Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 20.09.1995

Direct Grant Programs

The Secretary proposes to amend the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) governing the deadline date for submitting discretionary grant award applications and the selection of applications for new grants. These amendments are in response to a National Performance Review recommendation to streamline and improve the Department of Education's discretionary grants award process. The amendments would change the way the Department interprets the deadline date for receipt of discretionary grant applications and also expand the bases for rejecting applications for new grants to include consideration of a recipient's previous performance under any Department of Education grant program as well as its failure to submit a final performance report or its submission of a report of unacceptable quality. These amendments are expected to reduce the processing time of discretionary grants, provide at least as much time for applicants to prepare their applications as they have now, improve the quality of final performance reports and increase the ability of the Department to ensure that qualified applicants receive grants.