---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 606.8"
title: "34"
number: "606.8"
heading: "What is a comprehensive development plan and what must it contain?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/606.8"
---

# §606.8. What is a comprehensive development plan and what must it contain?

- (a) A comprehensive development plan is an institution's strategy for achieving growth and self-sufficiency by strengthening its—
  - (1) Academic programs;
  - (2) Institutional management; and
  - (3) **Fiscal stability.**
- (b) The comprehensive development plan must include the following:
  - (1) An analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, and significant problems of the institution's academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal stability.
  - (2) A delineation of the institution's goals for its academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal stability, based on the outcomes of the analysis described in [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section.
  - (3) **Measurable objectives related to reaching each goal and timeframes for achieving the objectives.**
  - (4) Methods and resources that will be used to institutionalize practices and improvements developed under the proposed project.
  - (5) **Its five year plan to improve its services to Hispanic and other low-income students.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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