---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 75.102"
title: "34"
number: "75.102"
heading: "Deadline date for applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.102"
---

# §75.102. Deadline date for applications.

- (a) The application notice for a program sets a deadline date for the transmittal of applications to the Department.
- (b) -(c) [Reserved]
- (d) If the Secretary allows an applicant to submit a paper application, the applicant must show one of the following as proof of mailing by the deadline date:
  - (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
  - (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service.
  - (3) **A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier.**
  - (4) **Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.**
- (e) If an application is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary does not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
  - (1) **A private metered postmark.**
  - (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 22497, Apr. 3, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 20824, June 9, 1986; 69 FR 41201, July 8, 2004; 89 FR 70320, Aug. 29, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474, unless otherwise noted. Section 75.263 also issued under 2 CFR 200.308(e)(1). Section 75.617 also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3504, 3505. Section 75.740 also issued under 20 U.S.C. 1232g and 1232h.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 22497, Apr. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 45 FR 77368, Nov. 21, 1980.

### Amendments

[45 FR 22497, Apr. 3, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 20824, June 9, 1986; 69 FR 41201, July 8, 2004; 89 FR 70320, Aug. 29, 2024]