---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 75.515"
title: "34"
number: "75.515"
heading: "Use of consultants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.515"
---

# §75.515. Use of consultants.

- (a) Subject to Federal statutes and regulations, a grantee shall use its general policies and practices when it hires, uses, and pays a consultant as part of the project staff.
- (b) The grantee may not use its grant to pay a consultant unless:
  - (1) There is a need in the project for the services of that consultant; and
  - (2) **The grantee cannot meet that need by using an employee rather than a consultant.**

## Notes

### 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.