Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§1067j Administrative Provisions

Title 20 › CHAPTER 28 — HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — INSTITUTIONAL AID › Part E — Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program › subpart 3 — administrative and general provisions › § 1067j

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must hire at least 2 technical staff with suitable science and education backgrounds to run these programs. These employees can be appointed and paid without following the usual federal competitive hiring rules or the normal federal job classification and General Schedule pay rules. The Secretary must also create rules to review and evaluate grants and contracts for the programs. Reviews should use peer review and may only be done by the officials who run the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Programs; no outside officials may review them.

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Title 20, §1067j

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(a)Technical staff

The Secretary shall appoint, without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, not less than 2 technical employees with appropriate scientific and educational background to administer the programs under this part who may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.

(b)Procedures for grant review

The Secretary shall establish procedures for reviewing and evaluating grants and contracts made or entered into under such programs. Procedures for reviewing grant applications, based on the peer review system, or contracts for financial assistance under this subchapter may not be subject to any review outside of officials responsible for the administration of the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Programs.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1135d–3 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 105–244.

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20 U.S.C. § 1067j

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110