(a) At any time during a fiscal year, the Secretary may accept and consider for funding an unsolicited application that has not been submitted under a competition announced in the Federal Register for that fiscal year, if the project proposes activities described in Sec. 411.3.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 34 CFR 75.100, the Secretary may fund an unsolicited application without publishing an application notice in the Federal Register.
(c) The Secretary may select an unsolicited application for funding in accordance with the procedures in Sec. Sec. 411.20(e) and 411.24.
(d) The Secretary assigns the 15 points reserved under Sec. 411.20(b) as follows:
(1) Ten points to the selection criterion in Sec. 411.21(a)--national need.
(2) Five points to the selection criterion in Sec. 411.21(b)--plan of operation. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2402)