---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 656.24"
title: "34"
number: "656.24"
heading: "What priorities may the Secretary establish?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/656.24"
---

# §656.24. What priorities may the Secretary establish?

- (a) The Secretary may select one or more of the following funding priorities:
  - (1) **Specific world areas, countries, or societies.**
  - (2) **Instruction of specific modern foreign languages.**
  - (3) Modern foreign language instruction at a specific level or degree of intensity, such as intermediate or advanced language instruction or instruction at an intensity of 10 clock hours or more per week.
  - (4) Specific areas of national need for expertise in foreign languages and world areas derived from the consultation with Federal agencies on areas of national need.
  - (5) Specific area of focus, such as a world area or a portion of a world area (e.g., a single country or society) in addition to a specific topic (e.g., economic cooperation, cybersecurity, energy, climate change, translation, genocide prevention, or migration).
- (b) The Secretary may select one or more of the activities listed in [§ 656.4](/cfr/34/656.4.md) or [§ 656.30(a)](/cfr/34/656.30.md?p=a) as a funding priority.
- (c) The Secretary announces any priorities in the application notice published in the Federal Register.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1121, 1122, 1127, and 1132 unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 68758, Aug. 27, 2024, unless otherwise noted.