---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 75.224"
title: "34"
number: "75.224"
heading: "What are the procedures for using a multiple tier review process to evaluate applications?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.224"
---

# §75.224. What are the procedures for using a multiple tier review process to evaluate applications?

- (a) The Secretary may use a multiple tier review process to evaluate applications.
- (b) The Secretary may refuse to review applications in any tier that do not meet a minimum cut-off score established for the prior tier.
- (c) The Secretary may establish the minimum cut-off score—
  - (1) In the application notice published in the Federal Register; or
  - (2) After reviewing the applications to determine the overall range in the quality of applications received.
- (d) **The Secretary may, in any tier—**
  - (1) Use more than one group of experts to gain different perspectives on an application; and
  - (2) Refuse to consider an application if the application is rejected under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section by any one of the groups used in the prior tier.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 60138, Nov. 30, 2001]

### 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

[66 FR 60138, Nov. 30, 2001]