---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 606.20"
title: "34"
number: "606.20"
heading: "How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/606.20"
---

# §606.20. How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?

- (a) **The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in—**
  - (1) Sections [606.21](/cfr/34/606.21.md) and [606.23](/cfr/34/606.23.md) for a planning grant; and
  - (2) Sections [606.22](/cfr/34/606.22.md), [606.23](/cfr/34/606.23.md), [600.24](/cfr/34/600.24.md), and [606.25](/cfr/34/606.25.md) for a development grant.
- (b) The Secretary informs applicants of the maximum possible score for each criterion in the application package or in a notice published in the Federal Register.
- (c)
  - (1) The Secretary considers funding an application for a planning grant that meets the requirements under [§ 606.21](/cfr/34/606.21.md).
  - (2) **The Secretary considers funding an application for a development grant that—**
    - (i) Is submitted with a comprehensive development plan that satisfies all the elements required of such a plan under [§ 606.8](/cfr/34/606.8.md); and
    - (ii) In the case of an application for a cooperative arrangement grant, demonstrates that the grant will enable each eligible participant to meet the goals and objectives of its comprehensive development plan better and at a lower cost than if each eligible participant were funded individually.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 70147, Dec. 15, 1999, as amended at 70 FR 13373, Mar. 21, 2005]

### 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 70 FR 13373, Mar. 21, 2005]