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 {| class="wikitable" !Organized chronologically
 * 791.13 When is my application due?
 * 791.13 When is my application due?

Subpart C: How the Secretary Makes an Award

791.20 How will the Secretary evaluate my application?

791.21 What selection criteria does the Secretary use?

Subpart D: Grantees’ Rights and Responsibilities

791.30 Under what conditions may I use my grant award?

791.31 What are my responsibilities for serving students and teachers in private

schools?
 * }

General first, exceptions, conditions, and specialized information later

Another useful organizing principle is to put general information first, with specialized information or exceptions to the general information later. That way the material that addresses most readers in most situations comes first. For some documents, this will work well along with a chronological organization. In others, it may be the primary organizing principle.

Here’s an example of an administrative regulation that combines both organizing principles: