part if—**
  - (1) At the time of application, it has an enrollment of undergraduate full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students;
  - (2) It provides assurances that not less than 50 percent of its Hispanic students are low-income individuals;
  - (3) It has an enrollment of needy students as described in [§ 606.3(a)](/cfr/34/606.3.md?p=a), unless the Secretary waives this requirement under [§ 606.3(b)](/cfr/34/606.3.md?p=b);
  - (4) It has low average educational and general expenditures per full-time equivalent undergraduate student as described in [§ 606.4(a)](/cfr/34/606.4.md?p=a), unless the Secretary waives this requirement under [§ 606.4(c)](/cfr/34/606.4.md?p=c);
  - (5) It is legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree; and
  - (6) It is accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training offered.
- (b) **A branch campus of a Hispanic-Serving institution is eligible to receive a grant under this part if—**
  - (1) The institution as a whole meets the requirements of [paragraphs (a)(3) through (a)(6)](#a-3..a-6) of this section; and
  - (2) **The branch campus satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section.**
- (c)
  - (1) An institution that receives a grant under the Strengthening Institutions Program ([34 CFR part 607](/cfr/34/part607.md)) or the Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program ([34 CFR part 608](/cfr/34/part608.md)) for a particular fiscal year is not eligible to receive a grant under this part for that same fiscal year, and may not relinquish its grant under those programs to secure a grant under this part.
  - (2) A Hispanic-Serving institution under this part may not concurrently receive grant funds under the Strengthening Institutions Program, Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program, or Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions Program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 1263, Jan. 8, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, as amended at 66 FR 1263, Jan. 8, 2001]