428.20—How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

(a) The Secretary evaluates an application for a grant or cooperative agreement on the basis of the criteria in § 428.21.

(b) The Secretary may award up to 100 points, including a reserved 15 points to be distributed in accordance with paragraph (d) or this section, based on the criteria in § 428.21.

(c) Subject to paragraph (d) of this section, the maximum possible points for each criterion is indicated in parentheses after the heading for each criterion.

(d) For each competition, in a notice published in the Federal Register, the Secretary may assign the reserved 15 points among the criteria in § 428.21.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2441(b) , (d)(5))

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428.20—How does the Secretary evaluate an application?

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