---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 609.31"
title: "34"
number: "609.31"
heading: "How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/609.31"
---

# §609.31. How does the Secretary determine the amount of a grant?


Of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year—

- (a)
  - (1) The first $12,000,000 (or any lesser amount appropriated) shall be available only for the purpose of making grants to institutions or programs described in [§ 609.2(b)(1)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-1) through [§ 609.2(b)(5)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-5);
  - (2) If the sum of the approved applications does not exceed the amount appropriated, the Secretary awards grants in the amounts requested and approved;
  - (3) If the sum of the approved requests exceeds the sum appropriated, and Morehouse School of Medicine submits an approved request for at least $3,000,000, and the amount appropriated exceeds $3,000,000, the Secretary awards no less than $3,000,000 to Morehouse School of Medicine and reduces the grants to the institutions described in [§ 609.2(b)(1)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-1) through [§ 609.2(b)(5)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-5) as the Secretary considers appropriate, so that the sum of the approved grants equals the amount appropriated; and
  - (4) If Morehouse School of Medicine submits an approved request for at least $3,000,000 and the amount appropriated does not exceed $3,000,000, Morehouse School of Medicine receives all the appropriated funds; and
- (b)
  - (1) Any amount appropriated in excess of $12,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of making grants, in equal amounts not to exceed $500,000, to institutions or programs described in [§ 609.2(b)(6)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-6) through [§ 609.2(b)(16)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-16); and
  - (2) If any funds remain, the Secretary makes grants to institutions or programs described in [§ 609.2(b)(1)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-1) through [§ 609.2(b)(16)](/cfr/34/609.2.md?p=b-16).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1060 through 1063c, and 1068 through 1068h, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 38717, July 20, 1993, unless otherwise noted.