---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 669.21"
title: "34"
number: "669.21"
heading: "What selection criteria does the Secretary use?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/669.21"
---

# §669.21. What selection criteria does the Secretary use?


The Secretary evaluates an application on the basis of the criteria in this section.

- (a) **Plan of operation.** (See [34 CFR 655.31(a)](/cfr/34/655.31.md?p=a))
- (b) **Quality of key personnel.** (See [34 CFR 655.31(b)](/cfr/34/655.31.md?p=b))
- (c) **Budget and cost-effectiveness.** (See [34 CFR 655.31(c)](/cfr/34/655.31.md?p=c))
- (d) **Evaluation plan.** (See [34 CFR 655.31 (d)](/cfr/34/655.31.md?p=d))
- (e) **Adequacy of resources.** (See [34 CFR 655.31(e)](/cfr/34/655.31.md?p=e))
- (f) **Need and potential impact.** The Secretary reviews each application to determine—
  - (1) The extent to which the proposed materials or activities are needed in the foreign languages on which the project focuses;
  - (2) The extent to which the proposed materials may be used throughout the United States; and
  - (3) The extent to which the proposed work or activity may contribute significantly to strengthening, expanding, or improving programs of foreign language study in the United States.
- (g) **Likelihood of achieving results.** The Secretary reviews each application to determine—
  - (1) The quality of the outlined methods and procedures for preparing the materials; and
  - (2) The extent to which plans for carrying out activities are practicable and can be expected to produce the anticipated results.
- (h) **Description of final form of results.** The Secretary reviews each application to determine the degree of specificity and the appropriateness of the description of the expected results from the project.
- (i) **Priorities.** If, under the provisions of [§ 669.22](/cfr/34/669.22.md), the application notice specifies priorities for this program, the Secretary determines the degrees to which the priorities are served.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 2773, Jan. 26, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 32577, June 10, 1993; 70 FR 13377, Mar. 21, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1123, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 2773, Jan. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 2773, Jan. 26, 1990, as amended at 58 FR 32577, June 10, 1993; 70 FR 13377, Mar. 21, 2005]