---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 658.30"
title: "34"
number: "658.30"
heading: "How does the Secretary evaluate an application?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/658.30"
---

# §658.30. How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

- (a) The Secretary evaluates an application from an institution of higher education or a consortium of such institutions on the basis of the criteria in §§ [658.31](/cfr/34/658.31.md) and [658.32](/cfr/34/658.32.md). 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.
- (b) The Secretary evaluates an application from an agency or organization or professional or scholarly association on the basis of the criteria in §§ [658.31](/cfr/34/658.31.md) and [658.33](/cfr/34/658.33.md). 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 13375, Mar. 21, 2005, as amended at 74 FR 35074, July 17, 2009]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 14122, Apr. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 13375, Mar. 21, 2005, as amended at 74 FR 35074, July 17, 2009]