---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 75.201"
title: "34"
number: "75.201"
heading: "How the selection criteria will be used."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.201"
---

# §75.201. How the selection criteria will be used.

- (a) In the application package or a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary informs applicants of—
  - (1) The selection criteria chosen; and
  - (2) **The factors selected for considering the selection criteria, if any.**
- (b) If points or weights are assigned to the selection criteria or factors, the Secretary informs applicants in the application package or a notice published in the Federal Register of—
  - (1) The total possible score for all of the criteria for a program; and
  - (2) **The assigned weight or the maximum possible score for each criterion or factor under that criterion.**
- (c) If no points or weights are assigned to the selection criteria or selected factors, the Secretary evaluates each criterion equally and, within each criterion, each factor equally.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 10401, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 89 FR 70322, 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

[62 FR 10401, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 89 FR 70322, Aug. 29, 2024]