---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 643.30"
title: "34"
number: "643.30"
heading: "What are allowable costs?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/643.30"
---

# §643.30. What are allowable costs?


The cost principles that apply to the Talent Search program are in [2 CFR part 200](/cfr/2/part200.md), subpart E. Allowable costs include the following if they are reasonably related to the objectives of the project:

- (a) **Transportation, meals, and, if necessary, lodging for participants and project staff for—**
  - (1) Visits to postsecondary educational institutions;
  - (2) Participation in “College Day” activities;
  - (3) Field trips for participants to observe and meet with persons who are employed in various career fields and who can act as role models for participants; and
  - (4) Transportation to institutions of higher education, secondary schools not attended by the participants, or other locations at which the participant receives instruction that is part of a rigorous secondary school program of study.
- (b) **Purchase of testing materials and test preparation programs for participants.**
- (c) Fees required for admission applications for postsecondary education, college entrance examinations, or alternative education examinations if—
  - (1) A waiver of the fee is unavailable; and
  - (2) **The fee is paid by the grantee to a third party on behalf of a participant.**
- (d) **In-service training of project staff.**
- (e) **Rental of space if—**
  - (1) Space is not available at the site of the grantee; and
  - (2) **The rented space is not owned by the grantee.**
- (f) Purchase, lease, or rental of computer hardware, software, and other equipment, service agreements for such equipment, and supplies that support the delivery of services to participants, including technology used by participants in a rigorous secondary school program of study.
- (g) Purchase, lease, service agreement, or rental of computer equipment and software needed for project administration and recordkeeping.
- (h) **Tuition costs for a course that is part of a rigorous secondary school program of study if—**
  - (1) The course or a similar course is not offered at the secondary school that the participant attends or at another school within the school district;
  - (2) The grantee demonstrates to the Secretary's satisfaction that using grant funds is the most cost-effective way to deliver the course or courses necessary for the completion of a rigorous secondary school program of study for program participants;
  - (3) The course is taken through an accredited institution of higher education;
  - (4) The course is comparable in content and rigor to courses that are part of a rigorous secondary school program of study as defined in [§ 643.7(b)](/cfr/34/643.7.md?p=b);
  - (5) The secondary school accepts the course as meeting one or more of the course requirements for obtaining a regular secondary school diploma;
  - (6) A waiver of the tuition costs is unavailable;
  - (7) The tuition is paid with Talent Search grant funds to an institution of higher education on behalf of a participant; and
  - (8) The Talent Search project pays for no more than the equivalent of two courses for a participant each school year.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 59145, Nov. 5, 1993, as amended at 75 FR 65779, Oct. 26, 2010; 79 FR 76102, Dec. 19, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-12, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 59145, Nov. 5, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 59145, Nov. 5, 1993, as amended at 75 FR 65779, Oct. 26, 2010; 79 FR 76102, Dec. 19, 2014]