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 112 STAT. 1770 PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 under this title for a period of 1 year for the purpose of preparation of plans and applications for a grant under this title. 20 USC llOld. SEC. 505. SPECIAL RULE. "No Hispanic-serving institution that is eligible for and receives funds under this title may receive funds under part A or B of title III during the period for which funds under this title are awarded. "PART B-GENERAL PROVISIONS 20 USC 1103. '<SEC. 511. ELIGIBILITY; APPLICATIONS. "(a) INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY. —Each Hispanic-serving institution desiring to receive assistance under this title shall submit to the Secretary such enrollment data as may be necessary to demonstrate that the institution is a Hispanic-serving institution as defined in section 502, along with such other data and information as the Secretary may by regulation require. " (b) APPLICATIONS.— "(1) APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—Any institution which is eligible for assistance under this title shall submit to the Secretary an application for assistance at such time, in such form, and containing such information, as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to evaluate the institution's need for assistance. Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this title, the Secretary may approve an application for a grant under this title only if the Secretary determines that— "(A) the application meets the requirements of subsection (b); and "(B) the institution is eligible for assistance in accordance with the provisions of this title under which the assistance is sought. "(2) PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS.— In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary may develop a preliminary application for use by Hispanic-serving institutions applying under this title prior to the submission of the principal application. "(c) CONTENTS. —^A Hispanic-serving institution, in the institution's application for a grant, shall— (1) set forth, or describe how the institution will develop, a comprehensive development plan to strengthen the institution's academic quality and institutional management, and otherwise provide for institutional self-sufficiency and growth (including measurable objectives for the institution and the Secretary to use in monitoring the eflFectiveness of activities under this title); "(2) include a 5-year plan for improving the assistance provided by the Hispanic-serving institution to Hispanic students and other low-income individuals; "(3) set forth policies and procedures to ensure that Federal funds made available under this title for any fiscal year will be used to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that would otherwise be made available for the purposes of section 501(b), and in no case supplant those funds; "(4) set forth policies and procedures for evaluating the eflFectiveness in accomplishing the purpose of the activities for which a grant is sought under this title;

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